Sentences with phrase «organic dairy farmers»

By supporting organic dairy farmers, we ensure that the cows have quality access to pasture without the use of antibiotics or growth hormones.

Founding the Creamery the same year, Straus sought to create a market for local, organic milk, and develop a community of organic dairy farmers in the region.

I founded Straus Family Creamery in 1994 to create a viable business model for farming that would secure the future of my own family's farm, create a market for local, organic milk, and revitalize the community of organic dairy farmers in the region.

FrieslandCampina has proposed the introduction of an independent milk price for organic dairy farmers — in line with growing European demand for organic dairy products.

The pioneering company, led by organic dairy farmer Albert Straus, returns to Expo West for the 24th consecutive year.

I've done the research, and I learned from organic dairy farmers on the Stonyfield Farm Tour, and everything points to the fact that organic dairy is far superior nutritionally to conventional.

Organic dairy processors had recruited new organic dairy farmers to add capacity and pushed hard for them to transition to organic production before June 2007, when an organic regulatory provision that eased whole herd conversion from conventional to organic production was set to expire.

USDA surveyed U.S. organic dairy farmers in 2005, prior to implementation of these requirements, and found that pasture - based feeding was more common on smaller dairy farms and that 4 % of organic dairy farms never used pasture (McBride and Greene, 2007).

Part of the reason is that US dairy organic dairy farmers have been expanding production to meet steadily -LSB-...]

The multiyear agreement, which was signed in June, notably ensures the growth of financial support to organic dairy farmers transitioning from conventional to organic farming methods.

Like most organic dairy farmers we talk to, the Haleses say because they're breeding from stronger cattle, improving the health of their soils and therefore plants, their cattle aren't prone to sickness.

One of the many links Robyn posted was to the Chewswise blog, which gives a readable summary of the potential impact of this decision — including fewer organic dairy farmers and higher prices for organic products.

Since organic dairy farmers are prohibited from administering growth hormones used by factory dairy farms, they have less output — or you know, the normal amount of milk a normal cow should be producing.

Just because 85 % of the corn in the country is GMO doesn't mean organic dairy farmers can use it.

This California organic dairy farmer is making a mooo - ve away from diesel fuel and toward more sustainable agriculture transportation with his full - electric International Harvester truck that puts his cows» waste to work.

Even organic dairy farmers are attracting buyers with steeply discounted prices, sometimes selling it to conventional suppliers at a great loss.

Here's CNET: «the Anonymous online activist collective... said today that it had attacked Web servers of Monsanto and released data on employees to protest the company's lawsuits against organic dairy farmers for stating on labels that their products don't contain growth hormones.»

Following the increase, Arla Milk Link suppliers — with the exception of organic dairy farmers - will be paid 27.5 ppl for their raw milk.

Straus Family Creamery Founder / CEO and organic dairy farmer Albert Straus is the oldest son of Bill and Ellen Straus.

But for organic dairy farmers, these remedies are either not permissible or are already being used.

US media reports suggest that organic dairy farmers in the country are finding themselves with a surplus of organic milk.

On top of the guaranteed price, every organic dairy farmer member will receive a performance payment and an amount of fixed member bonds.

The joint venture with the organic dairy farmers co-operative will be known as Corio Bay Dairy Group.

Wattle revealed on April 10 it would inject $ 63 million into a joint venture entity with the organic dairy farmers co-operative in Victoria that will build and operate a large milk spray drying plant able to process up to 200,000 litres of fresh organic milk per day.

«The USDA is always trying to evolve its standards, but, as an organic dairy farmer, I know this model represents an integrated sustainable organic farming system.

We worked with a local mechanic and an electric vehicle expert to adapt the engine of a 33,000 - pound gross weight international harvester truck,» says Straus, organic dairy farmer, founder and CEO.

I'll be joined by Zuri Allen of the California Right to Know ballot measure, Prop 37 (@CARightToKnow), and Emily Zweber, an organic dairy farmer - owner in the Organic Valley cooperative and the executive director of the AgChat Foundation (@ezweber).

I found an organic dairy farmer not 15 minutes from my home and visit them regularly to purchase their products, including grass fed beef and pastured chickens.

So generalizing that all farmers do the bare minimum to sell organic milk may not be fair but to the consumer it doesn't matter if some of the organic dairy farmers are using good practices because the milk will get mixed in with farms of lower standards.

«As an organic dairy farmer and business owner, I am fully committed to practical solutions like our reusable glass bottle program and water conservation initiatives that make an immediate impact.

«Cows aren't Legos,» explains Jerri Cook, an organic dairy farmer and writer from the Wisconsin northwoods.