Plans are being laid for the construction of another huge California cheese plant. American Dairy Parks, LLC, has set up a subsidiary, Blue Ribbon Cheese Company, which expects to break ground early next year on a $225 million plant to be located within 60 miles of Fresno. It would be operational by 2009.
Honoring Romania's past while meeting the demands of the present, a small cheesemaker, LaDorna, produces a sheeps milk cheese, using traditional methods in a thoroughly modern plant.
New Zealand and the European Union have reached an interim arrangement to allow their disputed butter trade to resume but have been unable to agree on a long-term settlement.
A unique joint effort of Norse Dairy Systems (NDS) and Virginia Dare Extract Co. Inc., will offer a real taste treat to thousands of attendees at the new Process Expo, Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 in Chicago. NDS and Virginia Dare have teamed up to present "Winning Combinations," a variety of new, frozen desserts.
HP Hood has inked an agreement with Boston Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp to serve as a spokesman. Hood will work with Crisp for a variety of promotional and advertising opportunities in support of the company's products and charitable programs.
Ben & Jerry's seems to have gotten the egg off its face. The Vermont-based ice cream maker, owned by Unilever, has found a certified humane egg supplier after the Humane Society complained of inhumane conditions at the company's previous vendor.
UK cheese giant Dairy Crest is selling its private label cheese making arm to First Milk, a farmer-owned Scottish dairy business which produces over two billion liters of milk a year.
Dean Foods and HP Hood have recently notified New England milk suppliers that at some facilities they will no longer accept milk from cows treated with synthetic growth hormones.
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