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 ...

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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(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, ...

SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HIGHGATE DAIRY FARM IN NEWPORT HAS BEEN IN THE ORGANIC BUSINESS FOR TEN YEARS. THEY HAVE FELT THE ECONOMIC CRUNCH IN RECENT YEARS, BUT REMAIN STEADFAST ON THE BENEFITS OF THEIR ...

As part of Organic Valley’s National Farmers Livestream, the Servais family in Stoddard shared a behind-the-scenes look at harvest season and life on their dairy farm.

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 ...