Milling & Baking News - August 24, 2021 - 16

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Star of the West joins Truterra in
move to optimize sustainability
FRANKENMUTH, MICH. - Star of the
West Milling Co. announced it has joined
the Truterra network, a move the company
said will allow it to offer its diverse
grower customer base a powerful suite
of tools to help optimize sustainability
and profitability. The Truterra network
was launched in 2016 by Land O'Lakes
and is designed to better position growers
to access opportunities to be rewarded
for stewardship, including carbon and
emerging ecosystem services markets.
As part of the Truterra network,
growers working with Star of the West
sustainability projects will have access
to the Truterra Insights Engine, which
is a tool that allows growers to generate
a stewardship baseline for every field
and then predict and measure the impact
of implementing specific conservation
practices on both the environment and
their profitability. For its part, Star of
the West said it will work with interested
growers across their footprint to
document current practices and then
unlock insights about fields to evaluate
and implement conservation practices to
better achieve agronomic and economic
goals. With Truterra, growers retain
ownership of their data at all times.
" We look forward to working with
growers across our different geographies
to identify potential opportunities for
their farms while also partnering with
our food processing customers, " said
Keith Martus, vice president of agronomy
at Star of the West.
Star of the West pointed to its partnership
with The Nature Conservancy
as one example of an opportunity that
stands to benefit from the Truterra network.
According to Star of the West, the
partnership with The Nature Conservancy
focuses on Michigan wheat and
General Mills to invest $28 million
to upgrade Ohio cereal plant
CINCINNATI - General Mills, Inc. has
unveiled plans to invest $28 million to
expand a cereal production plant in Sharonville,
Ohio. As part of the expansion,
General Mills said it will renovate the
building, add new equipment and implement
new training programs to support
incoming talent development. A total of 33
new jobs are expected to be added at the
plant, which currently employs 200.
" At General Mills, we're accelerating our
business and investing meaningfully in
our people, brands, and capabilities to make
food the world loves, " said Jay Sampson,
Hostess Brands recalls soft white
buns due to potential health risks
KANSAS CITY - Hostess Brands, Inc.
has announced a voluntary recall of certain
Hostess Soft White Hamburger Buns
and Soft White Hot Dog Buns due to the
potential for the products to be contaminated
with Listeria monocytogenes and
Salmonella.
Hostess said it has not received any
reports of illness related to the issue and
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is recalling the impacted products
" out of an abundance of caution "
after becoming aware of potential
contamination from its
co-manufacturer, Best Harvest
Bakeries. Best Harvest Bakeries
made the discovery as part
of its environmental monitoring
program, Hostess said.
sustainable/regenerative practices being
added to the farm. Growers involved
in this partnership will be able to use
Truterra to show and track the improvements
the new practices are making to
their fields.
" Right now our focus is on wheat, but
we continue to work to develop projects
and partners, " said Lisa Woodke, sustainability
director at Star of the West.
" Whether future developments are different
crops, new customers, or simply
current customers asking for more specific
data, we are excited to bring these
opportunities to our growers. "
Founded in Frankenmuth 150 years
ago, Star of the West owns five mills in
four states, including Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan and New York. The company
has expanded from its flour roots to
include three agronomy locations, 10
elevators for receiving crops, dry bean
and edible soybean processing facilities,
and Everbest Organics, which is the
company's organic division with locations
in Michigan, North Dakota and
Minnesota. MBN
Cincinnati plant manager at General Mills.
" We are proud to channel that investment
in the great city of Sharonville, home of
many of our beloved cereals, including
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Chex, Fiber One,
Cookie Crisp and Cheerios Oat Crunch. "
The company expects to complete work
on the building by February 2022.
The Sharonville plant last expanded in
2011 when General Mills invested $45 million
to add new product manufacturing
lines and create 18 jobs. MBN
Because Best Harvest Bakeries only
manufactures certain Hostess hamburger
buns and hot dog buns for Hostess
Brands, no other Hostess products
are affected, including Hostess
bread and bagel products, the
company said.
The affected hamburger
buns have " best by "
dates ranging from Aug.
13-Oct. 4, while the hot
dog buns have a " best by "
date ranging from Aug.
13-Sept. 30. MBN
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