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Lifeway Foods donates $10,000 to wildfire victims, launches National Kefir Day, and is honored as our Processor of the Year!

Dairy Foods names New York City-based Chobani LLC as its 2024 Processor of the Year, honoring the company’s impressive humanitarian efforts, its entrance into new dairy and non-dairy markets, and its tremendous growth.

I would like to start by congratulating Chobani LLC as the 2024 Dairy Foods Processor of the Year recipient. The company has revolutionized Greek yogurt in the North American market and has been at the forefront of the health of wellness trend. 

It has been an excellent past 12 months — and beyond — for Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned cooperative with nearly 11,000 family-farm owners and about 19,000 employees.

Award presentation took place during last month’s IDFA Dairy Forum in Orlando. Tillamook was honored for its rich history, 50% retail sales growth and sustainability plan. Kudos to CEO Patrick Criteser and his amazing team!

Learn more from TCCA CEO Patrick Criteser about the company's rich history (founded in 1909), its award-winning cheddar cheese, its new Certified B Corp status and a Visitor's Center that annually welcomes more than 1 million visitors to "the House that Cheddar Built."  

It long has been said that history has a way of repeating itself. That is not necessarily a bad thing, however.

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.