Announcing the 2023 Processing Innovation Research & Development Grantees
Seven businesses across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont were granted between $79,000 and $250,000 for dairy processing research and development innovation.
Massachusetts
New Grant Helps Launch Dairy Co-Packing for Massachusetts Farmers
Grant to kickstart value-added dairy products made with Massachusetts milk
Exploring Providence, Foxboro, and Boston: A Dairy-Filled Road Trip
A cheese tour of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
A Massachusetts Milk Co-Op Relaunches with help from the NE-DBIC
The NE-DBIC Dairy Marketing & Branding Grant Reenergizes Our Family Farms
Announcing the On-Farm Milk Storage & Handling Grantees
With such a clear need for storage and handling funding across the region, NE-DBIC will be re-opening this grant again in fall of 2023.
Announcing 2022 Marketing and Branding Services Grant Awards
The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center is pleased to announce 10 recipients of the second round of the Dairy Marketing and Branding Services Grant. Recipients spanned the Northeast region. These funds allowed processors to access professional marketing and branding services to elevate their businesses through marketing tactics, brand improvements, and overall strategy.
Free Mediation Services Available to Northeast Dairy Farming Community
Mediation is an informal process where parties meet with a neutral person (mediator) who helps them negotiate their differences. Mediators don’t decide who is legally right or wrong nor will they tell you what to do. Mediation leaves the decision-making power totally and strictly with the parties. Mediators with expertise in agricultural issues are available for free in states throughout the Northeast.
Announcing Marketing & Branding Grant Awards
The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) announces the award of grant funds through the Marketing & Branding Services Grant Program to thirteen value-added dairy processors across six Northeast states. The funds will allow awardees to access professional marketing and branding services to elevate their businesses.
Contractor Selected to Assess Interest in Producing Milk for Specialty Cheese Processors
The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) selected Karen Karp & Partners (KK&P) of Southold, New York to study the level of interest from dairy farmers located in central and southern Vermont and northern Massachusetts in producing milk specifically for specialty cheese production.