Dairy Foods magazine and Koch Membrane Systems, Wilmington, Mass., have joined forces to deliver a free webinar for the dairy industry. The webinar, titled “Innovative Solutions to the Unique Problems of Dairy Processing” and held Nov. 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET, will be hosted by speaker Scott LaRoche, senior process engineer at Koch.

Westby Cooperative Creamery Expands for Distribution Center, Offices; Alpina Foods Opens First U.S. Plant and more!

Dairy Forum 2012, which will take place Jan. 15-18, 2012 at La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, Calif., will take a big picture look at the geopolitics of food thanks to influential thought leaders bringing a fresh perspective to the changes to food supply and demand.

John McGuire, founder of Guernsey Farms Dairy, Northville, Mich., passed away Oct. 14 from natural causes. He was 103.

President Obama signed free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on Oct. 21.

People news from Concord Foods, Blommer Chocolate Co., ONESource Facility Solutions and more.

As part of the company’s continued strategic growth initiative, Chobani plans to open a second domestic manufacturing plant that will sit on 200 acres of agricultural and industrial land.

The Dannon Co., Inc.forged a new and unique relationship with McCarty Family Farms to help reduce the impact of the volatility of the price of milk and continuously improve on environmental sustainability.

Leavitt Partners, Faegre & Benson and B&D Consulting are joining forces to provide food manufacturers and others in the global food supply chain with a collaborative solution to food safety management. This joint effort will provide guidance for companies seeking to navigate the shifting food safety challenges of today's systems and those required to comply with new regulations resulting from the passage of the 2011 Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act.