Saputo Inc. said colleagues across its network are coming together this November to participate in the third edition of The Big Cook Up. Employees are volunteering to make a difference, rolling up their sleeves to prepare more than 25,000 nutritious meals for families in need and having fun together along the way.

Straus Family Creamery, the first 100% certified organic creamery in the United States, said its creamery in Marshall, Calif., and its headquarters offices and warehouse in Petaluma, Calif., were awarded TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste certification at the Gold level.

Dean Foods Co. said it and substantially all of its subsidiaries initiated voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in the Southern District of Texas.

Litehouse Inc., a Sandpoint, Idaho-based maker of dairy- and nondairy based refrigerated salad dressings (RSD), said its board of directors promoted Kelly Prior to the position of president and CEO, effective immediately.

Stōk, a Broomfield, Colo.-based brand of Danone North America, said it is showing its support this Veterans Day with limited-edition camo packaging for its 48 oz. protein espresso product.

This October, USDA announced plans to purchase an additional $50 million in fresh fluid milk with Section 32 authority, further increasing support to the nation’s dairy industry when uncertainty with trade and low prices have created challenges for farmers and processors, said the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA).

Borden Dairy said it entered into an official partnership with the Dallas Mavericks and American Airlines Center (ACC) in an exciting move to bring venue guests nutritious options for game and event nights.

As a fifth-generation dairy farmer in South Dakota, my passion for dairy farming grew out of a desire to not only care for my animals and the land, but to also create wholesome, healthy products that are household staples.

HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., said its Agawam, Mass., plant received the first-ever Energy Star certification given to a fluid dairy processing plant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), receiving a perfect score.

The company said it believes it is the fastest, most technologically advanced retort beverage line in the industry, with the broadest set of manufacturing capabilities.