Judging Process

 

 

Meet Our Expert Judging Panel 

An objective judging panel will make the final assessment and selection. The panel includes experts from academic institutions, USDA, dairy science organizations, International Dairy Foods Association, national dairy publications, environmental leaders and dairy industry leaders.

 

 The panel is comprised of the following individuals:

  • Robert Bonnie, senior advisor for Environment and Climate, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Jim Carper, chief editor, Dairy Foods
  • Jason Clay, senior vice president, Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund
  • Larry Elworth, agriculture counselor to the administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • Molly Jahn, professor, Laboratory Genetics and Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Larry Jensen, chair, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and president, Leprino Foods
  • Steve Larson, managing editor, Hoard's Dairyman
  • James Linn, professor, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota and past, past president American Dairy Science Association
  • Joel Makower, chairman and executive editor, GreenBiz Group Inc.
  • Randy Mooney, dairy producer and chairman, National Milk Producers Federation
  • Gatz Riddell, executive vice president, American Association of Bovine Practitioners
  • Paul Rovey, chairman, Dairy Management Inc.™ and owner, Rovey Dairy
  • Brian Sloboda, senior program manager, Cooperative Research Network, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  • Connie Tipton, president and chief executive officer, International Dairy Foods Association
  • Jason Weller, acting chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
     

The panel also includes two winners from the inaugural Awards program in 2012:

 

The panels’ varied experience will allow them to assess nominations from diverse perspectives as they evaluate and select the winners.​

Innovation Center Partners

Meet the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners

Eight dairy farms and businesses were honored as leaders in sustainability for the model programs and processes that contribute to healthy products, healthy communities and a healthy planet. Learn more about the winners and their sustainability stories.​​

Join the Movement

As part of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment, the dairy industry is working toward a voluntary goal to reduce GHG emissions of fluid milk by 25 percent by 2020.