environment
The critical pieces
Sustainability continues to be a top priority globally, so the way milk is produced is becoming as important as the products made from them. Normally we don’t discuss up the supply chain too much on the blog, but a couple of supply-related events caught my eye this week.
UK to gain first School of Sustainable Food and Farming
Plans are in progress to develop the UK’s first School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University in Shropshire.
Animal health promoted by SalzburgMilch
SalzburgMilch dairy has incorporated messages on animal health as well as good taste and sustainability into its latest advertising campaign.
Allgau Milch Käse reveals sustainability gains
In the past 15 years, German dairy Allgäu Milch Käse has made great sustainability strides in terms of its energy consumption.
Making cartons without plastic caps
Many brands are transitioning to more sustainable packaging as consumers increasingly make environmentally conscious decisions regarding their purchases, notes Elopak.
Energy reduced in spray drying research
As part of an industrial joint research (IGF) project in Germany, a research team from University of Hohenheim has set the goal of significantly reducing the energy required for spray drying.
Harper Adams researches environmental impact of milk production by feeding lower protein diets
Researchers at Harper Adams University have been focussing on feeding home-grown forage legumes to cows in order to lower nitrogen output.
Fonterra and DSM join forces to lower carbon footprint
The new collaboration is based around DSM’s feed additive product Bovaer, which effectively and consistently reduces methane emissions from cows by over 30% in non-pasture-based farming systems.
Ingredia receives EY Food Industry Award 2021
Ingredia has received the award for social and environmental commitment as part of the trophies of the 5th edition of the EY Food Industry Award 2021 in partnership with the National Association of Food Industries (ANIA).
Andechser Scheitz initiates climate farmer project
In Germany the Andechser Scheitz dairy has initiated its KlimaBauer (climate farmer) project, where organic dairy farmers, with the support of the dairy, develop and implement measures to avoid producing and to bind carbon dioxide.
Petschar addresses the 2020 Austrian dairy market, looks to 2021
VÖM president Helmut Petschar says that joint efforts are necessary for positive further development within the dairy industry next year.
Business & trade, Dairy processing, End products, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
The future is sustainable
Under the Dairy Sustainability Framework, the global dairy industry has been busy offering a framework for a holistic approach to sustainability in the dairy value chain.
Fonterra, Nestlé and DairyNZ join forces to tackle nitrogen leaching
Fonterra and Nestlé are teaming up with DairyNZ to expand a promising plantain trial to help improve waterways and reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions.
Defending the cow
Although the dairy industry has work to do, a world without cows is probably best left as a Twilight Zone episode and not a reality show, says an article published in Nutrition Today.