Four-day event will feature keynote presentation, town hall, plus much more.
April 5, 2023
The Food Safety Summit, the annual tradeshow for food safety professionals, will celebrate 25 years when it returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., from May 8 to 11. The conference program, developed by an Educational Advisory Board (EAB), will feature sessions led by industry thought leaders.
The NMPF and IDFA expressed optimism for USDA’s proposed updates to school meal nutrition standards.
February 3, 2023
NMPF and IDFA are carefully reviewing other provisions set forth in the proposed rule, including the weekly added sugars and sodium limits, to assess their impact on students’ ability to benefit from nutrient-dense dairy food. NMPF and IDFA will submit formal comments as requested by USDA.
The Dairy Sustainability Alliance consists of companies and organizations across the dairy community and others who want to contribute to dairy’s social responsibility journey.
November 22, 2022
Mike Haddad, who serves as chair of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and chair of Schreiber Foods Inc., opened the meeting with a message of how industry unity and alignment on sustainability goals can help secure a bright future for dairy.
he grant was one of 70 announced on Sept. 14 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities program.
September 15, 2022
The grant will fund a project led by Maple Hill to expand climate-smart markets for our small family dairy farmers and enable a network of partners and producers to further enhance industry leading climate-smart practices by incentivizing implementation and providing training support
The co-op applied for the grant earlier this year through the USDA’s new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program.
September 14, 2022
Edge will spearhead a multi-partner project ― Farmer-led Climate Smart Commodities Initiative: Building Success from the Ground Up ― aimed at expanding climate-smart markets and establishing dairy and sugar as climate-smart commodities.
The $600M facility is slated to open in early 2024 and will process approximately 8 million pounds of milk per day.
September 9, 2022
The Pasco facility will be outfitted with two specialized milk dryers and two packaging lines for
powdered milk products (or what the dairy industry calls “premium proteins”), two butter churns, two
bulk butter packaging lines (for commercial and institutional customers), and five consumer butter
packaging lines.
USDA will pump an additional $4.3 billion into school and child care meals this school year.
July 22, 2022
IDFA applauded USDA for taking the significant boost in funding provided by the bipartisan Keep Kids Fed Act and adding what resources they could to truly bolster the balance sheets of school meals professionals dealing with inflationary pressures.