Philabundance’s Abundantly Good Cheese Benefiting Dairy Farmers, Hungry Families

January 2, 2020 Foodtank

While the Pennsylvania dairy industry faces a milk surplus, about 700,000 people in the Greater Philadelphia area face food insecurity. In order to combat both issues, Philabundance, the largest hunger relief organization in the Greater Philadelphia area, partners with local food banks to upcycle 12 tankers of milk to help launch their Abundantly Good cheese brand in 2018.

Harvue Farms Ventures Into New Product

The Hardesty family will then be glad to introduce you to Harvue Farms’ new product line: Cheddar cheeses made exclusively with milk from its 350 registered Holstein cows.

Lowville Producers Dairy Co-op Renews Contract With Kraft

January 2, 2020 Emily Griffin, WWNY

As the Kraft Heinz plant in Lowville decides to stop buying milk from one local dairy co-op, another has secured a new contract.

NY Dairy Co-op Loses Kraft Contract

January 2, 2020 MARCUS WOLF, NNY360

Kraft told the Jefferson County Bulk Milk Cooperative Inc., which negotiates deals to sell its member farmers’ milk to processors, on Dec. 2 that it rejected a deal to purchase the group’s milk for its Lowville plant for another year and decided to “use other options,” said member farmer Lynn A. Murray, co-owner of Murcrest Farm, Copenhagen.

30th Annual Butter Sculpture Unveiled: East Meets West at the Pennsylvania Farm Show

American Dairy Association North East, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, revealed the recreation of three of the state’s most popular pro-sports mascots — Philadelphia Flyers’ Gritty, Philadelphia Eagles’ Swoop and Pittsburgh Steelers’ Steely McBeam — all carved from 1,000 pounds of butter.