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Guide to Organic Gardening
November 21st, 2008 18 Comments
Preventing Diseases and Infections on Dairy Cow’s Dry Period
November 20th, 2008 18 Comments
A dairy cow’s dry period has to be monitored very well because it is the dairy cow’s health at this time that will tell whether or not the cow is able to give off milk and give birth. Dairy cows in their dry period are prone to many serious diseases and infections, most of which can affect their milk production and pregnancy in the future.
One of the major concerns of the caretakers would mastitis, a condition wherein there is inflamm (more…)
Crescent Ridge Dairy Bar and Mini Putt-putt Closes for the Season
November 17th, 2008 10 Comments
Formerly Coco’s Ice Cream and Mini-Golf, the Crescent Ridge Dairy of Sharon, Mass., re-opened the dairy bar and nine-hole miniature golf course back in August. In addition to providing to serving Crescent Ridge Dairy’s 31 flavors of ice cream and five flavors of frozen yogurt, the dairy bar sold frappes, ice cream cakes, sundaes, pies, Crescent Ridge Dairy’s whole, 1%, 2% and non-fat milk, eggs, juice and steamed hot dogs.
The Dairy Calcium Myth
November 7th, 2008 9 Comments
The Dairy Calcium Myth Milk is not as high in calcium as the dairy industry would have you believe. In Healthy Vitamins and Minerals by Jane Turner, under the section on Calcium, milk doesn’t even make the first page and sits 35th on the list with 120mg of calcium per 100g.
Some of the foods that beat it by far are sesame seeds (670mg/100g, more than 5 times!), sardines (540), Nori seaweed (470), both more than triple, almonds (240, (more…)
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