Dairy

Vivien Godfrey, CEO of the Milk Processor Education Program, has joined the roster of speakers for IDFA's Policy & Politics Conference, September 19-21, in Washington, D.C. Godfrey will deliver her second annual State of the Fluid Milk Industry address during breakfast on Friday, September 21. She will examine the issues and challenges facing the fluid milk industry and discuss the implications for milk processors. …

Consumer Reports Magazine named LAND O'LAKES® Spreadable Butter with Canola Oil as "Best of the Bunch" in a recent ranking of butters. …

In an attempt to help mitigate the growing obesity crisis, dietitians and parents alike turn to low fat diets. Dietitians and many personal trainers even claim that if you want to lose weight, you must have a caloric deficit at the end of the day. In order to achieve this you must combine diet and exercise. Right? “Not necessarily so,” says Nikko Generales, a contributor to Voskos Greek Yogurt’s “Get Fresh” blog. …

Congratulations to Foremost Farms employees at Marshfield and Sparta, Wis., for first-place finishes in their categories at the 2012 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Products Contest. Marshfield produced the winning cheddar for this year’s contest and Sparta won the WPC 34% protein category. Foremost Farms Waumandee, Wis., employees picked up a 3rd place in Cheddar and Marshfield also placed 2nd in Aged Cheddar. …

Jason Amundsen liked his flock of five chickens, which he and his wife kept in their Duluth backyard. The eggs were delicious. So, he thought, why not get a few more — about 1,795 more — raise them in the fresh air and sunshine, give them clean feed and good grass, and let all of Duluth have a good egg for breakfast? Now, Locally Laid eggs have landed on the shelves at Whole Foods Co-op and Homecroft Foods in late August, and the hens already have fans among Locally Laid’s wholesale customers. …