The U.S. dairy industry takes pride in its rich heritage of land stewardship and long-term commitment to sustainable dairy farming. Over the past 10 years, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has brought together more than 125 organizations from across the value chain to proactively and pre-competitively address environmental and sustainability challenges. As part of the Dairy Sustainability Alliance®, members adopt and report on defined criteria for important areas like animal care, environmental stewardship, food safety and traceability and community contributions.

The commitment is so strong from the farming and processing communities that U.S. dairy production accounts for only 2% of total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In striving for continuous improvement, USDEC recently joined other industry leaders to announce a bold, new initiative to achieve GHG neutrality. Learn more in the video below.

The U.S. dairy industry takes an open, transparent and science-based approach to measuring and communicating its progress. For more details on the alignment with leading standards, reference the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy's resources.