Organic Valley CEO forecasts continued growth
vernonbroadcaster.com - November 02, 2010
The CEO of La Farge-based Organic Valley Family of Farms-CROPP Cooperative said Thursday he expects continued sales growth and more involvement in processing in the future. The organic cooperative expects about $630 million in ...
Read moreOTA Announces Organic Leadership Awards for 2010
http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com - October 21, 2010
"Theresa Marquez and Bob Quinn have shown outstanding initiative and devotion to organic, and their contributions clearly demonstrate how organic enterprises and agriculture can thrive and make a difference to consumers, farmers ...
Read moreGeneration Organic — Not Your Granddaddy's Farmer
tonic.com - October 21, 2010
When you hear the word farmer, it's tempting to conjure up images of the sort you read about in nursery rhymes: an older man wearing overalls and carrying a perpetual pitch fork. But while the median age of farmers in the US is 57...
Read moreGulf widens in Wisconsin farms
www.milwaukeenewsbuzz.com - October 20, 2010
A new report suggests that farming in Wisconsin has become a feast or famine operation. Agriculture is still a top employer, accounting for a tenth of the state’s jobs. But the big farms are ranking in all the revenue and often go...
Read moreA Major Legal Victory in the Fight for Hormone-Free Milk
alternet.org - October 19, 2010
After two years of wrangling in the courts, a federal court has ruled that Ohio's ban on the labeling of dairy products as hormone-free is unconstitutional. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a major ...
Read moreTraveling farmers bus in cheese
www.yaledailynews.com - October 18, 2010
Free milk and string cheese were enough to keep spirits high on Old Campus Friday. Enterprising young farmers from the farmer-owned coop, Organic Valley, visited campus over the weekend as part of their East Coast Generation Or...
Read moreWho's your farmer? Organic campaign comes to Bennington
www.benningtonbanner.com - October 13, 2010
A group of young organic farmers stopped at Bennington College Tuesday to talk with students about the importance of understanding where the food they eat comes from and the benefits of eating organic. The event, which included...
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