EDA Dairy Policy Conference 2025

It was with a warm welcome that our newly elected EDA President, Albert de Groot (CEO, Vreugdenhil, NL) opened our yesterday’s EDA Dairy Policy Conference 2025. With over 150 participants including prominent representatives from the EU Institutions, industry leaders from the European dairy sector, skilled researchers, dedicated dairy farmers, and key players from the wider agri-food community, this proved to be highly successful conference.
Under the theme ‘Nourishing a Sustainable Future, Nurturing Innovation’, our conference was the perfect opportunity to discuss and explore the future of our sector—the challenges, but also the opportunities ahead with the question of ensuring sustainability while nurturing innovation at the heart of the conference — as it is for our “Dairy Future”.

EDA President Albert de Groot kicked off the conference by emphasising the importance of dairy and its role as a key pillar of Europe’s future:
“Dairy unites us in a shared purpose of nourishing people and caring for the planet. We need to ensure sustainability without compromising economic viability and acknowledge the need for Europe to be at the forefront of competitiveness and innovation.”