Being a native Rhode Islander, I have endured a lifetime of wisecracks and ignorance. For example, the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — the official name of the state of Rhode Island ...

Freshly packaged milk travels down the line at Big Island Dairy’s new $10 million processing plant in Ookala. Plant manager Nick Spells inspects one of the milk silos where fresh raw milk is stored.

A hospital in Rhode Island and a nonprofit breast milk bank from Massachusetts have teamed up to launch the Ocean State’s first human donor pasteurized milk program for families in need. The Kent ...

NEW HYDE PARK, Long Island (WABC) -- Doctors have long touted the benefits of breast milk, but not every mom can produce it. Now for the first time, Long Island has ...

A bill to legalize the retail sale of unpasteurized raw milk in Rhode Island remains in a Senate committee, which must act on it by April 13 or see it die. Senate Bill 247 specifies only raw cow’s ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Dairy prices are at an undisputed all-time high. On Staten Island, a gallon of whole milk can vary as much as a dollar, from $3.49 to $4.49. "It's supply and demand — it's at an ...

A group of Island mothers is trying to raise awareness about donating breast milk through the Facebook group Human Milk 4 Human Babies. At first, mom Karen Bernard struggled with breast feeding her ...

How to feed baby Benjamin was a concern after his September preterm birth at South Shore University Hospital left him weighing a mere 3 pounds and 2 ounces. His mother, Stephanie Devine, could not ...

A Rhode Island hospital is the first in the state to launch a human pasteurized milk donor program in an effort to combat the nationwide baby formula shortage. Kent Hospital's Women's Care Center, ...