Industry News & Events from HART
3-A SSI Announces ‘The Role of Hygienic Design in Food Safety Plans’
McLEAN, Virginia – 3-A SSI announces the schedule and tentative program for the expanded 2020 education program on May 11-12, 2020 at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Hotel in Bloomington, MN. The program will feature experts on a range of leading topics and issues in the hygienic design of food processing equipment. The 2020 education events […]
Dairy Processors Need to Tackle Food Waste Issues
Waste not, want not,” an old adage proclaims. Still, waste — food waste, specifically — remains a huge issue in the United States. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, as much as 40% of U.S. food is never eaten. At the same time, one in eight Americans has difficulty putting enough food on the […]
Preparing the Next Generation: A Model for Workforce Solutions
The new generation needs to first be made aware of the opportunity in advanced manufacturing. Developed nations, though equipped with industrial and educational infrastructures, face a current and increasing shortage of qualified, skilled and motivated workers. American manufacturers and smaller operations know this shortage is severe. The skills gap could lead to a shortage […]
Natural Cheese Continues to Climb
In the ongoing battle for sales, natural cheese continues to outshine processed cheese. The good news continues on the cheese front. According to Portland, Ore.-based Allied Market Research, the U.S. cheese market was valued at $32.3 billion in 2017, and is projected to reach $40.5 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate […]
Online Cheese Sales Expected to Surpass $500 Million in 2020
Online cheese sales are experiencing major growth, according to Madison, Wis.-based Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. By the end of 2019, e-commerce sales will surge past $440 million, the organization said, citing data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI. Sales are expected to surpass $500 million in 2020. The 54% annual growth in online sales over […]
Dairy Industry Recognizes 5 Lawmakers and Policy Leaders for Efforts to Support Dairy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2019—The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) recognized five individuals whose careers have positively impacted the trajectory of U.S. dairy. At an annual event called the Celebration of Dairy attended by nearly 300 people in Washington, D.C., IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes, D.V.M., recognized Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, Senator Tammy Baldwin […]
5 Radical Ways to Rethink Managing the Manufacturing Line
Business thinker Steve Denning says the practice of management is undergoing a “paradigm shift,” an allusion to Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 work on how scientific breakthroughs are born not of linear improvement but radical change. He has a point. Markets have gone topsy-turvy. Buyers have more options and therefore more power than sellers. Margins are lower. […]
What is Your Plant’s Top Priority? It Better Be Food Safety
You can sleeplessly debate whether you should go gluten-free, whether to build your own plant or find a contract manufacturer, or even consider getting into cannabis products or not. But if you don’t have a solid foundation of food safety, any of those other strategic decisions are for naught. Food safety needs to be a […]
2020 World Championship Cheese Contest Now Accepting Entries
The 2020 World Championship Cheese Contest is now accepting entries of cheese, butter, yogurt, and dry dairy ingredients now through Jan. 31 at WorldChampionCheese.org. Hosted by the Madison, Wis.-based Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), this biennial contest is the largest technical dairy products evaluation in the world. In 2018, it featured a record-setting 3,402 entries […]
Record 317 Industry Suppliers to Exhibit at CheeseExpo 2020
The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) is pleased to announce a record 317 of the dairy processing industry’s leading suppliers will exhibit at CheeseExpo 2020, set for April 14-16 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All exhibit floor space has now been reserved, but sponsorship opportunities and registration are available now at CheeseExpo.org. “CheeseExpo 2020 […]