Hello, and welcome to the first ever Monthly E-newsletter from Legacy Dairy.
All of us here at Legacy Dairy, would like to thank you for entering our contest, and
reading our newsletter...But mostly we'd like to thank you for purchasing our
milk products with your hard earned shopping dollar.
Each month, you will find a few different sections within our monthly newsletter:
1) "Benefits of Legacy Milk" - Each month I'll pick out just one reason for
drinking Legacy milk, and go into detail about it.
2) "The Cookie Corner" - If you want some of the best cookies in the
world, pay close attention to this section of the newsletter.
3) "Interesting Dairy Facts" - The "DeFrain" and "Bond" families (the owners
of Legacy Dairy), have 127 years of experience in the dairy industry...
Here you'll read some very interesting information about dairy processes, from a
couple of experts in the field.
4) "Who would have thought" - This will be a fun section about various
agricultural events from around the world.
5) "And the Winner is..." - The winner of the Legacy Monthly Prize drawing
will be announced in this section.
As mentioned above, for the next few months, we'll spotlight one of the "benefits" for
drinking Legacy Milk Products, and go into more detail about why it is truly a benefit.
This month's "Legacy Benefit" is:
1) --- No Added Growth Hormones ---
Let me start off by saying that this is a VERY controversial subject...
Before I get into the details about the subject of artificial growth hormones, I want to
make it perfectly clear that the owners of Legacy Dairy have made a decision
NOT to use artificial growth hormones, and their decision does NOT, and should
NOT be an indication for the use OR non-use of artificial growth hormones by
other dairy farmers or to convince consumers to buy, or not-buy milk, that has
been produced with added artificial growth hormones.
Why the long-winded disclaimer above? Well, the answer is a little complicated...
So, lets start from the beginning.
We have tried to make the following article as non-biased as possible, and show a
strict representation of facts for both sides of the subject...Thus, allowing you
(the consumer), to make up your own mind how YOU spend your shopping dollar.
Monsanto, Inc. is the only company who has been approved by the FDA to produce
the artificial growth hormone: "Recombinant bovine somatotropin" -- commonly
known as "rBST or rBGH"...
"rBST" is injected into cows, which in-turn helps the cow to produce 10% to 15% more
milk --- over & above the cow's natural milk production.
The controversy in regards to rBST is if there are side-effects in drinking milk from
cows who have been injected with rBST. Many people oppose the use of rBST,
believing it is linked to breast cancer and premature puberty in children. But,
Monsanto and others argue that no such link exists. In fact, the Food and Drug
Administration has approved it for use in the United States.
The synthetic hormone has been controversial since it received FDA approval in 1993,
amid scientific and consumer criticism and heavy lobbying by Monsanto. Critics
argue that rbST was never properly cleared of safety concerns, and Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the European Union all refused to approve
Posilac (rBST), because of animal health concerns.
"...The Center for Global Food Issues (CGFI) is part of a broad-based coalition which
has filed state and federal complaints about false and misleading marketing
practices in the dairy industry. As a result, the U.S. Food & Drug
Administration has announced it will be review claims being made and take action
against those engaged in misleading marketing practices. Taking these concerns
to the marketplace, CGFI has recently launched a grass roots campaign of concerned
consumers, principally mothers, to educate food and dairy retailers
(supermarket and grocery chains) regarding false and misleading label and
marketing practices..." (a)
"...The Center for Global Food Issues has launched an all-out war against milk labels it
claims are misleading. The group is an arm of the Hudson Institute, which has
received funding from Monsanto and other agrochemical companies..." (b)
David vs. Goliath?
Below is part of an article from the associated press, showing how serious Mansanto,
Inc is, in regards to controlling the future of their rBST product...
"PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Oakhurst Dairy Inc. is being sued by Monsanto Co., which
alleges that Oakhurst's marketing campaign that touts its milk as being free of
artificial growth hormones is misleading.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, demands that Oakhurst stop advertising
that it doesn't sell milk from hormone-treated cows. It also asks that
the dairy stop putting labels on its milk containers reading "Our Farmers' Pledge:
No Artificial Growth Hormones."
Monsanto officials said Oakhurst's ads and labels are deceptive and disparage
Monsanto's products with the inference that milk from untreated cows is better
than milk from hormone-treated cows." (d)
-- Quick side note: The year the above lawsuit was filed, Monsanto did 4.7 Billion in
sales, while Oakhurst's sales was less than 1/3 of 1 percent of Monsanto's. --
Goliath vs. Goliath?
However, now the big boys (Monsanto & CGFI), aren't going up against smaller dairy
producers anymore...
"Starbucks is well-known for selling grande lattes and frappuccinos, but it also buys
enormous quantities of milk - about 32 million gallons a year. Responding to
consumer concerns about genetic engineering and food safety, those gallons will
soon be free of Posilac...Last month, the company committed to making 100
percent of the milk supply for its more than 5,600 American locations free of the
synthetic bovine growth hormone -- by the end of the year." (c)
""Grocery retailer Krogers has also said it would only sell rbST-free by early 2008.
"This is a very clear message to the dairy industry that consumers don't like having
their cows treated with bovine growth hormone," said Marion Nestle, a professor
in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University and
author of the book "What To Eat"."" (c)
Again, the owners of Legacy Dairy have chosen NOT to use added growth hormones in
the production of it's milk products. Eventhough the FDA has approved the use
of rBST, many other countries have not approved its use.
Legacy Dairy is proud to produce milk products the way nature intended...All Natural.
SOURCES FOR THE ARTICLE ABOVE:
(a) http://www.milkismilk.com/about-us.html
(b) http://www.biotech-info.net/got_posilac.html
(c) http://www.gmwatch.org/print-archive2.asp?arcid=8246
(d) http://www.foxbghsuit.com/oakhurstdairy.htm
2) THE COOKIE CORNER -
If you're looking for a tasty treat to dunk in your Legacy Milk...Be sure to try the recipe below:
"CLASSIC SUGAR COOKIES"
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla flavoring
1/2 tsp almond flavoring
1/2 tsp cream of tarter
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
After mixing well, make into balls, and then roll balls into sugar.
Bake in oven set at 350 degrees, for 10 minutes, then let set for 1 - 2 minutes.
(Cookies will be soft).
3) INTERESTING DAIRY FACTS -
The average dairy cow eats almost 100 pounds of food per today.
The average dairy cow drinks 30 gallons of water per day.
Sad but true, Dairy cows in the United States have better housing, nutrition, and
medical treatment than 70% of worlds population.
4) WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT -
"SQUARE WATERMELONS"
After listening to their customers comment how a round watermelon can take up a lot
of room in a refrigerator, and how it sits awkwardly on refrigerator
shelves...Japanese Farmers have came up with the Square Watermelon...
The innovative Japanese farmers didn't alter the genetics of the watermelons, they
simply forced the watermelon to grow in tempered glass squares.
5) AND THE WINNER IS...
This months winner for the Legacy Dairy monthly prize drawing is:
Bonnie Callahan from Lincoln, NE...
Bonnie has won a half-gallon of any Legacy white milk, a half-gallon of any Legacy
flavored milk, a Legacy t-shirt, a legacy hat, and $20 CASH.
Congratulations, Bonnie!
Be sure to read next months newsletter, to see if your name is here.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for Next Month's newsletter, please drop us an email at:
legacydairy@yahoo.com
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