Jim Carper retires; Kathie Canning is new chief editor.
Dairy Foods’ Chief Editor Jim Carper retired as of Sept. 1, 2017. Carper had a 37-year career in journalism, the last seven of which were on Dairy Foods.
“Jim did an incredible job helping to build the Dairy Foods brand across all channels,” said Tom Imbordino, dairy market & media leader for the BNP’s Food | Beverage | Packaging Group of Troy, Mich.-based BNP Media. “Since 2012, overall brand reach tripled and the dairyfoods.com website traffic grew a whopping 600% under Jim’s leadership. Jim fully embraced the dairy market, visiting 47 processing plants in 24 states during his tenure.”