DSF Newsletter #56

Issue #56

August 2024

DSF Annual Meeting – have you booked your place?

Plans are shaping up for the 11th DSF Annual Meeting on 14 October from 08h30 – noon in Paris. You will not want to miss hearing our keynote speaker, Ben Williams, who has many years of experience delivering change management in agriculture, including working in R&D and Knowledge exchange for the UK pork sector. Utilising…

World Milk Day 2024

There were a record number of engagements for the 2024 World Milk Day campaign, which took place on June 1st.

With contributions from more than 100 countries from Australia to Zimbabwe, social media posts connected to the campaign received a record 2.7 million engagements and more…

What did July’s DSF Webinar cover?

At the July webinar American Humane’s Haley Grimes, also a valued member of the DSF Advisory Council, discussed Animal Welfare’s place in the sustainability puzzle. American Humane has been promoting the welfare and safety of animals for over 145 years and whilst it was founded on farm…

Get involved with a DSF Community of Interest (COI)!

Many members already benefit from one or several of the DSF Communities of interest groups which provide a platform for DSF members to share their sustainability focusing on successes and identifying solutions to common challenges. Animal Care and GHG Emissions COI’s have their next meetings in September.…

17th Pan-American Dairy Congress – August 28 – 30, 2024 in Panama

The 17th Pan-American Milk Congress will undoubtedly be a unique occasion to share knowledge, experiences and advances in the field of production and marketing of milk and its derivatives. The DSF is delighted to be actively supporting and engaging in the program with FEPALE, with DSF Director Brian Lindsay and DSF Chairman, Donald Moore, will…

Cultivating Climate Smart Dairy: A supplier engagement guide to manure management technologies

Environmental Defense Fund (who are also members of the DSF Advisory Council) has recently published a review of manure management solutions that farms can implement today. Manure management is a powerful tool to mitigate GHG emissions from dairy production. The guide looks at the different types of…

Other Members' news

If you have sustainability materials or news you would like to share, please contact the DSF Secretariat.

August's food for thought…

How Mars is planning to green-up its dairy supply
Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year globally
How engaged are consumers on food sustainability?
Explained: The impact of rising temperature on Indian dairy
“We can recognise cows from 50 feet…

Upcoming Dates

17th Pan American Milk Congress, Panama – 28 – 30 August 2024

DSF Annual Meeting, Paris (with hybrid option) – 14 October 2024 (morning)

GDP Annual Meeting, Paris – 14 October 2024 (afternoon)

IDF World Dairy Summit, Paris – 15 – 18 October 2024

Nourish CEO Event, Paris – 17 October 2024

UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29), Azerbaijan – 11 - 22 November 2024

World Soil Day – 5 December 2024

If you have any forthcoming events that you think would be of interest to the DSF community, please send details to the DSF Secretariat and we will do our best to include them in future newsletters.

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