IDM | Vasquez Column
Healthy? Steady? ... Go!
You have certainly kept an eye on your diet and health this summer!
So let´s explore on the farm´s diet and feeding strategy. Also, let´s have a
look at C02 emission, the cow´s productivity and Danish dairy initiatives.
32 · 9 2017 | international-dairy.com
IDM correspondent Claudia Vasquez Alarcon reports.
Claudia Vasquez Alarcon is a BtoB Agrifood and Food free-lance journalist and also founder of
Origenal Story, a marketing consultancy agency specialised in BtoB Agrifood products.
For more information about her and her agency, please check www.origenalstory.com,
mail to: cva@blmedien.de
FAO AWARDS
Dominican Republic´s milk sector awarded
At the FAO awards – related to global food security, nutrition
and sustainable agriculture – celebrated in Rome (03-08 July),
the Dominican Republic's Dairy Council, represented by its Director,
Mr Arnaldo Gómez, was recognized for its contribution
in a multi-stakeholder FAO project to improve the production,
collection, inspection and marketing of milk on the island. Although
technology and artificial insemination are still weak
points in the Dominican Republic's dairy sector, the country
has become competitive over the last years. The island imports
significantly non-fat dry milk from the US (in total more
than 655,700 milk litres were produced in 2015, whereas more
than 518,500 milk litres were imported, non-official data).
Currently, the U.S. market share is approximately 53 percent,
whereas the European Union and New Zealand are the major
competitors.
Gen-O Exchange
Network of US and UK farmers
A group of young organic farmers and part of one the US
leading organic brands, Organic Valley, travelled end of July to
network with their peers from the UK and share ideas about
organic farming. During eight days, six Gen-O farmers – part
of third, fourth, fifth and even sixth generation farmers –
explored the southwestern English countryside from Bristol
to Birmingham, learning from expert veterinarians, observ-
Mr Arnaldo Gómez receiving the FAO Award (photo: FAO/Carlo Perla)