By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 106 W. River Rd, Nichols, NY 13812
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By George Kimbrell, Co-Executive Director & Legal Director, Center for Food Safety Blog article, 8/12/24, reprinted with permission
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 106 W. River Road, Nichols, NY 13812
By Ted LeBow, Co-CEO, and Evan Driscoll, Business Consultant, Kitchen Table Consultants
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director, updated 7/30/2024
By Alex Schaff, DVM, Midstate Veterinary Services, Cortland NY
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
How do we improve our practices and make certified operations accountable?
September 26 & 27, 2024 Nichols Volunteer Fire Hall, 106 West River Road, Nichols, NY 13812
By Julia Barton, Farmer Services Director, Organic Farmers Association
By Elizabeth Tobey, Organic Farming Research Foundation
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 106 W. River Rd, Nichols, NY 13812, September 26 & 27, 2024
By Mary-Howell Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain, Penn Yan, NY
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board member and Past President and Co-President
By Dayna Locitzer, DVM
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Compiled and written by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Compiled by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Dr. Elizabeth Martens, DVM Valleywide Veterinary Services, Bridport, VT
By Doug Hartkopf, Hart-to-Hart Farm with contributions from Carissa Stein and Sarah Flack
Compiled and written by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Past Co-President
By Sara Ziegler, Heather Darby, and Sarah Flack
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Dear Secretary Vilsack,
Reprinted with permission from Brad Heins, West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, MN
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
23rd NODPA Field Days, Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 E. Logan Street, Reedsville, PA 17084
By Ted LeBow, Co-CEO, Kitchen Table Consultants and Taste Profit Marketing
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
Farming with Financial Clarity, Confidence and Optimism (Without Digging the Hole Any Deeper)
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
By Christie Badger, Independent Organic Inspector & Consultant
Dan Leiterman, President and CEO, Crystal Creek **Article reprinted with permission
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Kirk Arnold NODPA Board Co-President
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Bill Kipp, Nutritionist and Dairy Consultant, Middlebury, VT, Heather Darby, UVM Extension, Sara Ziegler, UVM Extension
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
VFW Post 7823, 530 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
By Ed Maltby, Executive Director, NODPA
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Nate and Kerianne Severy, Severy Farm, LLC, Cornwall, VT
VFW Post 7823, 530 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT 05753
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
How a dairy producer used Westfalia AS/RS to streamline processes in two locations.
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Jen Miller, NOFA-VT Farmer Services Director
Compiled by Ed Maltby from reports by National Organic Coalition and Organic Trade Association
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
By Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, U of Maine Cooperative Extension, Sustainable Dairy and Forage Systems This article is reprinted with permission
By Brad Heins, Associate Professor, Dairy Management, West Central ROC, University of MN This article first appeared in the March 2022 issue of News from the WROC, and is reprinted here with permission.
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, Executive Director, NODPA
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Gayla Marty, Minneapolis-based freelance writer and Joel Haskard, University of Minnesota
Dear Northeast Dairy Producers Alliance:
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Relocation and Certification: Changes on the Dairy By Tamara Scully
Press Release
Notes and remarks that relate to organic dairy from the Fall NOSB meeting courtesy of the National Organic Coalition
Invest in your Forages Session, Insights from the Vets Session, and Field Days Recap
The Complaint is against B-Lab Calling for Action on Danone North America’s B Corp Certification
Pressure to Stand by Northeast Organic Dairy Farm Families
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Owned and operated by Alvin and Marianne Peachy and family. By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
Sign your name in support of NE Organic Dairy Farms!
By Diane Nelson--article reprinted with permission from UC Davis
By Harriet Behar, Sweet Springs Farm and Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, contributing writer, with assistance from Kathie Arnold
The Mallet Barn, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Freeport, Maine September 30th & October 1st
By Leah Puro, WNC Agricultural Research Coordinator
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
By Kathie Arnold, Chair of the NODPA Policy Committee and past NODPA president, and Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA Contributing Writer
By Nora Owens, NODPA Field Days Coordinator
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Owned and operated by Aubrey Schatz and Scott Hoffman
BY Jeanne Merrill and Chris Schreiner, Opinion Contributors, THE HILL
Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Nick Donofrio, CAS – OSHA Region 2, New York State
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer
By Allen Wilder, Forage Agronomist, the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY and Sid Bosworth, Forage Agronomist, retired, University of Vermont Extension
By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Brad Heins, Kirsten Sharpe, Eric Buchanan, and Mike Reese Originally appeared in Hoard’s Dairyman, and reprinted with permission.
The September NODPA News will feature a Special NODPA Field Days Education Program Supplement Section
Rich Smith and Nick Warren University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Compiled by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, the Annual NODPA Field Days at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Freeport ME, has been postponed until 2021
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
By Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
Plus a COVID-19 Resource Guide for Farmers
By Andre F. Brito, Maichel J. Lange, and Luiz H. P. Silva; University of New Hampshire, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agricultural and Environmental Education, Freeport, ME
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press This article, reprinted by permission, first appeared in the Capital Press, March 31, 2020
by Tamara Scully, NODPA News Contributing Writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Allison Carrier, Marketing & Communications Manager, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment
By Jason Flatt, This article first appeared on the Food Tank website, https://foodtank.com/ and is reprinted with permission
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
By Patty Lovera, OFA Policy Director
From the USDA Organic Insider
Adapted from an article by Sustainable Food News, March 13, 2020
Anu Rangarajan, Director of the Cornell Small Farms Program
Glenda M. Pereira, Kirsten T. Sharpe and Bradley J. Heins, WROC, University of Minnesota
Analysis by the National Organic Coalition (NOC)
Former Food and Water Watch Program Director Will Lead Organic Policy Advocacy Effort
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Kate Kellman, Digital Marketing Coordinator, Land For Good and Jae Silverman, MA Field Agent, Land For Good
Compiled by Ed Maltby from information supplied by Abby Youngblood and Christie Badger from the National Organic Coalition
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
Applications are due by December 2, 2019
By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL RATES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 19TH
By Lisa Held, Civil Eats, August 13, 2019
Perspectives from Beyond Pesticides and the Cornucopia Institute
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
In Memoriam by Fred Magdoff, Emeritus Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Vermont
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA VT)
2019 NODPA Field Days
By John Bobbe. First printed in Milkweed, May 2019; reprinted with permission from the author
September 26 & 27, 2019, Theodore’s Restaurant, 3231 Seneca Turnpike, Canastota, NY
By Brittany Olson, Reprinted with permission from Progressive Dairyman, March 18, 2019
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
Tools for Survival: Weathering the Current Dairy Crisis While Maintaining Organic Integrity
Owned and Operated by the Jacob and May Horst Family
By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer
January 2019, by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Purdue
By Brad Heins, Associate Professor of Dairy Science, West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN
By Louis H. Battalen, Northeast Coordinator, Agricultural Justice Project
Next Steps to Save Organic -- By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director.
By Karen Hills, Crop and Soil Technician, University of Vermont Extension
Forage & Grains
Dale M. Johnson, Farm Management Specialist, University of Maryland Extension
In preparation for the 2018 NODPA Field Days, we’ve updated this Featured Farm article, originally published in the March 2017 NODPA News. Peace Hollow Farm is the site of the first Featured Farm. -by Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Sales of organic milk at retail are holding steady against increased competition from plant based beverages which lack the nutrition of milk but are easier for manufacturers to source supply and control costs of inputs.
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director. September, 2018
Farmers and Consumers, Working Together, Can Reestablish Economic Justice
By Jon Walsh, MS Candidate, University of Vermont, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
USDA Terminates the Organic Checkoff Proposal, Citing “Lack of Support”
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Organic Dairy Producers’ Thoughts on the Current State of Organic Dairy
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
What Producers Can Do Now
by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
By Sarah Flack
By Sonja Heyck-Merlin
Fall Meeting October 31, 2017
By Liz Bawden, Organic Dairy Farmer, NODPA President
Submit Comments on the Proposed Rule before April 19th.
Adopt GIPSA rules
The American Grassfed Association
St. Louis, MO - November 16 to 18, 2016
To the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Nov. 16, 2016, St. Louis, MO
The Future of Organic Dairy Farming: Regenerate, Renew, Refresh
James Beard Foundation’s 3rd Annual Good Food Guide
Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices
An Interview with Wisconsin farmer Andy Bures: A Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Master’s Perspective
How this will impact Organic Dairy Farmers in the Northeast
Proposed Rule
Letter to the Editor
Register your opposition now
Proposed Rule Change on Requirements for Field Testing Regulated Genetically Engineered Wheat
register your opposition now
Management of Perrenial Pastures in the Summer
USDA NOP Publishes Proposed Rule for Comment
A Holistic Vet’s Prescription for a Healthy Herd
A Pre-Turnout Checklist
A series of classes on bovine health
Organic Check-off proposal, and some answers to NODPA Questions
USDA Wants More Proposals
Weigh in on National Organic Survey
Robust discussions about preventing gangrene mastitis, constipation and respiratory illnesses
Ask the Vets: Q & A
Now in its 13th Year of working for organic dairy farm families
And Annual Meeting Hailed as a Great Success
Robust discussions about eye injuries, constipation and bloating, organic grain supply in the Northeast, a debate about 100% grassfed, and more.
Jean Richardson
Thoughts & Case Histories
Robust discussions about treating cows with a high SCC, Johnnes disease, and coccidiosis treatment.
How important is it in determining pay price?
The former U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy secretary will lead new university-wide Sustainability Institute.
Dairy Cows
Update
Busy time for NOP and AMS
Letter to the Congressional Organic Caucus from consumer cooperatives
Trees, bushes, crops and intensive grazing
USDA Releases Guidance on handling unpackaged organic products.
Robust discussions about ovarian cysts, fly control, milkweed and chicory, and more.
Update
Update
Update
First Certified Organic Dairy Farm: Diversifiying to include the next generation
Say NO to setting up an Organic Check-Off
OTA pushes its initiative through Webinars and mass mailings
Robust discussions about fence chargers, mowers, balancing cow rations, and more.
Portland, Oregon, April 9 -11, 2013
The Quiet Thief
Portland, Oregon, April 9 -11, 2013
Farmers unequivocally say “NO” to OTA’s idea of a standard program, open to further discussion
Organic Dairy Farm Results
By Kevin Engelbert, Organic Dairy Farmer, Nichols, NY
Farm Financial Management Demystified
The history and politics of a successful program in Canada
Organic Check-Off
Open Letter
Extending the Grazing Season
Goals and strategies for a first rate vaccination program
Homegrown Strategies for Dealing with the Onslaught of GMO Corn
COMMENTARY
They require at least a 40c a gallon increase in their milk price to stay in business
Fair Share of the Retail Dollar for Organic Dairy Producers
A Year in Review and What’s on Tap for 2012
Organic farming on Martha’s Vineyard: You better believe it!
A scourge or a necessity?
Why we need them and who benefits?
Following Principles of Ecology from Land Management to Renewable Energy Systems
Enhancing the flavor and quality of the food you produce by paying attention to the biology and diversity on your farm.
Insights about the Pasture Rule from sessions at the recent NODPA Field Days
Record-keeping resources for the grazing season
A Storm In A Tea Cup
What Do They Tell You?
Names Team to Lead Research Review
Grain to grass to organic dairy – a farm with a history and a future
Architect of the Pasture Rule
internal livestock parasite control on an organic farm
Political convenience or the possibility of real change?
A highlight of questions asked, the responses, and further ruminations on the NODPA-Odairy discussion list
Large Producer-Handlers Should Become Subject to Federal Order Pricing and Pooling Provisions
Vets gather, learn and share information
In fact, if we want to solve our milk price problems, we’ll need four horses.
COMMENTARY
Localism is becoming a strategy to save the farm and the businesses and communities that depend on it.
COMMENTARY
COMMENTARY
COMMENTARY
Ensuring that America’s Organic Farmers are Part of the Solution
An Interview With Dean Sparks of Empire Organics
Livestock Farmacy and Pantry
What should we look for?
COMMENTARY
A lifestyle, a livelihood, and a father/daughter partnership with a future
Production Resources | Animal Health
Production Resources | Forage
COMMENTARY
Access to pasture update, status of new appointees, and the generally positive outlook for organic in Washington.
Production Resources | Forages & Grains
Behavior-Based Management for Animal Well-Being
Processors panic over spring flush of milk and declining growth in sales
“It’s all about internal mineral balance!”
Learning from the “old” as we go into the future
There are hints that his ag secretary Tom Vilsack may have an open mind to alternative viewpoints.
Looking at the economic advantages with polled dairy cattle??
The new proposed rule is attached, below. Check it out and give us your feedback.
Thoughtful Steps to the Final Pasture Rule
October 7, 2008
Research and planning grants in the Northeast and North Central US
Goals and strategies for a first rate vaccination program
How should producers prepare for this fall?
Plus reflections on what organic producers can do following the Midwest floods
Farms should be sure to have a market secured before beginning the 12 month herd transition.
Farm Bill update
A summary of what transpired at the recent NOSB meeting in Baltimore.
A letter from NODPA to the NOP addresses publication of the access to pasture rule and the publication of an origin of livestock rule
NEWS & OPINION
Is the Farm Bill Battle Over?
HP Hood LLC refuses to address increase in costs of production for their organic family farms and demands money back for a one month overpayment of 17 cents a gallon
Stop the Attack on Public Health and the Environment in the Farm Bill
RESEARCH & EDUCTION
What Is the Whole Story
ORGANIC PRODUCTION: FORAGES
The alternative energy source has turned around dying towns, but the high price of corn makes it hard to raise livestock
By Jo Robinson
By Bill Casey