SACRAMENTO, Calif.-A first- and second-grade nutrition education program that reinforces language arts and math while teaching health in an innovative way, has received exceptionally positive marks in a formative evaluation by WestEd, a nonprofit research agency with a specialty in education program evaluation. The program, Healthy Choices, Healthy Me!, developed by the Dairy Council of California, the program is in its second full year in distribution.
The former Schultz Creamery, of Bismarck N.D. which closed its doors more than two years ago, is back up and running under the name Great Plains Dairy Partners LLC and has already begun producing milk for the Deja Moo label.
ELMHURST, Ill.-The world's top dairy researchers and processors will join some of the country's leading nutrition professionals, and food and beverage marketers at the 2005 International Whey Conference (IWC) to be held in Chicago from Sept. 11-14.
DALLAS-Dean Foods Company announced last month that Steve Demos has resigned as president of the WhiteWave Foods division to pursue other interests. The announcement comes less than six months after Demos was picked to lead Dean's expanded value-added division.
Schreiber Foods Inc., Green Bay, Wis., will close its cream cheese facility in north St. Louis over the summer, laying off more than 200, as it moves production to lower-cost facilities. The closing will shut the last remaining former local operation of Raskas Foods Inc., which Schreiber acquired in 2002.
TILLAMOOK, Ore.-Members of the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) have voted 2-1 to stick with a no-rBST policy that has been developed and approved by the organization's board of directors, the co-op says.
Since Stonyfield Farm launched its YoBaby line of baby yogurt in 1999 a steady stream of cute baby pictures has filled the company's mailbox in Londonderry, N.H.
Value America is buying the flavors and ingredients business of Zipps Manufacturing, Cleveland. The transaction was expected to close March 30. Value America plans to fully integrate product lines and
Lactaid® Brand has formed a new partnership with 3-A-Day of Dairy, the nutrition-based marketing and consumer education campaign managed through the National Dairy Council. As part of this new relationship, Lactaid becomes a major sponsor of programs designed to educate Americans on the benefits of eating a healthy diet that includes 3 servings of dairy a day.