Shining Light on California Dairy’s Environmental Leadership and the Urgent Need to Address Water Scarcity

by CDRF News | Jan 14, 2026

By Dairy Cares, newsletter funding provided by CDRF Creating more efficient and resilient food systems reduces global climate impacts while better ensuring food and nutrition security. California agriculture is a world leader in this area and remains a steadfast...

Dairies Deploy Vermifiltration Systems to Reduce Methane and Improve Water and Nutrient Management

by CDRF News | Sep 25, 2025

Worms Now Contributing to California’s Planet-Smart Dairy Efforts Worm beds are wiggling their way onto a growing number of California dairy farms. Millions of worms are being deployed to help break down and improve the recycling of manure via these vermifiltration...

No Need To Sugarcoat It: Lactose Is a Healthy Sugar

by CDRF News | Sep 25, 2025

Written by: Lauren Milligan Newmark, Ph.D. | Issue # 126 | 2025 If lactose is not fully digested in the small intestine, it could act like a prebiotic that stimulates the growth of beneficial gut microbes and the production of healthy metabolites. Lactose is digested...

Change Mom’s Diet and Her Milk Changes Too

by CDRF News | Sep 25, 2025

Written by: Alla Katsnelson, Ph.D | Issue # 127 | 2025 Different macronutrient diets affected breastmilk composition in a feeding study with 72 lactating women. After a week of eating a carbohydrate-rich diet, levels of several amino acids increased. After a week of...

Deep Cut: Colon Biopsies Reveal Dairy’s Influence on Gut Microbiota

by CDRF News | Sep 25, 2025

Written by: Lauren Milligan Newmark, Ph.D. | Issue # 127 | 2025 A new cross-sectional study on 34 veterans was the first to use biopsies from the colon’s mucosal layer to investigate the influence of dairy intake on colonic-associated gut microbiota. Study...