Sustainability
Delamere Dairy celebrates 35 years by releasing new milk cartons promoting sustainability
Delamere will feature the details of its partnership with Cabrito Goat Meat on all of its goats’ milk cartons from May this year in a move to highlight to consumers the ethical reasons to choose its milk.
Investments and grants
There have been many positive news stories from the past week about investments and grants that will benefit dairy farmers across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Trouw Nutrition launches grant for innovative dairy professionals
Trouw Nutrition’s new €10,000 HealthyLife grant is available to progressive dairy farmers, nutritionists and veterinarians who are serious about the sustainability and well-being of their herd.
Graham’s The Family Dairy’s investment in bioenergy is a first for Scottish dairy
Graham’s The Family Dairy has announced plans for a low carbon heat project at its facility in Fife, which will position the area at the forefront of innovative decarbonisation solutions for the food and drink sector.
It’s World Milk Day
Today is World Milk Day, one of the two days in the calendar when the globe gets together to celebrate milk, dairy and all its marvels.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, End products, Ingredients, Sustainability
Bord Bia launches world’s first scientifically supported Grass Fed Standard for milk
Through Bord Bia’s new Grass Fed Standard, Irish dairy processors will now be able to provide verifiable proof that the milk used in products and ingredients has come from grass fed cows.
SIG announces funding for sustainable packaging research at EPFL
SIG will fund breakthrough research at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, as part of a joint initiative with Nestlé, Logitech and other partners, to tackle environmental challenges associated with plastic waste.
Online retailer urges households not to throw out stockpiled food
Approved Food, the UK’s largest online retailer of surplus food and drink, is continuing to urge shoppers to only buy what they need in the run-up to this year’s Stop Food Waste Day on 29 April 2020.
Frischpack sees improved sales in 2019
Germany’s Frischpack Group reported successful results and above industry average growth for the 2019 financial year.
Ecolean establishes first recycling point in Moscow
Ecolean has signed a new agreement with EcoLine, the leading waste operator in Moscow, to establish a collecting and recycling point that serves over two million consumers.
Arla Germany reports positive 2019
Contrary to the general market trend, Arla was able to grow its brand business in Germany in 2019 as in the previous two years.
Vitafoods hosts ‘Digital Week’ in May 2020
Vitafoods has announced it will be hosting a Digital Week dedicated to supporting and inspiring the nutraceutical industry. The five-day virtual event will take place from 11-15 May 2020.
EDA uses postponement of Farm-to-Fork strategy to highlight dairy’s crucial role in Europe
On 25 March 2020, the original planned date of publication of the European Commission’s Farm- to-Fork Strategy, the European Dairy Association (EDA) released a statement to highlight once more its important role in healthy diets for individuals, as well as for food security for Europe and globally, in ‘normal’ times as much as in this time of crisis.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Sustainability
A pesticide free agriculture
Agroscope, the Swiss Confederation’s centre of excellence for agricultural research, has together with over 20 other European research institutions, signed up with the “Towards a Chemical Pesticide-Free Agriculture” memorandum of understanding (MoU).