The Danone International Prize for Nutrition was recently awarded in Paris to Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Marilyn M. Simpson Professor at Rockefeller University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for his outstanding research on the role of genetics and leptin, a hormone he discovered, in body weight regulation.
And the winner of Danisco USA’s 2007 Knowledge Award is…Jeremey Hinkle, a senior in food science at Kansas State University. Fiesta Braciole, a stuffed breaded beef entrée, was his winning entry.
North America’s artisan and specialty cheesemakers are getting ready to gather in a place many of them call home. The American Cheese Society will hold its 24th annual conference, Achieving Sustainability, Aug. 1 – 4 in Burlington, Vt.
With milk sales showing the first real signs of improvement in more than a decade, the dairy industry’s promotion groups are reining in a marketing campaign that just may have played a key role in the turnaround.
Dairy
Foods recently launched Dairy Product Innovations, a new e-newsletter focused on food product trends, new
dairy products, and new products and services from dairy industry suppliers.
PHOENIX, Ariz.-Maybe the main attraction was 1970s TV celebrity Bob Ewbanks. It might have been the program that included a discussion of business ethics, and a company profile of
Horizon Organic products are back on the shelves at Colorado’s Boulder Co-op Market. Nearly a year ago the store, along with other co-ops and consumer groups boycotted Horizon over