Linoleic acid, an essential omega-6 fatty acid, is found naturally in most vegetables and fruits, and in whole grains, legumes, and nuts. Simple confusion, most likely. And that's what the dairy industry, hoping to cash in on these new designer milk products, is counting on. More Than Memories International students, studying in the U.S., are gaining more than an education, a recent study found. A farmer in Indiana has set up a Web site that gives the world a view of life in rural America.
Spectators can watch the boys milking cows, bailing hay, and delivering calves.
Nice idea, if this were a true example of what farm life is like for most animals. Today's factory-farmed animals are not allowed to roam free. They are doused with antibiotics, confined to small cages, and pumped for every last ounce of milk, eggs, and meat their overworked bodies can provide. Trouble is, like America's dairy industry, the advertisers are making claims that haven't been proven. The New England Journal of Medicine reported that, during a football game between Duke and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, one player lost his lunch, so to speak, on his jersey, which made contact with an innocent player out on the field.