Month: May 2013

Rogue Creamery Ranks In Top Ten Of 2013 '100 Best Green Companies'

May 31, 2013 Rogue Creamery

Today, Oregon Business Magazine announced their list of the 100 Best Green Companies to Work For in Oregon and Rogue Creamery is ranked  # 10.This is the 4th consecutive year that Rogue Creamery has been ranked as one of Oregon’s 100 Best Green Companies. Rogue Creamery recently received the SBA Director’s Impact Award for innovation and leadership on May 20th.Co-owner David Gremmels currently serves on Governor Kitzhaber’s Oregon Sustainability Board and the creamery won the 2007 Governor’s Sustainability Tourism Award for its commitment to community and agri-tourism. …

Cheese Of The Month: Zombie Quadrello di Bufala

May 31, 2013 Craig LaBan, The Philadelphia Enquirer

Just when you thought Zombie was gone, it's ba-aack – and stinkier than ever. On an Italian cheese. …

Top Food Bloggers Join Sabra's 2013 Tastemaker Panel

May 31, 2013 Sabra Dipping Company

Sabra® Dipping Company (www.sabra.com), makers of the country's best selling hummus, is bringing influential bloggers to the table again, welcoming its 2013 Sabra Tastemakers.  Each year, Sabra carefully selects Tastemakers from among the most talented and inspirational bloggers publishing today for an intimate experience with the brand.  Guided tastings, factory tours and exclusive events with Sabra's Center of Excellence team provide influencers with an intimate behind-the-scenes look at Sabra's award-winning hummus facility in Virginia. Tastemakers get first glimpses and provide feedback on food trends, brand advertising campaigns and new products in development. …

Dairy Market Update: The Farm-To-Retail Milk Price Myth Revisited Yet Again

May 31, 2013 Bob Yonkers, IDFA Chief Economist

The myth that retail fluid milk prices never go down when farm milk prices do is very pervasive in the dairy industry. In late 2011, Robert J. Gray, a senior policy advisor to a dairy producer group, made such a claim in public comments submitted to The Wall Street Journal, which led me to research the issue in my December 2011 column, “Retail Milk Prices Do Track with Farm Milk Costs.” Then a press release from the National Milk Producers Federation last summer made a similar claim, and I responded in my July 2012 column, “The Farm-to-Retail Milk Price Myth Revisited.” …

HP Hood Expansion To Create 75 Jobs

May 31, 2013 Ryan Cornell, Northern Virginia Daily

When dairy brand HP Hood invests $84.6 million into increasing its ultra-high temperature production capacity at its Winchester plant, it will mark the largest investment by an expanding company in Frederick County in 30 years. …