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Partnership between National Dairy Council, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Feeding America improves domestic hunger with $100,000 grant program ROSEMONT, Ill., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Food security - specifically, domestic hunger - is a major issue affecting one in six Americans today, including more than one in five children. National Dairy Council, Feeding America and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics formed the Future of Food Partnership in June 2012 to help...

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in treatment of mastitis Major global market opportunity Trials to begin in the second half 2013 Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics Limited (ASX: POH, OTCQX: PPGNY) will collaborate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to develop and trial products targeting...

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to write a new Farm Bill this week, the list of organizations opposed to a proposed dairy program continues to grow. Nearly 150 organizations and businesses across the food chain, from farmers and food manufacturers to food retailers and consumers, have signed letters to members of Congress urging them to oppose the "Dairy Market Stabilization Program" (DMSP). This program is...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers and retailers who purchased raw milk and raw milk cheese from Stump Acres Dairy in New Salem, York County, should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today said raw milk collected during an April 24 investigation of the farm tested positive for the bacteria. The testing process for Listeria can take up to 10 days. Raw milk is...

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A trio of national consumer organizations expressed their strong opposition to "dairy programs that propose to assist dairy farmers by imposing limits on milk production" in letters sent this week to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders this week. The comments refer to the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP), a supply management provision included in the Dairy Security Act, part of the Farm Bill versions proposed by...

NEW YORK, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SurePure, Inc. (OTCBB:SURP), a global leader in liquid photopurification, today announced a multi-unit, multi-year royalty and distribution agreement with Moksha Yug Access (MYA), an Indian rural supply chain solutions company centred in the Karnataka province. MYA is a supply chain network that organizes the rural producer base, and moves their produce through technology-enabled supply chain management from villages to downstream markets at...

Farm Groups, Food Industry, Consumers, Taxpayers Embrace Dairy Solution WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading up to the formulation of the 2013 Farm Bill, two House Agriculture Committee members introduced a bill today that forges a bipartisan compromise approach to reforming U.S. dairy policy. The "Dairy Freedom Act" by Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and David Scott (D-GA) provides a safety net for dairy farmers that would establish a new revenue...

New tests slated to deliver fast, cost-effective diagnoses DURHAM, N.C., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Animal Diagnostics (AAD), a developer of rapid, on-farm diagnostics to improve animal health and productivity, announced today that it closed a $6 million tranche of Series B financing from Intersouth Partners, Novartis Venture Funds and private investors. Funds will be used to launch AAD's Qscout(TM) automated on-farm lab system and Qscout(TM) MLD rapid on-farm test...

Local Cheese Masters from Northern California's Coastal Region help produce the small-batch premium cheese line PETALUMA, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Three-generation family-owned and family-operated dairy Clover Stornetta announced today that it is extending its expertise at producing California's finest milk to a new small-batch premium cheese line made in partnership with local California cheese masters. Clover collaborated with a select group of local artisan...

Crime-fighting game created by sons of Ohio dairy farmer ORRVILLE, Ohio, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Evildoers--and especially the diabolical Dr. Fizz--need to watch out for the world's newest crime-fighters, Herd of Heroes, a new mobile game from Orrville, Ohio-based Dairy Enterprises Inc. The game, which is designed to be played on both iOS and Android devices, features five bovine superheroes, Hooved Justice, Dozer, Lady Lasso, Bullseye, and Chocolate Crusader, as they do...