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Associates from Chevron and Toyota are driving Toyota's Tundra, RAV4 and Camry on the trip while running on the new fuel, which is more than 40 percent less carbon intensive than traditional gasoline on a lifecycle basis, according to Chevron.

role in a lower carbon transportation future. We are excited to partner with Toyota for the opportunity to demonstrate lower carbon technologies that are compatible with internal combustion engines."

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Source: St. Anthony Hospital with different tobacco products and 88 percent agree that the agency has a responsibility to address the widespread misperception that nicotine causes cancer.

St. Anthony Regional Hospital is excited to announce the introduction of its new Pride Pump at the Carroll Country Store-Shell, located on 112 U.S. Hwy 71, at the southwest edge of Carroll! To kickstart this initiative, we were thrilled to receive a generous start-up check of $1,000. With every purchase made, a portion will be dedicated to supporting the mission of St. Anthony.

The road trip runs from Mississippi through Louisiana before concluding in Texas. During the tour, Chevron representatives will talk with members of the public about the benefits of lower carbon fuels like biofuels and renewable gasoline blend. According to the company, renewable gasoline blends can reduce lifecycle emissions and be used in existing automotive fleets and fueling networks.

Chevron and Toyota are currently exploring new technologies for fueling light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and are pursuing a strategic alliance to explore new hydrogen-fuel solutions in the transportation sector.

San Ramon-based Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance its business and the industry at large.

RICHMOND, Va. — Americans are in favor of tobacco harm reduction over prohibition as public policy, according to the results of a new survey released by Altria Group Inc.

Results show that two in three Americans support harm reduction, a public health strategy that supports transitioning adult smokers who can't or won't stop smoking to less-risky tobacco products, over blanket prohibition as the better policy approach to tobacco regulations.

Additionally, more than eight in 10 Americans (82 percent) think it is important for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus on making smoke-free tobacco products available to adult smokers to help them switch from cigarettes.

Altria also released findings that show adults agree that policies banning tobacco products will lead to illicit markets for such products, endangering public health, youth and communities of color:

• 84 percent believe youth will have easy access to tobacco products in an illicit market;

• 84 percent believe bootleg tobacco products sold in an illicit market are more dangerous for consumers than regulated products;

Chevron Hits the Road to Promote

Renewable Gasoline Blend

Source: CS News

Chevron and Toyota associates are driving from Mississippi to Texas to show off the energy company’s new fuel.

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The fuel industry has recently stepped up its push for greater access to biofuels during the summer months, launching off of the initiatives of several companies' investments into biofuels. Chevron is no exception, having produced several biodiesel, renewable diesel and renewable natural gas blends, along with its current build-up of hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California. The company intends to manufacture such blends with existing infrastructure.

Altria Survey: Majority of Americans Support Tobacco Harm Reduction

Source: CS News

More than eight in 10 respondents think it is important for the Food and Drug Administration to focus on making smoke-free tobacco products available to adult smokers.

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron U.S.A. Inc., in partnership with Toyota, kicked off a road trip across the U.S. Gulf Coast in order to showcase a gasoline

"Multiple solutions are needed to help lower the carbon intensity of the transportation sector," said Andy Walz, Chevron's president of Americas Products. "With more than 265 million gasoline-powered vehicles on the road today in the United States, renewable gasoline blends could empower virtually all drivers to have a

"There is clear, overwhelming support for the FDA embracing harm reduction for the 30 million American adults who smoke. That means providing adult smokers who are unable or unwilling to quit with wider access to smokefree alternatives and providing them the information and support to help them switch," said Paige Magness, senior vice president, regulatory affairs, Altria Client Services. "Pursuing harm reduction is one of the most powerful steps the FDA can take to deliver on its mission to reduce tobacco-related death and disease in the U.S. It is our hope that the FDA will listen to these voices as it sets out its policy agenda for the coming years."

Ninety percent of Americans agree that the FDA has a responsibility to accurately inform adult tobacco consumers about the risks associated

• 66 percent are concerned that an illicit market for tobacco products will lead to an increased burden on law enforcement; and

• 65 percent are concerned that an illicit market for tobacco products will result in an increase in policing in communities of color.

"Most Americans understand that prohibition-based policies don't work and that it's much better for public health to keep tobacco products legal and regulated," Magness continued. "Harm reduction is the better path forward. With harm reduction, regulators provide adult smokers with information, choice and support to expand the off-ramp from smoking — while also continuing to drive down underage use."

Regarding underage smoking, 66 percent of adults believe that preventing youth usage of tobacco products should be addressed without banning or prohibiting tobacco products that are already legal for adult consumers, according to Altria.

Results of the survey also show that 79 percent of adults agree that if certain tobacco products have been scientifically shown to be less risky than cigarettes, physicians have a responsibility to communicate this information to their patients who are adult tobacco consumers and have not successfully quit smoking by using traditional cessation therapies. Of primary care physicians themselves, 89 percent support tobacco harm reduction as a public health concept and 85 percent believe it is important for the FDA to focus on making smoke-free tobacco products available to adult smokers to help them switch from cigarettes to less harmful alternatives.

Richmond-based Altria's wholly owned subsidiaries include Philip Morris USA Inc. and John Middleton Co. Its smoke-free portfolio includes ownership of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. LLC and Helix Innovations LLC. Additionally, Altria has a majorityowned joint venture, Horizon Innovations LLC, and, through a separate agreement, has the exclusive U.S. commercialization rights to the IQOS Tobacco Heating System and Marlboro HeatSticks through April 2024.

'Flashdance' but with milk: How one Iowa dairy is making milk sexy again

Source: Des Moines Register

To imitate the well-known watersplashing, Blake rigged a 5-gallon bucket to a skid loader and connected a piece of twine that he pulled to release the cascading milk.

“It worked out really well considering we’d never done anything like that before,” Hansen says. “And we were lucky because it only took one take.”

While Blake is all smiles in the final cut, he did need a bit of convincing before film rolled, Hansen says.

But for the farm to support four growing families, they had to expand the traditional dairy farm model of selling milk to a co-op. So in 2004, they opened their own creamery, where they produce milk, cream, cheese curds, butter and ice cream that they sell in their two retail store locations and distribute throughout eastern Iowa.

Most of their concepts come from someone just saying a funny movie line and the others bouncing it around until they come up with a skit, she says. In addition to “Flashdance” and “Christmas Vacation,” they’ve spoofed “Jerry McGuire” and are working on something based on “Napoleon Dynamite.”

“There’s this idea that milk is not sexy anymore, which is why we’re being funny about it,” she adds. “We just want to drive home the point that milk is nutritious, natural, good for you, affordable and readily available in order to get people to remember to put dairy back in their diet.”

Hansen’s Dairy is trying to make milk sexy again.

And what better way than with a send-up of the iconic water-splashing dance scene from “Flashdance”?

The Iowa dairy recently posted a video announcing its new 2% offering by re-creating the famous movie moment — but with milk.

“This is the first new product we’ve had in quite a while, and so we wanted to literally make a splash with the announcement,” says Marketing Director Jordan Hansen, whose husband, Blake, owns the creamery with his three brothers.

The video shows Blake standing in the cows’ pen mimicking some of the film’s classic leaps and poses, including the chair-dancing sequence and the seminal close-up of quick stomping feet — but with the movie’s bare feet and dancer’s toe tape replaced by Blake’s work boots and gray duct tape.

“At first he’s like, no, I do not dance with chairs,” she says. “He’s not super willing to make a fool of himself all the time, but, with these, he’s a good sport.”

“That really opened our eyes to the reach we could get from doing videos of the farm and educating about farm life in a funny way,” Hansen says.

“That was also the start of Blake being willing to do something ridiculous.”

They also raise Wagyu-Holstein cows for beef and have opened up their farm to agritourism, welcoming about 9,000 visitors a year to learn about the work that goes into the milk in their cereal bowl and to pet the farm’s six kangaroos, the dairy’s mascots, which Blake picked up after a trip to Australia.

Today, all four brothers, their families and another 40 employees work for Hansen’s Dairy. And everyone gets in on the fun when the marketing department is thinking up new video ideas, Hansen says.

But all laughs aside, the dairy is also trying to reach a younger generation with its videos in an effort to stem the decline of milk consumption, which has been "trending downward for more than 70 years," according to the USDA.

“It does kind of feel like we’ve lost a generation of milk drinkers, whether that’s because of the rise of plant milks or just that there are a lot of other beverage choices on the shelf,” Hansen says.

Follow Hansen's Dairy on its eponymous Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok as well as on its YouTube Channel, HansensLegendairy.

How Hansen’s Dairy came up with the videos

An Iowa Heritage Farm, a designation given to farms owned by the same family for 150 years or more, Hansen’s Dairy has been diversifying its products and portfolio since the early 2000s, when the four Hansen brothers decided they all wanted to move back to the farm and raise families.