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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association is delivering on promises

The cooperative produces milk and other dairy products that are ‘fresh from the farm to fridge’ and ‘100% local.’

January 11, 2021

Maola Local Dairies, the signature brand from Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA), covers dairy products touted as being "fresh from farm to fridge" and "100% local."

Casper’s Ice Cream’s newest plant is a frozen novelty powerhouse

The state-of-the-art processing facility produces 350 million ice cream and frozen novelty products annually.

Kathie Canning

October 5, 2020

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Richmond, Utah, is not exactly what one would call a metropolis, it boasts a population of fewer than 3,000 people. Despite its small status, however, the rural town has earned some decidedly big bragging rights.

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery masterfully adapts its plant operations

The cooperative made smart moves in its Ellsworth, Wis.-based plant to adjust to its increased production and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic.

Anna Boisseau

August 31, 2020

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The small town of Ellsworth, Wis., which is tucked into the Northwest corner of Wisconsin close to the Twin Cities, has a big claim to fame. In a state renowned for its cheese curds, it was the town designated the "Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin" due to being home to the eponymous Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery.

LALA U.S. Omaha plant is a steward of the LALA brand

With an emphasis on technology improvements, safety and team engagement, LALA U.S.’s Omaha, Neb., processing facility is able to maintain the high quality standards of its flagship LALA brand.

Kathie Canning

June 12, 2020

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In Mexico, LALA is the beloved flagship brand of Mexico City-based dairy giant Grupo LALA. The brand covers a wide range of products, from milk and yogurt to cheese and dairy desserts.

It’s all in the data at Oregon Ice Cream Co.’s plant

Oregon Ice Cream Co.’s software investments allow the company to make continuous improvements to its plant operations.

Anna Boisseau

April 29, 2020

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Eugene, Ore. is home to Oregon Ice Cream Co.'s 80,000-square-foot plant, which produces ice cream under the Alden's Organic brand: the No. 1-selling organic ice cream brand in the natural channel in the United States.

Baker Cheese’s cheese plant was built to stretch

Baker Cheese’s plant expansion was designed to handle the continually increasing demand for the company’s string cheese

Anna Boisseau

March 4, 2020

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Halfway through the family-owned Baker Cheese Inc. plant in St. Cloud, Wis., you'll come upon a kind of magical lazy river of cheese. Different sizes and varieties of the company's low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella string cheese float through a stream of brine.

High Road Craft Brands scales up its operation

High Road Craft Brands has experienced phenomenal growth over the past decade. But its ice cream plant remains committed to small-batch, craft operations

Kathie Canning

February 4, 2020

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Tucked away in a Marietta, Ga., industrial park, surrounded by Georgia pines, is a 75,000-square-foot, nondescript off-white building that offers few external cues as to what’s inside. But once a visitor steps into that building, he or she will see an operation that is actually rather exceptional.

Darigold’s Portland, Ore., plant is solving the puzzle

Producing over 150 SKUs, Darigold’s ultrapasteurized milk plant in Portland, Ore., has to stay flexible and organized to manage its complicated production schedules.

Anna Boisseau

January 6, 2020

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Some residents of Oregon's largest city have sought to "Keep Portland Weird," a motto based on safeguarding the city's reputation for farmers markets, artisanal craftworks and an eccentric literary/arts scene. But before it became the de facto capital for millennial hipsters, Portland had a long history of industrial production.

Graeter’s ice cream plant is different by design

Graeter’s ice cream plant blends a centuries-old process with modern technology to create an operation that’s like no other

Kathie Canning

October 4, 2019

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First-time visitors to the ice cream manufacturing facility operated by Graeter's Ice Cream, attached to the company's Cincinnati headquarters on Regina Graeter Way, might be a little surprised when they step inside.

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant closes the loop

Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant strives to ensure nothing is wasted in its cheese-making process.

Anna Boisseau

September 5, 2019

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Idyllic Crescent City, Calif., is known for being the gateway to Redwood National and State Parks, where some of the oldest trees in the United States live. But the small town, which hugs the Pacific Ocean right by the Oregon border, has another claim to fame.

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA), Landover, MD

The 175,000-square-foot facility boasts 103 employees, most of whom are dedicated to production, warehouse and shipping, or engineering and maintenance. Production takes place six days a week across two eight-hour processing shifts; a third shift is dedicated to cleanup and HTST processing. Packaging formats include caseless and conventional gallons, quarts and totes, Aarons says.