‘Add Milk!’ Program Launches in Alabama, Boosting Purchasing Power for Low-Income Families Using SNAP

A nutrition incentive program that helps low-income families purchase healthy fluid milk products is expanding across Alabama. The Add Milk! program is being launched by the Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences Hunger Solutions Institute (HSI) and select retailers to provide a dollar-for-dollar match for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, when they purchase low-fat or non-fat milk.

International Dairy Foods Association Names Roberta Wagner as Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced that Roberta Wagner has been named senior vice president, regulatory and scientific affairs, succeeding a position held by Joseph Scimeca, Ph.D., who announced his retirement from IDFA earlier this year. Wagner comes to IDFA from Consumer Brands Association, formerly the Grocery Manufacturers Association, where she served as vice president of regulatory and technical affairs since 2019.

U.S. Dairy Industry Adds 60K New Jobs and Higher Wages Driven by Growing Consumption and Immense Economic Returns to Local and Regional Communities

The U.S. dairy industry grew significantly over the past two years, adding nearly 60,000 new jobs, increasing average wages by 11%, and increasing its total impact on the U.S. economy by $41 billion, according to the latest economic impact report from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA).

IDFA Lauds Introduction of Dairy Nutrition Incentives Program Act of 2023

While dairy products are repeatedly recommended by the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) as a core component of a healthy eating pattern, the DGA also highlights that 90% of Americans do not consume enough milk and other nutritious dairy products.New legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate seeks to address this significant gap by increasing access to nutritious dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt and other cultured dairy products among participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

WSJ Article Reveals USDA Threat to Ban Flavored Milk in Schools While 90% of Parents with Children in School Oppose the Move

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, top officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture remain fixated on banning chocolate milk from elementary and middle school cafeterias despite widespread opposition from parents, school meal professionals, and the federal government’s own Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) report.