Pay more money for Nandini milk as price may go up by Rs 3 in Karnataka
A litre of Nandini toned milk (blue sachet) currently costs Rs 37. The cost may go up to Rs 40. Simultaneously, the prices of other varieties and curds will also increase. “For the past two-and-a-half years, milk prices have not increased even as the procurement and supply cost saw a 30-40 per cent jump owing…
You must not use wood to put out the fire: Organic milk story in India
Last week I participated in a panel discussion organized by AIOI in a seminar on Organic Dairying in India. It was a wonderful experience attending the same and listening to the great insights of the key stakeholders. India is the largest producer of milk in the world with 7% of the contaminated milk. Aflatoxins and…
Katrej with an NGO shows how dairy business can be more than just milk
A JOINT venture between the Pune District Cooperative Milk Union (Katraj Dairy) and Ved Vasudev Prathisthan promises to throw some solutions to dairy farmers’ problems with local animals. Instead of just milk, this joint venture promotes commercial usage of cow dung and urine which can be an added source of income for the farmers. Indian…
Women who don’t eat enough meat or dairy put their health at risk
Last year, the total number of vegans worldwide was thought to be around 79 million. A not insignificant portion of the population, you’ll agree, but some could be rethinking the plant-based lifestyle, after a scientist claimed this week that women who don’t eat enough meat or dairy put their health at risk. Expanding on his…
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health and the planet. The global food system is in disarray. Animal agriculture is a major driver of global heating, and as many as 12 million deaths from heart disease, stroke, cancers and diabetes are each year connected to eating the wrong things, like too much red…
A new wave of cow-less dairy is hitting the market.
Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help In the United States, Perfect Day is using genetically modified fungi to produce milk protein for ice cream at a commercial scale. And pre-commercial companies, like TurtleTree and Better Milk, are engineering mammary cells to produce human and cow milk in laboratories, although…
WORLD DAIRY NEWS A new wave of cow-less dairy is hitting the market.
Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help In the United States, Perfect Day is using genetically modified fungi to produce milk protein for ice cream at a commercial scale. And pre-commercial companies, like TurtleTree and Better Milk, are engineering mammary cells to produce human and cow milk in laboratories, although…
Direct-to Consumers: A Winning Growth Formula for the Dairy Industry!
Dairy is a ubiquitous part of food sector, ever present in both food service and packaged goods, whether as an end product (such as milk or yogurt) or as a critical input for iconic products such as cheese. Given its intrinsic presence, dairy is a microcosm of the food industry, with the preferences of dairy consumers…
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health and the planet. The global food system is in disarray. Animal agriculture is a major driver of global heating, and as many as 12 million deaths from heart disease, stroke, cancers and diabetes are each year connected to eating the wrong things, like too much red…
EU dairy forecasts “uncertain” 2023 as milk availability is not abundant”
European dairy trading body Eucolait underscores the moral necessity of the block sharing its milk supply, albeit scarce, via free market trade at a time when societies grapple with post-pandemic headwinds, rampant inflation, supply chain shocks and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Despite the EU milk industry facing declining volumes, trade experts call for the…