Sentences with phrase «organic dairy farms use»

In a European context, the labour input is higher on organic arable and mixed farms, while organic dairy farms use the same amount of labour, or less, than comparable conventional farms.

Not exact matches

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).

The 25 to one share consolidation is part of the remaking of the company now known as Longtable Group as new chief executive Laura McBain attempts to build a premium food group using the Maggie Beer business and organic dairy group B. - d Farm Paris Creek as the foundations.

Straus said, «the brand's mission remains focused on sustaining family farms and producing the highest - quality dairy products consistent with the values used in organic farming.

This new full - scale - electric feed truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his Marin county organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution to reversing climate change.

This truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution for reversing climate change.

A Danish study using 1996 data found that all three types of organic farms (cereal, dairy and pig) were similarly or more profitable than their conventional counterparts4.

It uses organic lactose as a sweetening ingredient which is sourced from organic dairy farms located in Vermont; it's great to support local industries and to top it off are USDA certified.

However, in most parts of the world, conventional dairying is associated with high levels of grain feeding, the use of cow breeds which produce high milk volumes, and the application of large amounts of fertilizer («high input» farming), while organic dairying is tied to pasture and forage feeding, lower amounts of fertilizer application, and the use of mixed or minority breeds («low input»).

Heavy cream and half and half are almost always available as organic, it's not much more expensive, and organic dairy farms are required to use 100 % organic feed, no growth hormones and no antibiotics.

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.

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.