With advances in synthetic biology, researchers and entrepreneurs strive to create cows’ milk without cows. Source: NYT > Business – Knvul Sheikh
Chobani Turns to Fair-Trade Program to Help Struggling Dairy Industry
The yogurt company is teaming up with Fair Trade USA to create a label that would signal that the milk it used came from farms that treated workers and cows humanely. Source: NYT > Business – Michael Corkery
‘How Long Is Short-Term?’ Pain of Tariffs Tests Farmers’ Faith in Trump
The trade dispute with China has cost growers their No. 1 buyer, but they say the president is on the right course. Source: NYT > Business – Patricia Cohen
Stung by Trump’s Trade Wars, Wisconsin’s Milk Farmers Face Extinction
The flagship industry in a pivotal swing state faces an economic crisis. Source: NYT > Business – ALAN RAPPEPORT
Charles Sanna, Man Behind Swiss Miss Cocoa, Dies at 101
A surplus of perishable powdered milk was the mother of invention for the popular instant drink made with hot water and formulated in the early 1960s. Source: NYT > Business – SAM ROBERTS
Trump Crackdown Scares Immigrants, and the Farmers Who Rely on Them
It has long been an open secret that some farms survive by relying on an undocumented labor force. Now, tough immigration enforcement has caused a crisis. Source: NYT > Business – CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM