BVA to host presentation on Chobani success
GILBERTSVILLE – The Butternut Valley Alliance will host a presentation by David J. Sheldon, Director of Environmental and Health Safety for Agro Farma Inc. in South Edmeston on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. His talk is titled, “Chobani Yogurt: A Local Success Story.”
The meeting will take place on the lower level of the Butternut Valley Grange, 7 Bloom St., Gilbertsville.
Less than four years ago Agro Farma was a local start-up company with only five employees producing a specially formulated Greek- style yogurt in the former Kraft Cheese plant in South Edmeston. The first year’s production converted less than 100,000 pounds of milk per week into 6,000 cases of yogurt.
Today, Agro Farma has grown to more than 600 employees. Its modernized and expanded plant now produces 1.1 million cases of yogurt per week from 18 million pounds of milk. The Agro Farma product has become a leading brand in its field in twenty-one eastern states as well as an important economic force in Chenango and Otsego counties.
The BVA’s mission is to encourage the preservation and protection of the environmental qualities, farming and cultural heritage, economic viability, open space and village charms of the Butternut Valley watershed.
“Chobani is a good example of the kind of economic development the BVA supports,” said BVA board member Ben Friedman of Morris. “The requirement for such large volumes of milk for the production of yogurt should be especially important for the many local dairy farms in the surrounding area,” he said.
The meeting is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For further information please contact Ben Friedman at ben@chdg.com
The meeting will take place on the lower level of the Butternut Valley Grange, 7 Bloom St., Gilbertsville.
Less than four years ago Agro Farma was a local start-up company with only five employees producing a specially formulated Greek- style yogurt in the former Kraft Cheese plant in South Edmeston. The first year’s production converted less than 100,000 pounds of milk per week into 6,000 cases of yogurt.
Today, Agro Farma has grown to more than 600 employees. Its modernized and expanded plant now produces 1.1 million cases of yogurt per week from 18 million pounds of milk. The Agro Farma product has become a leading brand in its field in twenty-one eastern states as well as an important economic force in Chenango and Otsego counties.
The BVA’s mission is to encourage the preservation and protection of the environmental qualities, farming and cultural heritage, economic viability, open space and village charms of the Butternut Valley watershed.
“Chobani is a good example of the kind of economic development the BVA supports,” said BVA board member Ben Friedman of Morris. “The requirement for such large volumes of milk for the production of yogurt should be especially important for the many local dairy farms in the surrounding area,” he said.
The meeting is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For further information please contact Ben Friedman at ben@chdg.com
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