CheeseExpo, a biennial event hosted by Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) and the Center for Dairy Research (CDR), returns from April 16 to 18 at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wis.
Durkin replaces Schreiber Foods Chair Mike Haddad, who served as the Innovation Center’s chair for five years.
January 30, 2023
Durkin joined Leprino in 2011 and has been president and CEO since 2014. He most recently served as secretary of the Innovation Center board and previously chaired its Stewardship Commitment Taskforce.
The awards honor exceptional organizations for their socially responsible, economically viable and environmentally sound practices and technologies.
February 10, 2022
The farmer-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, which unites the industry through a shared social responsibility platform, said it launched the awards to honor exceptional farms, businesses and partnerships for their socially responsible, economically viable and environmentally sound practices and technologies that have a broad and positive impact.
The MOU will further collaboration on efforts related to the environment and dairy.
November 13, 2020
The checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Rosemont, Ill., announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
DMI approved six proposals to accelerate product innovation, extend milk’s availability in new channels, and secure additional resources to market fluid milk.
November 1, 2012
Barbara O’Brien, president of the checkoff-funded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, said fluid milk “is now at a crossroads” following four decades of declining sales.
“There are solutions,” O’Brien said. “But we need the will and commitment (of the industry) to carry them out.”
I accompanied a delegation from the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to the White House this week. POTUS was not in the house. Though we did not meet the President Of The United States, the trip was still memorable.