Dairy

Lucerne®, Safeway Inc.'s exclusive dairy brand, congratulated the nine finalists chosen to compete for a $30,000 grand prize in the Seventh Annual Lucerne® The Art of Dairy(TM) Art Contest. For the first time, the finalists were announced via a live post on Facebook and at www.artofdairy.com …

The Rosa Brothers Milk Company decided to do something unprecedented in Kings County in an age of huge, impersonal milk processing. They're starting a mini-creamery, for their own cows, to distribute their own milk directly to retailers. …

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced the appointment of Jacques Laforge as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC). …

When the economy collapsed, Hamilton Colwell, a former JP Morgan investment banker, had an epiphany. But his vision had nothing to do with banks or financial recovery — it involved yogurt. He's now gearing up to stock his Greek-style yogurt, now made in Pennsylvania, in Manhattan's grocery and health food stores by mid-spring. …

Attitude Drinks an innovative beverage brand development company and creator of the Phase III® Recovery brand, today announced a distribution agreement with Brown Distributing Company to service Phase III® throughout 269 Walgreens locations. Phase III® will be distributed by Brown in southeast Florida from Palm Beach County through Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties to the Florida Keys. …