Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out of business as large confined animal operations with thousands of animals lined up in assembly-line fashion ...
From 2002 to 2007, the number of organic dairy farms rose nearly 80 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Between 2006 and 2008, sales of organic milk and cream shot from $1.3 ...
As part of Organic Valley’s National Farmers Livestream, the Servais family in Stoddard shared a behind-the-scenes look at ...
It would seem to be a good time to be an organic dairy farmer. Thanks to consumer demand for healthy, environmentally friendly, and ethically produced products, US sales of organic food climbed to $60 ...
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Every Monday and Thursday during the growing season, Amish buggies loaded with produce ‒ tomatoes, watermelons, peppers, onions and sweet corn ‒ journey to the Peoli Farms Produce Auction in southern ...
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VERNON — In the last four years, 40 percent of Vermont's organic farms have gone out of business. That's 70 small herd and family farms that had decades of history in the Green Mountain State's ...
Organic dairy farmer Francis Thicke talks about his operation in Fairfield, Iowa. Small family operated organic dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out of business while ...