NEWS
By TaNoah Morgan and TaNoah Morgan,SUN STAFF | January 13, 2003
Jeff Semmont is nostalgic for a time he has never experienced. The 32-year-old from Ellicott City thinks fondly of times when residents could leave their homes and cars unlocked, and daydreams about a drive-in movie theater and restaurant where teens can hang out. So it is no wonder that when Semmont sold his dry-cleaning delivery business, he settled into a job that harks back to days gone by. Dressed in a starched white uniform, driving a refrigerated truck...
NEWS
By TaNoah Morgan and TaNoah Morgan,SUN STAFF | January 13, 2003
Jeff Semmont is nostalgic for a time he has never experienced. The 32-year-old from Ellicott City thinks fondly of times when residents could leave their homes and cars unlocked, and daydreams about a drive-in movie theater and restaurant where teens could hang out. So it is no wonder that when Semmont sold his dry-cleaning delivery business, he settled into a job that harks backs to days gone by. Dressed in a starched white uniform, driving a refrigerated...
NEWS
January 7, 2013
A frequent bugaboo of the fiscal cliff debacle was the "milk cliff" - the threat of milk price doubling if Congress failed to extend dairy subsidies. Parents were expected to forgo other necessities because their children "had to have milk. " Most industries would gladly give up their tax loopholes for that kind of product loyalty. But this one is totally undeserved. Consumption of dairy products, laden with saturated fats, cholesterol, hormones, and drugs, elevates the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
NEWS
May 11, 2012
The number of Americans considered obese is expected to rise from the current 34 percent to 42 percent by the year 2030, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and discussed at Monday's "Weight of the Nation" conference in Washington. Diabetes, kidney failure, heart disease, and other obesity-related ailments account for countless premature deaths and as much as 18 percent of the $2.6 trillion national cost of medical care. The leading causes of obesity are consumption of fat-laden meat and dairy products and lack of exercise.
BUSINESS
By Michael Dresser and Michael Dresser,Staff Writer | July 9, 1992
Two Maryland-based dairy companies, whose future had been in question because their owner wanted out of the business, have found a buyer with expansion plans in mind.High's Dairies Inc., a Laurel company doing business as East Coast Ice Cream, and Embassy Dairy Inc., based in Waldorf, were acquired by the Protein Group, a Stamford, Conn.-based ** distributor of dairy products, the Protein Group said Tuesday.The two companies had been owned by the Morningstar Group Inc. of Dallas, a food-products company.
NEWS
By Erin Texeira and Erin Texeira,SUN STAFF | September 17, 1998
A coalition of doctors concerned about racial bias is mounting an attack on a national dietary institution: the food pyramid, which calls for a balanced diet of dairy and meat, vegetables and breads.The Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) argues that because most members of minority groups can't easily digest milk, the continued inclusion of dairy products as a dietary staple is wrongheaded. They will recommend that the guidelines list dairy as an option and suggest calcium-rich alternatives to milk and cheese.