Sustainable dairy - Articles

Repurposing food waste

Upcycled ingredients, whey from cheesemaking, oat milk byproducts have a second life in other products

January 12, 2024

With the growing world population, there is tremendous environmental stress on our planet because of the exploitation of non-renewable food and energy resources.

Emmi Group reports sustainability progress

Emmi believes it is on track to achieve its ambitious sustainability targets with a 2027 horizon.

June 5, 2023

Emmi made progress in the pillars defined in the Emmi sustainability model: people, communities and planet.

Dairy industry need to step up sustainability efforts

The dairy industry is committed to reducing its environmental impacts, but it could do more

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

April 5, 2018

At its core, sustainability within the food industry is about creating products that provide maximum nutrient density for the consumer, while creating a minimal impact on the environment.

Sustainability becomes more sustainable in dairy

Companies are going ‘green’ with energy and water conservation, package reductions and more.

Ed Finkel

October 4, 2017

Consumers increasingly are prioritizing sustainability. Almost one-fifth (19%) of consumers said they had been buying more sustainable products in the past year, according to a 2015 survey by The Hartman Group, Bellevue, Wash., titled “Transparency 2015 — Establishing Trust With Consumers.”

Counter-point

Dairy farmer responds to Dairy Foods editorial

Fear-based marketing is irresponsible and a race to the bottom.

February 3, 2017

Editor’s note: This letter to the editor by Mike McCloskey is in response to the January The Editor’s Page. McCloskey is the CEO of Select Milk Producers, a co-owner of fairlife llc, this magazine’s 2016 Dairy Processor of the Year.

Water Quality Trading is a win-win solution

The EPA notes that nutrient-recovery technologies provide palpable and verifiable nutrient reductions, which can allow for the elimination of the uncertainty ratios.

Clay Detlefsen

January 11, 2017

Water quality trading (WQT) was introduced in the 1960s, and it’s a great concept. Since its introduction, WQT has been tried approximately 60 times around the world, but mostly here in the United States.

Use these tools to measure sustainability efforts

To reduce GHG emissions further, all segments of the dairy industry must optimize efficiency. That means increasing milk yield per cow, reducing enteric emissions, improving manure handling, optimizing breeding and enhancing cow comfort.

Clay Detlefsen

October 11, 2016

In 2008, the dairy industry made a voluntary commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% by 2020 – a lofty goal, to say the least. In fact, it is remarkable to think how far we have already come since 1944.

Making ice cream while the sun shines: Inside the Magnolia ice cream plant

James Carper

February 17, 2016

Solar panels power two food processing plants in Pittsburg, Calif. Ramar Foods makes its Magnolia brand ice cream and novelties in one 17,000-square-foot facility.

Land O’Lakes tackles water, energy, transportation

Ed Finkel

October 10, 2015

Land O' Lakes Inc. has worked to reduce its environmental footprint through resource conservation, transportation, logistics and manufacturing efficiencies, and renewable energy on the farm, according to the company's 2014 Corporate Responsibility report.

Hilmar Cheese received a U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award for its green efforts

Ed Finkel

October 9, 2015

Dairy processors reduce their costs and environmental footprints in a number of ways. Hilmar Cheese received a U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award for its efforts. Land O’Lakes and Aurora Organic have their own approaches.