The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) takes place in September with a goal to “launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food, as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.”
Fortunately, this event and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) didn’t sneak up on the dairy community. In fact, we saw the signals of change coming from thought leaders and consumers 14 years ago. How milk and other foods are produced matters as much — or maybe more, to some people — as their nutrition and wellness benefits. This reality led to the U.S. dairy industry conducting its first lifecycle assessment.