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Are you ready to market to — and hire — Generation Z?

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Kathie Canning
February 23, 2021
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Almost two decades ago, marketing companies, news outlets and market research firms across the country issued a warning to American marketers and employers: The oldest millennials soon would be coming of age, and the rest of us had better prepare for it.
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Lab-created dairy alternatives don’t meet dairy definition

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Kathie Canning
January 21, 2021
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In recent years, dairy alternatives have been popping up seemingly everywhere. These dairy wannabees typically do not come close, however, to matching dairy's unique nutritional profile and taste.
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Trends spell innovation opportunity for dairy in 2021

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Kathie Canning
January 5, 2021
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In my December column, I pointed to two areas of particular consumer interest, products that boost immune health and products that target the microbiome, that will spell innovation opportunity for dairy processors in 2021. Those areas of interest are huge, but they are not the only trends that bode well for dairy in the New Year.
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It’s time for optimism and enthusiasm in dairy industry

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Kathie Canning
December 7, 2020
As I write this column, 2020 is not quite over, although I suspect most folks are anxiously counting the days until it is.
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Mind the megatrends for future success in dairy

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October 21, 2020
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Each year, Dairy Foods takes a deep dive into trends (both current and emerging), as well as opportunities and challenges, within a variety of dairy-product and related segments. The result is our annual State of the Industry report, published in our November issue.
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Immunity-boosting ingredients spell opportunity for dairy

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Kathie Canning
October 8, 2020
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit back in March, life for most Americans took a sharp detour from business as usual. Among other practices, the "new normal" brought with it the social distancing, mask wearing and sharp increase in at-home food preparation that continue to this day.
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Let’s talk plant-based dairy alternatives — again

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Kathie Canning
September 15, 2020
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Toward the end of 2018, I penned a column defending Dairy Foods' coverage of the plant-based dairy-alternative space. The column was in response to reader feedback suggesting such coverage was harming dairy farmers and the dairy processing industry.
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Remembering Tom Imbordino, Dairy Foods’ publisher

He was the best
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Kathie Canning
July 23, 2020
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In June, Dairy Foods sadly lost its long-time publisher, Tom Imbordino. He died unexpectedly at the age of 59.
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Dairy processors make lemonade out of lemons

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Kathie Canning
June 16, 2020
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My daughter is a third grade teacher in Raleigh, N.C. Her school, like most others across the country, was forced to close amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dairy industry shows community spirit during coronavirus crisis

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Kathie Canning
May 9, 2020
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I'm writing this column in mid-April, long before the print version of this issue will be readied for mailing (one of the downsides of deadlines). And as I write, the dairy supply chain is reeling from an abundance of negative impacts associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
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