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Looking ahead
The year is winding down and I am already thinking to the future – in short, to the fabulous shows I will be going to, including our very own Dairy Industries Expo at NAEC Stoneleigh at the end of October. (Don’t miss it, www.dairyindustriesexpo.com, contact [email protected] for exhibitor information) I have been working on keynote speakers and they promise to be cracking ones. All will be revealed in the new year!
Facts and fiction
Last week was a topsy turvy week for me. I was at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, admiring the way Chelsea Pensioner Victor Lucas dealt with a 24 kilogram Montgomery Cheddar by wielding a sabre to cut it on Wednesday. It is a delightful event every year and it hearkens back to previous times before the internet, […]
Festive cheeses ho ho ho
I was told this weekend by my friend that, while she had known me, I had never done the right thing by her and invited her for a cheese tasting at my house, nor brought cheese to hers. I did not realise that was expected of me, but apparently being the editor of a dairy publication makes people think of cheese.
Looking at the scope
At FiE, fava beans were the highlight, with a reasonably pleasant taste and properties conducive to processing. There is also a push towards using citrus fibres, which is upcycled from the juice waste stream. Look out for a citrus fibre-bean product near you.
The next gen challenges
I’ve been travelling again. This week, it was to Bella Italia, where The European Dairy Association held its annual conference in Rome. The issue of the next generation for the dairy industry was top of the agenda, along with the pressures on livestock agriculture.
The elephant in the room
There has to be a balance between processing for price and locality, and the farmer is often stuck between the prices paid for milk, and the prices of inputs and animal farming.
What an election year
In addition to the US, the UK had elections (good outcome), and eight out of 10 of the world’s most populous nations, including Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan and Russia, went to the polls. Around four billion voters, or about half of the world’s population are eligible to vote in elections this year, Wikipedia informs us.
Cheese fraudsters and the community
The four month scam saw the fraudsters pretended to be legitimate wholesalers for a major French retailer. We have all fallen prey to scams and unfortunately, the wholesaler and retailer is no different.
The world of dairy together
There is probably nothing more engrossing that seeing the actual animals that produce such magnificent cheeses, and all the work that goes into the end product, with turning the curds into the moulds, then scrubbing and making sure the cheeses mature into the delicious end products.
The borders between us
As I begin more travelling to the Continent this week, I realise with relief that the European Union is not going to implement its fingerprint and facial scan check system for non-EU citizens at all EU borders this autumn.
The travelling dairy folks
It is an autumn of events for us here at Dairy Industries International.
Two decades of World School Milk Day
School feeding programmes reach 418 million children globally, playing a crucial role in addressing hunger and malnutrition.
Precision fermentation and the original vegan
Precision fermentation is handy for items such as rennet and vitamins, but it uses a lot of energy and the overall yield is low.
Getting ready for the holidays
At any rate, Halloween is fun enough. Ghouls and witches and enough sweets to fill a plastic pumpkin bucket. It is a useful marketing tool for supermarkets.