The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association’s (WCMA) board of directors selected nine individuals to be recognized next year at CheeseExpo Global Online for their outstanding work in the dairy processing industry.

The dairy checkoff-founded GENYOUth organization and Campbell’s Chunky are hosting an e-sports initiative that will raise money to deliver 100 million meals, including milk, as part of its COVID-19 Emergency School Meal Delivery Fund to help tackle hunger in schools, said Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), Rosemont, Ill.

Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., Edwardsville, Ill., is inviting holiday revelers to celebrate by entering its “Holidays at Home” sweepstakes for a chance to win weekly dairy prize packages.

Revelry Foods, a division of Portland, Ore.-based Revelry Group, said Federated Foodservice, an Arlington Heights, Ill.-headquartered distributor buying group, named Revelry Foods “Supplier of the Year.”

Nestlé defined its detailed, time-bound plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The phased approach aims to halve the company's emissions by 2030 and realize net zero by 2050.

Registration is now open for CheeseExpo Global Online 2021, slated to take place April 6-8, at CheeseExpoGO.org.

Lifeway Foods Inc., a Morton Grove, Ill.-based supplier of kefir and fermented probiotic products to support the microbiome, said it is kicking off this holiday season with the release of its holiday commercial and Giving Tuesday initiatives.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) Dairy Council announced its new Dairy Science Scholarship Fund named after Tom Imbordino, former publisher of Dairy Foods magazine and a founding member of the council.

In early November, the Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA) recognized Chanhassen, Minn.-based Bongards Creameries with the 2020 Industrial Water Quality Achievement Award.

USDA said it would publish a proposed rule “maintaining flexibility for schools to serve tasty meals their kids will be eager to eat.”