Highlighting Excellence in Sustainability Across the Dairy Supply Chain  

The dairy industry boasts a strong legacy of caring for the land while contributing to local communities and family businesses. The awards recognize dairy farms and businesses for practices that deliver outstanding economic, environmental and/or social benefit, all helping to advance sustainability of the dairy industry.

Join us in congratulating our 2012 winners: 

The winners of the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards were featured in a Got Milk? ad. (Click to enlarge)

• The Elanco Award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability:

• Blue Spruce Farm of Bridport, Vt.

• Holsum Dairies, LLC of Hilbert, Wis.

• Werkhoven Dairy, Inc. of Monroe, Wash.

• The U.S. Dairy Export Council Award for Outstanding Dairy Processing & Manufacturing Sustainability

• Darigold, Inc. of Seattle

• Honorable Mention: Oakhurst Dairy of Portland, Maine

• The Center for Advanced Energy Studies/Idaho National Laboratory Award for Outstanding Achievement in Energy

• Brubaker Farms of Mount Joy, PA.

• DF-AP, LLC of Gooding, Idaho