Dairy

As the public and various interest groups debate the relative pros and cons of different egg-production practices and poultry-housing options, poultry scientists in Penn States College of Agricultural Sciences say modern, science-based methods are helping to meet consumer demand for safe and nutritious eggs. …

Sargento Foods Inc. has promoted John Bottomley to senior director of retail merchandising and Vince Juneau to senior sales analyst in the Walmart/ Club Channel, and has hired Demetrius Carlton as the Safeway Team leader. …

The company will make yogurt for other companies under private label and will sell its own all-natural, rBST-free “Mountainberry” brand product. …

If you think you can’t lick a prize like this one, ask three SUPERVALU associates who were named the winners of the company’s employee “Stone Ridge Creamery(R) Name Your Dream Flavor Sweepstakes.” In addition to receiving free ice cream for a year and a $500 gift card, the winning associates will have their dream flavors added to the Stone Ridge Creamery lineup and their caricatures featured on the carton. …

Students at schools across the country are taking action for their health, proving that small, yet significant improvements when it comes to eating healthy and getting active can be the first steps toward eliminating childhood obesity. More than 60,000 schools across America participated in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. …