Last year was a monumental one for the world, and a newsworthy one for Tillamook County Creamery Association, too. The Tillamook, Ore.-based cooperative became a Certified B Corporation, donated $4 million dollars to a COVID-19 relief fund and partnered with the American Farmland Trust to help secure farmland for future generations.
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA) lays claim to much more than a long name. The Reston, Va.-based dairy cooperative also boasts an impressively long history, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic devastated businesses in every industry worldwide. Dairy operations were hit especially hard, as the industry had to navigate negative effects on business operations, logistics and an abrupt change in demand.
News from dairy processors, suppliers and associations.
October 22, 2020
Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt, Boulder, Colo., announced a new direct-to-consumer option, https://yasso.com/shop, allowing shoppers the added convenience of delivery straight to their doors.
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery is so known for its cheese curd production that former Gov. Anthony S. Earl named Ellsworth, Wis., the town where the company is based, the "Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin" in 1984.
Dairy Foods’ 27th annual Dairy 100 ranks the largest public and private companies, as well as the largest cooperatives, in the North American dairy industry.
It's been a year since we last published our annual Dairy 100. To say the 12 months in between have been eventful for the dairy industry would be quite the understatement.
The city of Dallas certainly has earned some bragging rights. It is home to the Dallas Cowboys, the most valuable team in the NFL (worth $5.5 billion in 2019, according to Forbes); the Texas State Fair, the biggest state fair in the nation (with more than 2,000,000 visitors annually); and the Dallas Arts District, the largest contiguous urban arts district in the nation.
Eugene, Ore. is home to Oregon Ice Cream Co.'s 80,000-square-foot plant, which produces ice cream under the Alden's Organic brand: the No. 1-selling organic ice cream brand in the natural channel in the United States.
Exclusive coronavirus-focused BNP Media survey shows that two-thirds of food and beverage processors are significantly concerned about achieving business goals.