Darigold is pride. Pride in our products, pride in our heritage. We've been making America's favorite brand of high quality dairy products since 1918.
Co-op members of what is now called the Northwest Dairy Association process and market their products through their subsidiary Darigold, Inc. Headquartered in Seattle, Darigold, Inc. is one of the largest US dairy processors with annual sales of over $2 billion. Darigold, Inc. operates ten plants serving more than 500 dairy farm families.
Darigold is a name that Northwest families can trust for quality dairy products. Our wholesome products are fresh from local, farmer-owned dairies. And we have the hardest working cows you've ever seen.
From late 1800s to early 1900s, the Northwest dairy industry was on the rise. By 1909, Washington state was one of the nation's top producers of canned evaporated milk, butter and cheese. Dairy farmers realized that teamwork was the best way to market their dairy products. The result — local county dairy cooperatives began to form.
In 1918, five Puget Sound co-ops joined marketing forces to create the United Dairymen's Association. Since the Northwest produced more milk than its citizens used, UDA worked with Seattle food broker Umberto Dickey to develop distant markets for the co-ops' manufactured products. In 1930, the UDA bought Dickey's company, Consolidated Dairy Products Company.
The Northwest Dairymen's Association was formed through a merger of eight UDA-affiliated co-ops in Puget Sound. This led to additional mergers and acquisitions, which strengthened the NDA's marketing potential.
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