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 ...

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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(Beyond Pesticides, August 11, 2025) With the reintroduction of legislation in July to support organic dairy production, Beyond Pesticides is calling on the public to support small organic farms that ...

Jan. 16—When Gary Hirshberg heard two major food corporations would pull their contracts with 135 small organic dairy farms in the Northeast, he knew something needed to be done. As co-founder of ...

(BPT) – Picture this: You’re walking down the dairy aisle at your local grocery store and see an assortment of milk, cheese and other delicious dairy products. You ask yourself: How do I choose? Well, ...

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.

Small and medium-size dairy farms facing ongoing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for additional assistance. The second round of payments from the U.S. Department of ...

RED WING, Minn. — On a cold March afternoon in southeastern Minnesota’s Driftless Area, Casey O’Reilly sent his three sons to coax the cows into the milking parlor. It didn’t take much. “This one’s ...

Cows make their way to a pasture at the Rooney Farm in Morrisville on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger MORRISVILLE — In the rolling hills of central Vermont on Wednesday, a tanker ...

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 ...