Kathie Canning

Kathie Canning, former editor-in-chief of Dairy Foods, is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience in the trade publication sector. Her experience includes leadership positions on a number of food and beverage publications for both processor and retail audiences. She is a graduate of the University of Toledo and is also certified as an Editor in the Life Sciences by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences.

2019 Breakthrough Award goes to California Dairies Inc.

Kathie Canning

April 10, 2019

Each year, Dairy Foods and the Elmhurst, Ill.-based American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) honor one deserving ADPI member company with the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation. The award celebrates achievements and innovations in one or more of four categories.

Avoid pump and valve maintenance missteps

By staying clear of common maintenance mistakes, dairy processors could reduce downtime related to pump and valve issues

Kathie Canning

April 5, 2019

Pumps are widely used within dairy processing facilities to transfer liquids, gases and slurries by mechanical action. Valves, meanwhile, control the flow of such products via opening/closing different passageways.

It’s time for dairy ingredients to shine

Kathie Canning

April 4, 2019

When it comes to category-specific growth potential within the dairy space, most market research reports and forecasts seem to focus on finished dairy product categories such as ice cream, cheese and cultured products. But dairy ingredients also present an enormous growth opportunity for North American processors.

Basketball All-Star Al Horford is new face of ‘Built with Chocolate Milk’ campaign

Kathie Canning

March 12, 2019

Five-time basketball All-Star Al Horford is sharing his recovery secret in a new bilingual "Built with Chocolate Milk" campaign from the Washington, D.C.-based Milk Processors Education Program (MilkPEP).

Relationships matter to Schreiber Foods

Thanks to a commitment to food quality, corporate integrity and innovation, Schreiber Foods has built long-lasting customer relationships that have been instrumental to the company’s strong growth.

Kathie Canning

March 12, 2019

Schreiber Foods (Schreiber) is among the largest privately held companies in the United States. The dairy processor ranked No. 74 on Forbes' 2018 "Americas' Largest Private Companies" list and posted $5.2 billion in revenues in 2018.

New MilkPEP campaign shares real dairy stories

Kathie Canning

March 9, 2019

To reignite the milk category and increase dairy-related trust and relevance among consumers, the Washington, D.C.-based Milk Processors Education Program (MilkPEP) announced a new campaign called "Milk. Love What's Real."

Dairy Foods honors Land O’Lakes at 2019 Dairy Forum

Kathie Canning

March 8, 2019

Dairy Foods magazine presented its 2018 Processor of the Year award to Land O'Lakes Inc. during the Jan. 22 lunch session at the 2019 Dairy Forum in Orlando, Fla. Chris Roberts, president of Land O'Lakes' Dairy Foods unit and executive vice president, accepted the award on behalf of the Arden Hills, Minn.-based cooperative.

Schreiber Foods' cheese operations are built to impress

Schreiber Foods’ Fairview cheese-converting plant in Carthage, Mo., is notable not only for its massive size, but also for its high level of automation and dedicated partner-owners.

Kathie Canning

March 7, 2019

Visitors to Schreiber Foods' Fairview cheese converting plant in Carthage, Mo., can't help but be a bit awestruck. The sheer size of the facility, 330,000 square feet largely dedicated to converting operations and another 140,000 housing a distribution center, is certainly impressive. But the high level of automation found within the various departments is perhaps even more remarkable.

The milk category is ripe for innovation

Kathie Canning

March 7, 2019

Back in July 2018, Dairy Foods ran an online poll asking readers which dairy category they believed was most in need of innovation. When all was said and done, milk rose to the top as the category screaming loudest for attention, with 41% of the votes.

Toft Dairy's ice cream operations reflect a heritage of quality

The ice cream Toft Dairy produces at its Sandusky, Ohio, plant is subject to the high standards the company has had in place for all of its products over the last 119 years

Kathie Canning

February 8, 2019

Large signs touting "Toft's 'One Quality'" and "Ohio's Oldest Dairy" greet visitors to Toft Dairy's 74,500-square-foot dairy plant/headquarters facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Those two messages amply describe the family-owned company's heritage.