Announcing the 2015 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards WinnersAwards Ceremony and Sustainability Council Meeting

May 7, 2015

Washington, D.C.

2015 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards Winners: Front (L to R) Maria Forry, Oregon Dairy Farm; Ken Nobis, Nobis Dairy Farms;

Matthew Freund, Freund’s Farm; Jan Henderson, Alliance Dairies; Back (L to R) Matt McClelland, Prairie Farms Dairy; Brad Vold, Dorrich

Dairy; Stephen Ericson, Northern Illinois Food Bank; Jeffrey Kaneb, HP Hood LLC; Paul Rovey, on behalf of Innovation Center for U.S.

Dairy®; David Ahlem, Hilmar Cheese Company. Not pictured: Tom Barcellos, T-Bar Dairy and White Gold Dairy.

Phil Lempert, SupermarketGuru.com and emcee, with David Ahlem, Hilmar Cheese Company (Outstanding Dairy

Processing & Manufacturing Sustainability).

Sarah Leonard, Al-Mara Farm, Anders Porter of Fairlife and Rachael Sherman of McDonald’s Corporation during a panel discussion about

enhancing consumer trust.

Steve Maddox, 2014 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards winner and California dairy farmer, and Ryan Anglin,

United Dairy Industry Association vice chair and Arkansas dairy farmer.

Phil Lempert with Amanda and Matthew Freund, Freund’s Farm (Outstanding Achievement in Resource

Stewardship).

Trish Scorpio of Midwest Dairy Association congratulates 2015 Sustainability Awards winner and Minnesota dairy farmer Brad Vold of

Dorrich Dairy (Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability).

Stephen Ericson of Northern Illinois Food Bank, Matthew Freund of Freund’s Farm and Denise Skidmore of Hilmar Cheese Company

share their thoughts on how sustainability makes good business sense.

Rebecca Kenow, Land O’Lakes, Inc., Jed Davis, Cabot Creamery and Alana Libow, The Dannon Company, Inc.

Winners of the Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability category: Front: (L to R): Jan Henderson, Alliance Dairies; Matthew and Amanda

Freund, Freund’s Farm; Back (L to R): Suzanne and Brad Vold with their children, Erik, Anna and Katy, Dorrich Dairy; Ken Nobis, Nobis

Dairy Farms; George Hurst and Maria Forry, Oregon Dairy Farm.

Tim Linder, HP Hood LLC; Stephen Ericson, Northern Illinois Food Bank; Amy Wahl, Northern Illinois Food Bank; Matt McClelland,

Prairie Farms Dairy (Winners of the Outstanding Achievement in Community Partnerships category).

The 2015 awards winners with their families outside of the White House.

Gold-level Sponsors

Academy of Nutrition Dietetics • ChemTreat • DSM • HDR

McDonald’s Corporation • Syngenta

Silver-level Sponsors

Learn more at USDairy.com/Sustainability/Awards