Sentences with phrase «smaller organic dairy farms»

There are big conventional dairy farms, smaller organic dairy farms, organic CSAs, a winery, an alpaca farm and much more, all within a half hour drive of my place.

One more month, and I would be volunteering on a small organic dairy farm nestled in the pristine Italian countryside.

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While the majority of organic dairy farms are small - scale family farms, the United States also has large - scale corporate dairy farms as well.

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).

After nearly thirty years of bringing organic dairy from small family farms to the national marketplace — and becoming t...

After customizing your organic fruits and veggies, you also have the option to add other farm products like unique, hand - crafted jams, pasture - raised eggs, organic milk and dairy products, artisan olive oil, small - batch honey, a «canning case» and more to your delivery.

The Straus family farm became the first certified organic dairy west of the Mississippi River, which led the way for many other small dairy farms in California to follow suit and convert to organic.

Mr. Albert Straus: Founder and CEO of Straus Family Creamery, is an outspoken advocate for organic, non-GMO dairy production, environmental stewardship and small family farms.

Because industrial agriculture was on the rise and milk prices were unrealistically low to sustain family farming, Straus saw an exciting opportunity — Create an organic marketplace; one which reflected the true costs of production and promoted responsible land stewardship, offering a viable, principled, sustainable business model for small dairy farms.

Individual whose dietary choices are mainly influenced by how food is sourced (i.e.: only eats dairy and red meat that is organic, grass - fed and from small, local farms; only buys white bread from the all - organic, family - owned bakery down the block)

Once a dairy farm transitions from a confinement model to a pasture - based feeding system, a smaller further step (Heckman, 2015) is to convert the farm to organic following the required 3 - yr period for transition.