The Milky Way
www.eugeneweekly.com - September 06, 2011
The concerns of milk and cheese lovers worried that their dairy products are ethically curdled would likely be alleviated by a visit to Jon Bansen’s family dairy farm, Double J Jerseys, south of Monmouth. Bansen learned dairy farm...
Read moreNotable Edibles: Farmhouse Breakfast
ediblemanhattan.com - September 06, 2011
Patti and husband Cliff are proud members of the Organic Valley Cooperative, selling their milk through the new state-exclusive New York Fresh line that launched this March and now counts 123 active upstate families, some of whose...
Read moreYou can't buy a better agriculture
aljazeera.net - September 06, 2011
Solving agriculture’s many problems is not impossible, but the issues involved are complex and the necessary transformations radical. To discuss them is to risk frightening or confusing people. On the other hand, everyone likes go...
Read moreAmerican Farmer, PhD? Organic Farming Interest Booms Among College Students
www.organicauthority.com - August 29, 2011
While the average American farmer is 57 years old, the next generation of farmers committed to alternative agriculture programs and raising healthier food options is also being embraced in the marketplace and among their peers. Or...
Read moreAt Farm Aid, show goes on, decades after crisis
www.agjournalonline.com - August 22, 2011
Casey Knapp came all the way from Upstate New York to help distribute samples of milk at a booth set up by Organic Valley, a cooperative of more than 1,600 dairy farmers. He had just completed a summer internship at the company’s ...
Read moreThe Burroughses of California Cloverleaf Farms sell organic milk the family way
www.mercedsunstar.com - August 22, 2011
Meridith and Zeb Burroughs, both 30, use their hands every day of their working lives. And they work most days of their lives. They own and run California Cloverleaf Farms, a grass-based dairy nestled in the rolling hills and alm...
Read moreBusiness as social experiment
www.odemagazine.com - August 17, 2011
Organic Valley is a big business. One of the most widely recognized organic brands in the U.S., it has 1,624 members who produce some 1.2 billion pounds of milk annually to the tune of more than half a billion dollars. But in many...
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