New Country Farms LLC, Anaheim, Calif., which is owned by farmer members of the National Farmers Organization, Ames, Iowa, adds Baby Swiss to its line of premium, natural Jack cheeses.

Made-in-the-USA Swiss cheese being exported to Switzerland is the modern-day version of the old story about shipping coal to Newcastle.

Guess who now markets milk? After more than 20 years of producing yogurt, Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, N.H., now offers consumers Organic Milk. With a little help from its Massachusetts neighbor

Three years ago, Velvet Ice Cream Company was looking for a fresh idea to communicate our brand to consumers in ways traditional advertising cannot. Advertising can be effective, but we wanted greater interaction with our customers. We wanted a campaign that would offer them something more than an image and a tag line.

Across a spectrum of product types, most of the top brands in the cultured dairy category are experiencing healthy growth.

No! This is not a story about one of my favorite consignment shops along Florida's Route A1A. Instead, it is a story about dairy proteins and milk sugars, i.e., whey proteins and lactose. Most folks in the dairy business can recite that history in their sleep, so I won't spend much time there; but the fun part is what's happening right now.

Here's a category first: Minneapolis-based General Mills Inc. , adds Healthy Heart™ to its Yoplait® cup yogurt line. The product is low-fat yogurt with plant sterols. Packages contain the following

Wells' Dairy Inc. , Le Mars, Iowa, the largest U.S. family-owned and managed dairy processor, introduces Blue Bunny® IncreDiples™. These new yogurt-based dips complement both vegetables and chips. In fact,

For this first installment we'll look at the broader picture of dairy packaging before focusing in a bit on cultured products.

Shredded Cheese Keeps Growing