(Beyond Pesticides, March 7, 2022) Contrary to the demands of consumers for hormone-free organic dairy products and the requirements of the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), the U.S. Department of ...

The Federal Milk Marketing Order system was started during the Great Depression as a way to protect dairy farmers from an ...

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 ...

WESTBY, Wis. — More and more people are choosing to buy organic milk, but lately organic dairy farmers can’t keep up with the demand. That’s leading to a nationwide shortage of organic milk. It’s not ...

A dairy cow pokes its head up in the herd. (AP Photo). Organic dairy processors are asking courts to exempt their industry from the Agriculture Department's federal milk marketing order system, ...

Organic milk contains more beneficial fatty acids, like omega-3 and omega-6, than regular milk. Organic milk is produced without antibiotics, synthetic growth hormones, or artificial additives. You ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 6, 2021) ACT NOW: Public Comment Period Ends July 12, 11:59pm (eastern). A new proposed rule on the “origin of livestock” is intended to undo nearly two decades of regulatory ...

Lactalis plans to halt converting any more farms over to organic fresh milk production due to what the French dairy giant said is a mismatch between supply and demand. The privately-run business, ...

Lilac Ridge Farm in Brattleboro is one of the 150 or so certified organic dairy farms left in the state of Vermont. Organic dairy farmers are in crisis. Costs are way up for fuel, feed and fertilizer.