Articles Tagged with ''sustainability''

Dairy Fleet Smart program saves fuel

Jim Mulvenna
January 15, 2013
Sustainability is not solely focused on environmental impact but also includes economic and social impact — the triple bottom line that creates healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet. If a solution is good for the environment but not economically feasible, it is not sustainable from a business standpoint.
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Gail Barnes

Learn how to be an energy star by cutting costs

Free online resources from the EPA and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy simplify process of reducing energy, cutting costs.
Gail Barnes
Dr. Gail Barnes
October 16, 2012
Consumers want the foods they eat to be nutritious, affordable and good-tasting. Increasingly, consumers care about the environmental impact of their food, and want to know that the products they buy were produced in an environmentally responsible way.
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Sustainability: 10 Big and little green ideas

Dairy processors are reducing their use of water, energy, transportation and packaging. Here are 10 examples from the United States and abroad.
October 15, 2012
Dairy processors use a lot of water. Fresh water and wastewater can be a huge expense and a significant component of the utilities budget. The H2Oversight Service from U.S. Energy Services, Plymouth, Minn., offers rate tariff optimization, metering equipment confirmation, facility change monitoring, bypass opportunities and identification of operational savings.
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Innovation Center, Dairy Research Institute issue call for entries

October 9, 2012
Two organizations managed by Dairy Management Inc., Rosemont, Ill., seek entries to their contests. The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, seeks entries to its U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program. The Dairy Research Institute has issued a call for entries to its New Product Competition.
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Gov. Brownback, Tom McCarty and Dannon CEO Gustavo Valle
Farmers and Processors

Cheers! Dannon, McCarty Farms toast their processor-producer marriage

June 14, 2012

The Dannon Co. and McCarty Family Farms announced Wednesday, June 13, the initial accomplishments from the first stage of their new collaboration. The farmer is selling its milk exclusively to Dannon, which is processing it into yogurt at Dannon's Fort Worth, Texas, plant.


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Michael Zacka, Tetra Pak
Environmental practices

Earth Day: Act One. It's only the beginning.

May 2, 2012

Earth day was a powerful First Act to what could be a wonderful stage production by drawing worldwide attention to universal environmental issues and setting the stage for changes needed in our own consumption patterns.  Now, our collective task is to make sure the Second Act is just as strong. In this regard, government, institutions and corporations here in the United States must now play leading roles because the simple truth is that America lives higher on the energy scale than any other country in the world 


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Clay Detlefsen

Water management practices in dairy processing plants

The best fluid-milk plants use about one-half gallon of water per gallon of milk processed. The least efficient plants use four times that amount.
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Clay Detlefsen
April 10, 2012
I have been at the International Dairy Foods Association for 22 years, and during that time water usage and wastewater discharges have always been important issues.Discussions about water in the past were usually about wastewater. Historically, municipalities added more and more houses and businesses to their sewage treatment plants, but did not upgrade the infrastructure to accommodate the increased load.
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