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Digest This: Eco Milk and Bible Bread

by Leah Koenig · June 30th, 2008

Bread, Milk, New Products, Organic, Supermarkets, Sustainability

Here are two tasty bites from the foodie blogosphere. B’tai Avon.

Separation of Church and Toast? Not for Food for Life, a company that makes a line of products called Ezekiel 4:9 - organic, sprouted, whole grain, kosher certified bread and cereals. (All labels come with passages of text for no extra charge.) Last week, Jewcy interviewed the makers of these biblical foodstuffs, which New York Magazine deemed “righteously tasty.” Read the interview here.

Crying over Spilled Eco-Milk. Picture a glass milk bottle. Now picture a plastic milk jug. Finally, picture a bottle of laundry detergent. That is kind of what the “new milk jug” design - the one adopted by Wal-Mart and Costco, and that are designed to pack and ship easily, while saving money and fuel. Turns out, like many new “eco-products” (e.g. compostable plastic, environmentally friendly dish soap), the new design unfortunately does not quite work as well as the original. While there are some immediate converts, The New York Times reported that the jugs supposedly “spill everywhere” and are “very hard for kids to pour.” Read the article here.

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7 Responses to “Digest This: Eco Milk and Bible Bread”

Hannah Lee Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Actually, what’s needed is for customers to learn how to use the new jugs. As the article later quotes one dairy farmer:
it’s better to use a “rock-and-pour instead of a lift-and-tip.” It’s the technique I already use with my daughter for our organic half-gallon cartons of milk (of a traditional design).
Gersh Says:
July 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
How about reusable glass bottles from a local dairy, instead of shipping milk all over the damn place? Just a thought.
Hannah Lee Says:
July 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I have purchased milk in glass bottles but they’re no longer offered at my local Whole Foods. While the milk tasted fantastically fresh, the bottles were heavy and bulky to store. Another drawback was that the milk spoiled quickly, maybe because the milk was not homogenized? We adored the plug of cream that rose to the top.
Gersh Says:
July 1st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Amazingly, you don’t have to shop exclusively at Whole Foods! Also…if you buy the amount of milk you use, it doesn’t go bad.
Miriam Says:
July 1st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I’ll stick with raw milk from a local dairy. The way it was intended to be enjoyed.
Daniela Says:
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I love Ezekial breads, especially the sesame! Toasted twice with some vegan margarine spread makes the best carb snack.

I don’t consume dairy, but it’s funny to see how far we’ve migrated from the traditional milk in a glass bottle left on your doorstep kind of world.