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Kathleen A. Merrigan to Serve as Executive Director of the Sustainability Institute

The former U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy secretary will lead new university-wide Sustainability Institute.

Drought parches organic dairy pastures

Maine’s Oakhurst Dairy sold to farmer cooperative

USDA Extend Agricultural Coexistence Comment Period to March 4, 2014

More Helpful Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk

’Cloned Beef’ On Store Shelves Causes Stir In Britain

French dairy giant snaps up Rachel’s from WhiteWave

Organic dairy family turns to cheese making

Organic Valley’s CEO George Siemon on the Crooked Art of Leadership

More mums give their kids organic milk as survey confirms reduced risk of asthma and eczema

Organic dairies struggling, too

North Coast dairy cows sold to slaughter as milk prices fall

Survival getting tough for some organic dairy farmers

Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad

Organic Dairy Manure May Offer High Quality Fertilizer Option

Conditions good this spring, but milk price remains low

ORGANIC OASIS

Smaller dairies fight rule change on milk

Germany’s Myster Cow Disease

Dairy in Crisis - Part 3

Broken Trust Shakes Web From Farmer to Cow

Dairy industry braces for a tough winter

Foxboro dairy farm sells its milk raw

Organic has lower carbon imprint: BFA

Organic supply squeeze tightens

Getting Paid for How You Farm

With a focus on flavor, organic dairy finds a productive niche

Organic Growth at Safeway

Going With the Grain

Catching an amber wave

Speech at Fonterra Organics Conference in New Zealand provides overview of organic sector

UNH receives $380000 grant to study organic dairy as closed ecosystem

NZ: Fonterra farmers set for income boost

German dairy farmers dump milk in protest

’Saudi Arabia of Milk’ Hits Production Limits

Volatility in dairy business will begin to affect organic milk prices

Bill would help organic farmers

Bill would help organic farmers

The Food Chain: As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation

What Grocers Teach Us About The US Economy

Resistance to Ohio milk labeling restrictions grows

Some Good News on Food Prices

Milking it

When Big Business Eats Organic

The Feed: Fighting on a Battlefield the Size of a Milk Label

Aurora Organic Milk Class-Action Suits to Be Heard in St. Louis

Speaker at organic farming conference derides corporate agriculture

Organic producers struggle to keep pace with rising demand

The dairies are half-pint

Cost crises compounds organic milk lull

The Way We Live Now Our Decrepit Food Factories

If It’s Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener?

PA dairy label rule shelved

Price And Credibility Barriers To Buying Organic

Consumers Won’t Know What They’re Missing

Organic milk may help babies beat allergies

America so badly needs

Down on The Farm, Agricultural policy is not sexy.

State’s tough new raw milk standards for upset consumers, farmers.

Five Easy Ways to Go Organic

Aurora faces lawsuits for organic violations

Organic farming comes to China

An organic milk war turns sour Now that his dairy company has settled charges that it violated organic food standards, Aurora president Mark Retzloff wants to muzzle foes.

Can a dairy be big and organic?

USDA May Relax Standards for Organic Foods

Organic Valley: GMO Alfalfa Will Devastate Organic Dairy Industry

In corn belt, ethanol boom a bust for ranchers.

The alternative energy source has turned around dying towns, but the high price of corn makes it hard to raise livestock

Small dairy farmers face challenges in CA

When Organic Isn’t Really Organic

U.S. Agency Violated Law in Seed Case, Judge Rules