Prices Rise On Shelf For Dairy Products

Retail milk prices have risen to reflect the increase in what dairy farmers have been getting for the product.

Cargill's Sustainable Cocoa Premium Provides $2.2 Million To Farmers' Incomes

August 22, 2011 Cargill

Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business has made the second of its annual sustainable certified cocoa premium payments which total over U.S. $2.2 million, to 26,500 farmers across 21 cooperatives in Côte d'Ivoire.

Food Giants Mine The Gluten-Free Gold Rush

August 22, 2011 Lauren Barack, Forbes

The nation's largest food conglomerates are looking to cash in on what was once a tiny niche: the growing number of Americans avoiding gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley.

Oregon Grains Bread Made From All Oregon Ingredients

Shobi Dahl, who runs Dave's Killer Bread with his uncle Dave Dahl and father Glenn Dahl began to think it would be cool if they could offer a diet bread made from ingredients sourced wihtin 100-miles. With the help of some like-minded Willamette Valley farmers, he did just that.

The Dannon Company Builds U.S. Executive Teams In Foodservice

August 22, 2011 The Dannon Company, Inc.

The Dannon Company, Inc. today announced three new appointments within its senior management with the naming of Eric O’Toole as SVP, Foodservice & Restaurant Business Unit; Luciano (Lucho) Lopez-May as SVP, Sales; and Sergio Fuster, SVP, Marketing.