Land O'Lakes, Inc. Names Beth Ford President & CEO

July 26, 2018 Land O'Lakes, Inc.

The Land O'Lakes, Inc. Board of Directors announced today its selection of Beth Ford as President and CEO of one of the nation's largest food and agricultural cooperatives and #216 on the Fortune 500. Ford assumes leadership of the company following the retirement of Chris Policinski. Ford will assume the role of President and CEO effective Aug. 1.

Energized Kids Take Hopscotch To 11 & Beyond In Campaign For Trumoo

July 26, 2018 AdAge

Kids take on larger-than-life challenges fueled by chocolate milk in fanciful spots for Dean Foods' TruMoo from KBS. In the "Kid Harder" campaign, hopscotch doesn't stop at 10 squares, and climbing trees can go on forever.

FDA Undertaking Process For Reviewing & Modernizing Standards Of Identity For Dairy Products

July 26, 2018 FDA

Improvements in diet and nutrition offer one of the greatest opportunities to profoundly impact human health. Innovation in the food sector is occurring rapidly to address this opportunity and meet the needs and values of modern consumers. The FDA is committed to advancing policies that enable consumers to safely benefit from innovations in how foods are produced.

ABA Education Committee & AIB International Practice Baking Foundation

ABA’s Education Committee visited AIB International’s campus last week to vie for the best recipe in the Chocolate Chip Cookie Competition (C4). The foundation of any cookie recipe consists of five types of ingredients: fat, sugar, flour, a rising agent and a binding agent. The teams baked their first batch with these components then huddled together to adjust the recipe to allow for a more chewy, crispy or crumbly product.

Vanilla Villainy Eats Away At Madagascar's Sweet Reputation

July 26, 2018 Lovasoa Rabary, Reuters

Soaring global prices of vanilla should have been good news for Jao Nasaina, a 58-year-old farmer of the luxury spice on the northeast tip of Madagascar.