Bossie Cow Farm, near Random Lake, is an example of the kind of farm that makes up the nearly 2,000 certified organic dairy farms in La Farge-based Organic Valley cooperative. And it must be a ...

This is part two of a two-part series on the economics of dairy farming. Part I: “Cow Power,” is available at Cow Power. For 20 years, Steve Getz worked in the computer industry. Because he traveled a ...

Industrial-scale dairy wants you to believe that they can turn cows’ milk green. As US milk consumption continues its decades-long drop, industrial dairy is increasingly desperate to hold on to ...

Late last week, students at the Village School of North Bennington went on a hands-on learning expedition to Berle Farm in ...

Todd Frescura has established a clear path for his cows to move through mud-prone areas of his family’s organic dairy farm in Unity. The cattle walkways help keep dirt out of the farm’s milking parlor ...

Organic dairy farmers are often isolated and don’t get to connect to each other, said Liz Pickard, a farmer at Twin Oaks Dairy in Truxton, New York. But right now, when they do, the National Organic ...

Consolidation in the organic dairy industry means more family farms getting squeezed out of the market. Here's how it's happening. Consolidation in the organic dairy industry means more family farms ...

Ever wonder how Target Corp. could sell its organic milk for dollars less than other stores? Turns out the milk might not have been truly organic after all. Last month, the U.S. Department of ...

MINNEAPOLIS - A long struggle over what kind of milk counts as organic is coming to a head. The Department of Agriculture has issued draft rules for organic milk that would require that the cows be on ...

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 ...