Ask 10 people what “sustainability” means to them, and you’d probably get 10 different answers. Its dictionary definition is simple: the ability to sustain something at its current level. And dairy companies, many of which have already existed for over a century, might know a thing or two about that.
“We’ve been around for over 110-plus years, so Tillamook’s stewardship journey started more than a century ago,” says Paul Snyder, executive vice president, stewardship, Tillamook County Creamery Association, Tillamook, Ore. “As a dairy co-op, our farmer-owners have and will continue to be on the front line, focused on taking care of the land and their cows. As a business, our goal is to become both bigger and better, and sustainability plays a major role in that.”