New Campaign Support To PA Dairy

May 23, 2018 Charlotte Ames, WTAJ

Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture came to Blair County today to kick off a new campaign to support local dairy farmers. Russell Redding stopped by Martin's Supermarket in Altoona to spotlight the "Choose Pa Dairy" campaign to educate consumers on how to buy locally produced milk.

How Whole Foods Favorite Vital Farms Made Pasture-Raised Eggs Mainstream

May 23, 2018 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes

The company, which employs 110, hit sales of $100 million last year, up nearly a third from 2016. It has grown beyond Whole Foods and figured out how to get mainstream consumers—in chains like Amazon Fresh, Kroger, Walmart and Target—to pay artisanal prices, as much as $8 a dozen (more than four times as much as the cheapest carton at Walmart).

Almost Every American Who Got Sick From Dairy Was Consuming Raw Milk Or Cheese

May 23, 2018 Ed Cara, Gizmodo

Say what you will about store-brand milk’s crummy marketing history, the same definitely can’t be said for raw milk, reveals a new, if fairly obvious, study out this month in the journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Barry Callebaut To Boost Ivory Coast Cocoa Grinding Capacity

May 23, 2018 Ange Aboa, Reuters

Switzerland’s Barry Callebaut plans to boost the annual grinding capacity of its facilities in Ivory Coast to 230,000 tonnes from 170,000 tonnes by 2022, CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique said on state-owned broadcaster RTI.

Lindley Mills Expansion Will Almost Triple Facility

May 23, 2018 Triad Business Journal

The company, whose legacy dates back more than 260 years, has been making specialty organic flours for decades, long before they became mainstream.