Year: 2024

IDFA Applauds USDA Final School Meal Rule for Maintaining Dairy Options, Preserving Flavored Milk for All Grades

April 24, 2024 International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)

The updated rule preserves the ability for schools across the country to serve nutritious flavored milk to students in all grades as long as the product meets IDFA’s Healthy School Milk Commitment guidelines, which ensures an 8-ounce half-pint of non-fat or low-fat flavored milk contains no more than 10 grams of added sugar per serving. IDFA established the Commitment in early 2023 with 37 school milk processors. …

Pizza Hut Puts Good on Its Menu with Investments in Sustainably Sourced Cheese with Dairy Farmers of America

April 24, 2024 Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)

When the partnership began in 2022, Pizza Hut set a goal to source 50% of the dairy used to make its pizza cheese in the U.S. from dairy farms participating in a sustainability project, including enrollment in the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management Environmental Stewardship (FARM ES) program by 2025. The brand met this goal two years early in 2023, achieving 60% of its sourced milk from farms participating in the FARM ES program. That equates to over 2.35 billion pounds of milk from approximately 140,000 milking cows. …

Ocean Mist Farms Hires New Chief Financial Officer

April 24, 2024 Ocean Mist Farms

Ocean Mist Farms hired a new Chief Financial Officer, Tim Wolfli of Petaluma, CA. With over two decades of experience in fresh produce, including agriculture, aquaculture and foodservice, Tim brings with him a well-rounded set of skills and experience to help drive the now century-old and ever-evolving company into the future. …

Shuman Farms Celebrates Vidalia Onion Season Start

April 24, 2024 Shuman Farms, Inc.

With Vidalia season well underway, Shuman Farms is pleased to announce the successful start of the Vidalia onion shipping season, marked by a series of events with partners Food Lion and Royal Food Service. …

Edible Garden Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Bid Price Requirement

April 24, 2024 Edible Garden AG Incorporated

Edible Garden AG Incorporated (“Edible Garden” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EDBL, EDBLW), announced that it received notice from Nasdaq on April 19, 2024 indicating that the Company had regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Rule 5550(a)(2). …