I've got some good news for everyone whose been patiently waiting for a new episode of the Dairy Show to come out--there is episosde in the works! Episode 4 featuring Bobolink Farm promises to be the best episode yet. Look for it sometime in the next month.
Until then you can check out my new blog focused on food and public health called The Food Environment and come back here for the latest news and videos on responsible Dairy Farming.
Liza over at Food Curated has done quite a few Dairy related shows. This one below is about one of my favorite Cheesemongers, my friend Amy Thompson of Lucy's Whey at the Chelsea Market. I first met Amy at a Slow Food NYC Event and she recognized me from The Dairy Show--pretty cool. Check out this video with her story and a great trip to Calkins Creamery.
Buttermilk is a fermented dairy product that contrary to its name does not contain butter. Actually buttermilk technically is the liquid that is left over after making cultured butter, and so therefore should be virtually fat free. Today though, most buttermilk is made by culturing fresh milk. Buttermilk has a sour flavor like plain yogurt, but is must more fluid. Its a bit of an aquired taste, but if you don't care for its plain yogurt like flavor, you can make it more palatble by mixing in a good grass-fed flavored yogurt or by blending it up with some fruit. A glass of low/no fat buttermilk is quite healhty and has more probiotic bacteria in it than a container of Activa yogurt, but costs a lot less. If you can find a good grass-fed buttermilk in your area, give it a try.
Below is a fantastic video produced by Joe York for the Southern Foodways Alliance about Earl Cruze, a dairy farmer from Cruze Farm in Knoxville Tennessee, who has an extreme passion for making and drinking buttermilk.
My friends and collegues from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Food Systems Network NYC just wrote a great article explaining how US The Farm Bill impacts childhood nutrtion.
Check out the new article and the others in the farm bill series here: FARM BILL 1.04 School Lunches and the Farm Bill
Looks like the Tedx Manhattan videos I posted about previously have been taken down.
I will keep an eye out to see if they are reposted and update the posts if they are.
Update August 22, 2011.
The Video's have been posted now and the links are update below!