As Americans clamor for more convenient and healthy food options, yogurt is turning out to be one of their top choices. Among packaged foods and snacks, only quick breakfast options, yogurt and a few types of snacks–mainly healthier options–increased their household penetration rates by one percentage point or more during the past few years, according to a new “On-the-Go Eating” … Read More
Strunk New CEO
The Tillamook County Creamery Association, known for cheeses and other dairy products, said Thursday it has a new chief executive officer. Harold Strunk, a former executive at Eagle Family Foods, will succeed Jim McMullen, who recently stepped down. Strunk will begin his role as president and CEO of the nearly 100-year-old cooperative on Aug. 15.
Hoosiers Donate Cheese
The Milk Promotion Services of Indiana choose a unique way to celebrate June Dairy Month, by also recognizing Hunger Awareness Day. The group, in partnership with Fair Oaks Farms, donated 4,000 pounds of Indiana cheese to five food banks across the state. Each food bank will receive 800 pounds of handcrafted Fair Oaks Farms Muenster cheese, a creamy, mild cheese … Read More
St. Albans Loses Certification
It’s a shame to hear this story, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc. in Vermont, has lost its certification to perform the standard plate count test in its milk lab. After failing two state evaluations, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery Inc., the largest milk handler in the state, has lost its certification to perform a routine and required milk test, the standard … Read More
Happy Easter From ZimmComm
Happy Easter from ZimmComm New Media. I was looking for a nice image to use for this post and thought of an Easter basket standard – the Cadbury Creme (or caramel) Egg. So, while you’re enjoying one of these you might want to shoot a little YouTube action and upload and enter it for a chance to win some money. … Read More
Brick Cheese a Wisconsin Speciality
The word Wisconsin still means “cheese” to most everyone. Wisconsin Master Cheesmakers Joe Widmer, Theresa, Wis.; Ron Buholzer, Klondike Cheese Company; Jamie Fahrney, Chalet Cheese Cooperative; Gary Grossen, Babcock Hill Dairy Plant; Jim Meives, Chula Vista Cheese; Myron Olson, Chalet Cheese Cooperative and Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Inc. all produce Brick cheese, a speciality cheese of the state. Enjoy the … Read More
Raw Milk Gets Attention
Selling raw milk to consumers continues to be a controversial subject. Where do you stand on the issue? Richard Hebron, 41, was driving along an anonymous stretch of highway near Ann Arbor, Mich., last October when state cops pulled him over, ordered him to put his hands on the hood of his mud-splattered truck and seized its contents: 453 gal. … Read More
California Cooperative Goes BST Free
California Dairies Inc. is the latest milk cooperative to ask its producers to stop using BST. The cooperative is under pressure from their customers to supply BST free milk. Despite evidence that the rBST hormone doesn’t harm humans, California Dairies Inc. said its biggest customers such as Vons and Safeway didn’t want it in the cows. The co-op also supplies … Read More
Wisconsin Comfort Food
Wisconsin is still known for cheese, a fact that the restaurant, The Old Fashioned is taking to heart. The menu at the restaurant features many fantastic dishes made with Wisconsin cheese, including an old favorite, Macaroni and Wisconsin Cheese. Now you can try your hand at Chef Patrick O’Halloran’s recipe, thanks to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Chef O’Halloran shared … Read More
Mississippi Dairy Sold
Another dairy is being sold. LuVel Dairy Products Inc., based in Mississippi, was aquired by Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., Carlinville, Ill. LuVel currently has over 225 employees and operates about 100 routes or distributors in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee. LuVel President Jimmy Briscoe and his brother, Richard, who is LuVel’s vice president, will remain at the helm of … Read More