Sustainability
Unilever Ice Cream, Ballard Family Dairy & Cheese honored in dairy sustainability awards program
Unilever has reduced electricity use by 13%, natural gas use by 16% and water consumption by more than 1.1 million gallons per year.
Winners of the dairy industry's prestigious Sustainability Awards join the ranks of celebrities, athletes and influencers – from country music singer Miranda Lambert to movie star Salma Hayek to actor and father Taye Diggs – by donning the famed Milk Mustache for their own ad. The dairy industry leaders were recognized for their efforts to advance sustainability at the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards in Washington, D.C.
From left: Stacie Ballard, Ballard Family Dairy & Cheese; Mark Petersen, Petersen Dairy Farms; Chrystal Obbink, Prairieland Dairy; Kam Fierstine, Unilever Henderson Ice Cream Plant; Renee Jacobs, Green Valley Dairy; and Carolyn DeGroot, Skyridge Farms.
SOURCE: MilkPEP
Dairy Foods editor Jim Carper served on the 2013 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards panel of judges
A judging panel made the final assessment and selection. The panel is comprised of the following individuals:
- Robert Bonnie, senior advisor for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture
- Jim Carper, chief editor, Dairy Foods
- Jason Clay, senior vice president, Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund
- Larry Elworth, agriculture counselor to the administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Molly Jahn, professor, Laboratory Genetics and Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Larry Jensen, chair, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and president, Leprino Foods
- Steve Larson, managing editor, Hoard's Dairyman
- James Linn, professor, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota and past, past president American Dairy Science Association
- Joel Makower, chairman and executive editor, GreenBiz Group Inc.
- Randy Mooney, dairy producer and chairman, National Milk Producers Federation
- Gatz Riddell, executive vice president, American Association of Bovine Practitioners
- Paul Rovey, chairman, Dairy Management Inc.™ and owner, Rovey Dairy
- Brian Sloboda, senior program manager, Cooperative Research Network, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- Connie Tipton, president and chief executive officer, International Dairy Foods Association
- Jason Weller, acting chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
The panel also includes two winners from the inaugural Awards program in 2012:
- Mike Brubaker, dairy producer, Brubaker Farms
- Steve Rowe, senior vice president, general counsel, Darigold
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