The foundation for healthy eating starts early, as research continues to show nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life has far-reaching impacts on children's ability to succeed in both school and life.
Dairy processors could support community health by bringing nutritious dairy foods to the market and empowering consumers with information needed to positively impact their health and wellbeing.
Healthy eating patterns are important at all stages of life, but especially during early childhood when children are building the foundation for lifelong health.
There’s a strong movement toward plant-based eating. By emphasizing dairy milk’s unique nutrients, the dairy industry can help ensure milk will be a key part of plant-based diets well into the future.
Plant-based diets are gaining traction among consumers, institutions and even government recommended dietary guidelines. Although the health benefits of consuming more vegetables, fruits and plant-based proteins are well-founded, "plant-based" is sometimes misconstrued to mean the elimination of animal-derived foods such as dairy milk.
Dairy Council of California’s trends tracking system is designed to identify issues early and follow their development to help the dairy community plan for the future.
Dairy Council of California’s trends tracking system is designed to identify issues early and follow their development to help the dairy community plan for the future.
For dairy processors, choosing more sustainable materials and focusing on efforts to reduce food waste are important ways to connect to consumers and customers alike.
Education, and the ability of students to learn and improve their lot in life, is part of the bedrock known as the American Dream. A growing body of evidence suggests that academic and lifelong success can be negatively impacted — not by lack of innate ability or failure to hit the books but by inadequate intake of nutritious foods.
Be committed to elevating the health of children and adults through the pursuit of lifelong healthy eating habits with milk and dairy foods as a cornerstone.
Dairy foods are in an increasingly competitive environment where alternative beverages are vying for the attention of consumers and their grocery dollars. And while these alternative beverages may be trendy, they lack the strong nutritional portfolio of milk.