Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most motorists recognize that salt brine has been applied due to the tell-tale stripes on the pavement. This application is known ...

If you're just beginning your foray into artisanal cheese making, you might be wondering if you really need to brine your cheeses. Tasting Table spoke with an expert on the subject; Tyler Fenton, chef ...

This year, in order to melt snow on roadways more quickly, Wisconsin is combining rock salt with cheese byproducts. It's an ingenious plan to take advantage of a state industry that produced 2.7 ...

As part of an initiative to find environmentally-friendly ways to solve the problem of icy roads, the city of Milwaukee, WI has turned to its most abundant natural byproduct: the town now slathers its ...

MONROE, Wis. (WKOW) — Cheese is one of the first things people tend to associate with the state of Wisconsin. From all the delicious flavors and varieties produced in the Dairy State, who could blame ...

MONROE, Wis. -- Green County is approaching snow and ice removal the Wisconsin way, using cheese to treat the wintry roads. "You see those white lines on the road? Yeah, here, it's cheese brine," said ...

As large parts of the eastern United States get smacked with snowstorm after snowstorm, some states are turning to bizarre alternatives to help deal with dwindling supplies of salt to clear icy roads.