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Issue #68

August 2026

In this issue

In this issue, we feature dairy's role in contributing to healthy, balanced nutrition for a growing world population along with other sustainability news...

Providing clarity in a complex food environment

Consumers today face an unprecedented volume of nutrition information. Social media, evolving dietary advice, sustainability debates, and concerns about food affordability and security all shape how people perceive the foods they eat. In this environment, understanding the nutritional value of dairy and how it compares with alternative products has become increasingly challenging.

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Watch this space: Putting human nutrition on the DSF Dashboard

One question comes up regularly from DSF members – and rightly so: Where is human nutrition in the DSF’s indicator metrics?
After all, feeding people is ultimately why the dairy sector exists.
The challenge isn’t recognising its importance. It’s finding an indicator that is meaningful, measurable and backed by reliable data, while also reflecting the…

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The key to building healthier, more resilient food systems

Global food systems are under increasing pressure to deliver more than enough food—they must also provide affordable nutrition, support resilient livelihoods, and promote environmental sustainability. Three recent Perspective Papers examine this challenge from different angles while pointing to a common conclusion: integrated investment and decision-making are essential to building healthier, more resilient food systems.

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FAO Drivers of supply and demand report 2026

New FAO Report published: Drivers of supply and demand of terrestrial animal source food

Diverse foods derived from livestock production systems, including grazing and pastoralist systems, and from wildlife, provide high-quality proteins, important fatty acids and various vitamins and minerals – contributing to healthy diets for improved nutrition and health. Preferences and socio-economic and cultural factors, which vary across agrifood systems…

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August DSF member profile: DairyNZ

For our August DSF member profile, we invited DairyNZ’s Chief Science and Innovation Officer, David Burger, and General Manager Strategy & Commercial Partnerships, Dave Maslen to provide further insights into the organization and its sustainability focus.

About DairyNZ

Good farming practices are making a measurable…

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DSF out and about….in Latin America

DSF Director Brian Lindsay was honoured to join the DSF Latam project workshop in Medellin, Colombia recently, where the DSF participant countries of Costa Rica, Uruguay and The Dominican Republic shared the outcomes of their materiality analysis and their future priority work areas. Though each one, was slightly different, they were also very much aligned.…

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Annual meeting registration open

Driving and Scaling Change through Collaboration

Bringing together different perspectives, production systems and parts of the dairy value chain helps us learn from one another, find new solutions and turn good ideas into meaningful, scalable change. Registration is now open for the 2026 virtual DSF Annual Meeting, taking place on 3 November 2026. Under the theme “Driving and Scaling Change through…

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DSF Animal Care case Study with Dutch Dairy sector

New DSF Animal Care Case study: Putting Cow Welfare into Practice

After more than a decade of collaboration, the Dutch dairy sector has developed a practical, objective way to monitor cow welfare. Based on the EU Welfare Quality® protocol and integrated into the existing CowCompass system, the Welfare Monitor uses an animal-focused approach that farmers…

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Preparing for the 2027 Review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Including the SDGs

In early July, DSF was part of the delegation in a webinar hosted by key stakeholders of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative. The meeting, titled “Preparing for the 2027 Review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Including the SDGs,” was held as a side event ahead of…

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LSRS Aligned Dairy methodology

Many DSF members will be familiar with, or already using, the GHG Protocol Standards for corporate reporting. The recently released GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) brought colleagues from the Global Dairy Platform and SAI Platform together to develop a single, dairy-sector methodology aligned with the LSRS. As a generic standard, the LSRS does not…

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What are you asking the world to do for rangelands and pastoralists in the next 25 years?

Rangelands cover about half of Earth’s land, support biodiversity, store carbon, regulate water, and sustain millions of pastoralists. Using mobility and traditional knowledge, pastoralists manage nearly one billion animals, strengthen food security, and protect ecosystems and cultural heritage.

Yet climate change, land degradation, disease, and competing…

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Sustainability News Roundup from DSF Members

Vietnam Dairy Giant Expands With U.S. Patent Push – DSF Implementing member, Vinamilk, expands into the U.S. after securing a dairy patent, boosting Vietnam’s position in the global dairy industry.

EDA Dairy Focus – special edition (June 2026) and EDA Dairy Flash #10

If…

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August food for thought…

  • Where Does Women’s Health Fit into the International Year of the Woman Farmer?
  • Child nutrition nutrient gaps – The Milk Matrix: Why Real Milk Beats Plant Alternatives
  • National farmer wellbeing report finds worsening mental health across sector
  • Shamonda-like virus detected on Dutch cattle farms
  • Cobungra cattle station sale sparks…
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Upcoming dates for your diary

2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP31), Türkiye– 9 – 20 November 2026

DSF Annual Meeting (virtual) – 3 November 2026 – please register

GDP Annual Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand – 14 November 2026 – please register

IDF World Dairy Summit, Auckland, New Zealand – 15 – 20 November 2026

World Soil Day – 5 December 2026

If you have any upcoming events that you think would be of interest to the DSF community, please send details to the DSF secretariat and we will do our best to include them in future newsletters.

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