Camels have long been the backbone of Somalia 's pastoralist culture, feeding families, transporting goods and standing tall ...

And since then, it has started selling camel milk powder from the United Arab Emirates, date sugar from Tunisia, and camel’s milk soap from Oman. The milk vertical of the business has all been ...

Somalia's camel farming is undergoing a transformation with modern dairy practices. Beder Camel Farm, led by Dr. Abdirisak ...

UPDATED: April 29, 2016 at 8:53 AM MDT LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Let’s get the obvious questions about camel’s milk out of the way first. It tastes like skim milk, just a wee bit saltier.

Camels are some of the most adaptive animals on the planet, able to endure blazing hot Saharan deserts and bitterly cold Mongolian steppes. Consuming their milk could provide health benefits.

Camel milk has 2 percent milk fat, a creamy white color and a sweet, slightly salty aftertaste. Gil and Nancy Riegler established Oasis Camel Dairy near San Diego, California, a decade ago, when it ...

Desert Farms, a California-based company that ships camel milk to drink, sells 16 ounce fresh or frozen bottles of milk for $18. To buy a 200-gram bag of powdered milk from them, it'll cost you $74.

A Dubai company offers a camel milk chocolate bar, but it sells at a San Francisco shop for $12 for just 2.5 ounces. Despite the price, shop owner Jack Epstein said the camel bar is a steady seller.

Its rise in popularity can be attributed to the perceived health benefits of camel milk. And because it doesn’t contain certain proteins that cause milk allergies, people who can’t drink cows ...

The camel may not seem an ideal model for beauty products. Think again, says Nancy Abeiderrahmane, who runs a camel dairy in the Saharan state of Mauritania and says vitamin-rich camel milk can ...

One market institution like Beder can transform whole regional economies, and few regions more in need of transformation than ...

A pair of camels that belong to a dairy farm in Upper Leacock Township, Pa. The local Amish organic cooperative, Miller’s Organic Farm, ships the milk all over the U.S. and Canada for $10 a pint.