Even organic milk is a bad idea as the ultrapasteurization that
organic dairy processors utilize effectively sterilizes the milk so that you can't even culture it into yogurt!
Consumer demand for organic milk rebounded quickly in 2010, but
organic dairy processors had not renewed their contracts with many producers, and conversion back to organic was a slow process.
Not exact matches
More than 500
organic operations, from
organic fruit and vegetable growers, grains and oilseed farmers, livestock and poultry producers,
dairy farmers,
organic processors, and food makers across 45 states, participated in a comprehensive farm bill survey conducted by the
Organic Trade Association.
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.
The three largest
organic milk
processors in the United States —
Organic Valley, Horizon, and Aurora — illustrate different approaches to
organic dairy production.
Aurora
Organic Dairy is the leading producer and
processor of store - brand
organic milk and butter for U.S. retailers, and develops initiatives «to be a responsible corporate citizen and to be good stewards of our natural resources.»
Although
organic processors used images of cows grazing in pasture to sell milk to consumers, not all the
organic dairies were providing their cows with pasture.
Some
organic dairy producers exited the sector in 2009 when
processors cut back on
organic dairy contracts during the downturn in the U.S. economy.
U.S. food retailers and milk
processors have informed customers that they can't meet demands for
organic milk a number of times since the
organic dairy sector gained traction with consumers over a dozen years ago.
«Rachel's
Organic is one of the major
processors of
organic milk in Wales and requires the full output from 20 major
organic dairy farms.»
Industry reaction Some major European
processors, citing similar price concerns across the EU have pledged to encourage more
dairy farmers into adopting
organic production methods.
Tesco recently signed a long - term partnership with Robert Wiseman, one of the UK's top three
dairy processors, to improve structure in the
organic milk supply chain.
UK
dairy processor Milk Link will pay farmers more money for their
organic milk from this October as the industry attempts to keep pace with soaring demand.
«We're pleased that the National
Organic Program has recognized that these ingredients play a necessary role in helping
processors like
dairy companies create desirable
organic products that meet consumer expectations,» said Emily R. Lyons, IDFA director of regulatory affairs and counsel.
While conventional
dairy processors continue to fret over increasing prices for milk powder and other ingredients, a leading US
organic group believes that current conditions in the commodities market will continue to boost industry...
Currently, 11
processors from across Scotland have signed up to use the Scottish
dairy brand logo, with 18 brands supplying 40 different products across three ranges; heritage, artisan and
organic, all of which are made using 100 % Scottish milk.
In 2008, like all other conventional prices, the price for
organic feed for
dairy cows and other livestock shot up so quickly — without milk
processors and marketers paying farmers more to make up the gap — that for the first time in history, conventional
dairy farmers were making more than
organic (conventional milk prices were at unprecedented highs)!