Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Chobani Turns to Fair-Trade Program to Help Struggling Dairy Industry

CHOBANI NEWS: From the NY Times

The yogurt maker Chobani is working with Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit group in Oakland, Calif., on creating a label that would signal that the milk in its products came from farms that treated their workers and cows humanely.

Chobani will pay a small premium for milk supplied by farms that agree to the Fair Trade USA vetting process, in which auditors periodically inspect the herd, interview workers and look at environmental issues like the containment of runoff.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/business/chobani-fair-trade-yogurt-dairy.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage