Milk, from feed to bottle

Milk, from feed to bottleDeputy Editor Ivan Oransky traveled to dairy farms in Tennessee and Pennsylvania and a processing plant at Penn State to understand how milk is produced and processed. Click here for a slideshow of images from those trips. var FO = { movie:"http://www.the-scientist.com/supplementary/flash/43304/milk_ss.swf", width:"500", height:"500", majorversion:"8", build:"0", xi:"true"}; UFO.create(FO, "ufoDemo"); Please download the Adobe Flash Player t

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Deputy Editor Ivan Oransky traveled to dairy farms in Tennessee and Pennsylvania and a processing plant at Penn State to understand how milk is produced and processed. Click here for a slideshow of images from those trips.

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Feature: What's in your milk?

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Infographic: What's in your milk? A selected list of hormones, growth factors and other substances found in an 8-ounce glass of milk.

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