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LA FARGE, Wis., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Spread the good news: Organic Valley Family of Farms' award winning butter is now whipped. Presented in convenient and recyclable 8 oz. tubs, the smooth Organic Valley Whipped Butter is available now in select organic and natural food grocers and will be distributed more broadly in the months ahead. Sixteen years ago, Organic Valley became the first organization to sell certified organic butter nationwide. Since then, the cooperative of more than...
To: FAMILY EDITORS Contact: Maria Enie for Farm Aid, On Sept. 20, +1-724-816-3368, After Sept. 20, +1-202-331-4323, menie@vancomm.com MANSFIELD, Mass., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family farmers play a critical role in addressing the economic, environmental and public health crises facing the country, said Farm Aid at its sold-out annual benefit concert held today at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Mass., just outside of Boston. Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young,...
By Dowdle, Hillari For Diane Hatz-executive producer of famed viral video The Meatrix-it all started with a question that stymied her. Employed at GRACE, an advocacy group for community-based production and consumption of food, water, and energy, Hatz, 46, was asked by a consumer about genetic engineering. Her research led her to found Sustainable Table (sustainabletable.org), with GRACE'S blessing and backing, in 2003- The source for information on all things local and sustainable,...
By Hubbuch, Chris ST. JOSEPH, Wis. - Step inside Syl Clements' dairy barn and 9,000 baby chickens scurry. A network of automated water tubes and troughs of organic feed hang from the ceiling. A carpet of wood chips scents the air, kept at a steady 70 degrees by giant fans. There are no cows to be found. Five years ago, Clements was pushing 70, his equipment needed to be replaced and milk prices were lower than they'd been 20 years earlier. His family was barely breaking even. Clements...
By Hosefros, Paul; Beach, Roxanne Gail The pioneer spirit of the Oregon Trail across Idaho seems well and alive in the organic farming efforts of Treasure Valley. "I wouldn't call us pioneers," said Doreen Guenther, a partner in running the Hidden Springs Community Farm, "but we're some of the first on the trail the pioneers blazed," and "we're still cutting edge." That cutting-edge approach emphasizing not only chemical-free food but the benefits of locally grown meats and produce, is...
By LINDA McKEE THERE'S never been a better time to convert to organic agriculture, one of Northern Ireland's leading organic dairy farmers has insisted. Despite reports of a dramatic reversal in the numbers of dairy farmers across the UK converting to organic from conventional methods, Rex Humphrey, managing director of farming co-op United Irish Organic, insisted that now is the time to give up the chemicals. Last week it was reported that rises of up to 80% in the price of organic feed...
By Marcus, Samantha LA FARGE, Wis. - Organic Valley, the nation's largest organic dairy cooperative and pioneer in the organic industry, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. When Organic Valley "CEIEIO" George Siemon talks about the coming milestone, he describes it not as a self-congratulatory blowout but as a chance to give thanks to the employees and member farmers. "We're really not making the biggest, biggest deal about our anniversary," the founding member said. "We've never been ones...
By Chris Hubbuch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 27--ST. JOSEPH, Wis. -- Step inside Syl Clements' dairy barn and 9,000 baby chickens scurry. A network of automated water tubes and troughs of organic feed hang from the ceiling. A carpet of wood chips scents the air, kept at a steady 70 degrees by giant fans. There are no cows to be found. Five years ago, Clements was pushing 70, his equipment needed to be replaced and milk prices were lower than they'd been 20 years earlier. His family...
By Samantha Marcus, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 21--LA FARGE, Wis. -- Organic Valley, the nation's largest organic dairy cooperative and pioneer in the organic industry, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. When Organic Valley "CEIEIO" George Siemon talks about the coming milestone, he describes it not as a self-congratulatory blowout but as a chance to give thanks to the employees and member farmers. "We're really not making the biggest, biggest deal about our anniversary," the founding...
By Susan Saulny Catrin Einhorn contributed reporting from Chicago. * In an environmentally conscious tweak on the typical way of getting food to the table, growing numbers of Americans are skipping out on grocery stores and even farmers' markets and instead going right to the source by buying shares of farms. On one of the farms here, about 35 miles, or about 55 kilometers, west of Chicago, Steve Trisko was weeding beets the other day and cutting back a shade tree so that baby tomatoes...
