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USDA releases grant approval for Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), led by President and CEO Michael Dykes, D.V.M., lauded the expansion of the HFMI program.

November 29, 2023

The program established by Congress in the 2018 Farm Bill and is one of the Department’s key nutrition incentive programs for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Milk with sugar appeals to tweens

Milk still offers plenty of health benefits that are hard to match.

Sharon Gerdes

October 31, 2023

If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, will it also keep tweens drinking milk through the critical years of bone development and beyond?

Add Milk! program expanding across South Dakota

A community event held at Buche Foods in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, marked the launch of the HFMI project, Add Milk!, at 14 participating stores across the state of South Dakota.

June 29, 2023

Launched by the Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences Hunger Solutions Institute (HSI) and select retailers, it provides a dollar-for-dollar match for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Edge Dairy receives climate-smart initiative grant

Under this grant, Edge will spearhead a multi-partner project ― Farmer-led Climate Smart Commodities Initiative: Building Success from the Ground Up

June 27, 2023

The initiative will build off a first-of-its-kind Framework for Farm-Level Sustainability Projects.

25th Food Safety Summit returns to Chicago

Four-day event will feature keynote presentation, town hall, plus much more.

April 5, 2023

The Food Safety Summit, the annual tradeshow for food safety professionals, will celebrate 25 years when it returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., from May 8 to 11. The conference program, developed by an Educational Advisory Board (EAB), will feature sessions led by industry thought leaders.

KJ Burrington elected vice chair of US-IDF

Both will serve in their roles for the next year.

April 3, 2023

Christopher Thompson was elected treasurer of the organization.

Three ways the next Farm Bill can support U.S. dairy

Asking Congress to reauthorize and expand the Healthy Milk Incentives Projects program is first on the list.

J. David Carlin

March 7, 2023

Asking Congress to reauthorize and expand the Healthy Milk Incentives Projects program is first on the list.

Proposed cuts to WIC dairy benefits risk nutrition security

Three-in-four WIC participants are concerned with the USDA proposal, Morning Consult survey reveals.

Joseph Scimeca

February 13, 2023

Three-in-four WIC participants concerned with the USDA proposal, Morning Consult survey reveals.

USDA plans to maintain low-fat flavored milk for students

The NMPF and IDFA expressed optimism for USDA’s proposed updates to school meal nutrition standards.

February 3, 2023

NMPF and IDFA are carefully reviewing other provisions set forth in the proposed rule, including the weekly added sugars and sodium limits, to assess their impact on students’ ability to benefit from nutrient-dense dairy food. NMPF and IDFA will submit formal comments as requested by USDA.

Dairy leaders meet to discuss sustainability

The Dairy Sustainability Alliance consists of companies and organizations across the dairy community and others who want to contribute to dairy’s social responsibility journey.

November 22, 2022

Mike Haddad, who serves as chair of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and chair of Schreiber Foods Inc., opened the meeting with a message of how industry unity and alignment on sustainability goals can help secure a bright future for dairy.