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Organic Dairy News: November 2024

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Fri, Nov 8, 2024

Message from NODPA Co-President, November, 2024

By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 3, 2024
Updated: Thu, Nov 7, 2024

Message from the NODPA Co-President: Are you ready for a farm transfer?

By Roman Stoltzfoos

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024

What's the Deal with Measure J in Sonoma County, CA?

Vote No on Measure J

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Sat, Sep 7, 2024

Final Rule for Electronic Ear Tags for Cattle

Compiled by Ed Maltby

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sat, Jul 13, 2024

Message from NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Updated: Sat, Jul 13, 2024

Leave Organic or Leave DFA, Says DFA to Member-Owners shipping to Horizon Organic

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 11, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024

Animal Welfare: A Key Tenant of Organic Livestock Production

How do we improve our practices and make certified operations accountable?

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 11, 2024
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2024

Residue Testing For Import Organic Compliance Verification

By Julia Barton, Farmer Services Director, Organic Farmers Association

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 10, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024

Organic Roots, Regenerative Growth: Uniting Farming Principles for a Sustainable Tomorrow

By Elizabeth Tobey, Organic Farming Research Foundation

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 10, 2024
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2024

From the NODPA Desk

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024

Introduction to Liz Bawden, the NOFA-NY Farmer of the Year, at the NOFA-NY Winter Conference, Syracuse, NY on January 20, 2024

By Mary-Howell Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain, Penn Yan, NY

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024

Liz Bawden, NOFA-NY Farmer of the Year Address, January 20, 2024

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board member and Past President and Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2024

From the NODPA Co-President

By Roman Stoltzfoos

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024

Danone sells Horizon to equity firm Platinum Equity

Compiled and written by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Updated: Tue, Jan 23, 2024

Dr. Paul Dettloff, DVM 1942-2023

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Updated: Sun, Jul 23, 2023

Climate-Smart Commodities: Organic Milk Processors’ Grants

By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 2023

Vaughn Sherman, 1948-2023

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 15, 2023
Updated: Sun, May 21, 2023

Strengthening Organic Enforcement: Closing Loopholes (and leaving some loose ends?)

By Christie Badger, Independent Organic Inspector & Consultant

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Updated: Sat, Mar 11, 2023

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Score: What is it and why does it matter to me?

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023

From the NODPA Desk

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 26, 2023
Updated: Sat, Jan 28, 2023

Strategies for a Sustainable Pay Price for Organic Dairy: Field Days Session Summary

By Tamara Scully, NODPA News contributing writer

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Mon, Nov 21, 2022

The End of Organic Farming (as we know it)

By Jim Riddle, Organic Independents LLP Blue Fruit Farm

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Nov 20, 2022
Updated: Sun, Nov 20, 2022

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022

Free Mental Health First Aid Trainings for Ag Communities of New York State

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 20, 2022
Updated: Tue, Sep 20, 2022

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022

The tale of two cold-storage warehouses: automating Aurora Organic Dairy

How a dairy producer used Westfalia AS/RS to streamline processes in two locations.

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jul 31, 2022
Updated: Sun, Jul 31, 2022

From the NODPA Desk May/June, 2022

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022

NOSB Spring Meeting, April 26, 2022

Compiled by Ed Maltby from reports by National Organic Coalition and Organic Trade Association

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022

Message from the NODPA Co-President

Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 30, 2022
Updated: Mon, May 30, 2022

National Organic Standards Board Meeting and Comment Webinars

Notes and remarks that relate to organic dairy from the Fall NOSB meeting courtesy of the National Organic Coalition

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Dec 9, 2021
Updated: Thu, Dec 9, 2021

Protect Biodiversity and Native Ecosystems in the Organic Rule

By Harriet Behar, Sweet Springs Farm and Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Mon, Sep 20, 2021

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Sep 14, 2021
Updated: Sun, Sep 19, 2021

From the NODPA Desk July/August 2021

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Aug 2, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2021

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jun 1, 2021
Updated: Wed, Jun 2, 2021

From the NODPA Desk March/April 2021

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021

Farmers’ Guide to the 2021 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 12, 2021
Updated: Mon, Apr 12, 2021

Origin of Livestock letter to the USDA Secretary

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Feb 4, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021

Proven Programs, Not False Hopes--Engaging Farmers in Climate Solutions

BY Jeanne Merrill and Chris Schreiner, Opinion Contributors, THE HILL

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Mon, Aug 16, 2021

Is Your Farm Receiving the Support You Need Since COVID-19 Began?

Your feedback in needed

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021

Updated Guide to USDA Programs Opens Door to Millions of Dollars of Available Funding

Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Updated: Thu, Feb 4, 2021

From the NODPA Desk January/February 2021

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Updated: Mon, Feb 1, 2021

From the NODPA Desk November/December 2020

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020

Jack Lazor, Butterworks Farm, Westfield VT Dies at the Age of 69

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020

Arden Landis: A Pioneer in Grass-based Organic Dairy

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Dec 6, 2020
Updated: Mon, Dec 7, 2020

Message from the NODPA Co-President

By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 27, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020

Making Money in the Shade

By Brad Heins, Kirsten Sharpe, Eric Buchanan, and Mike Reese Originally appeared in Hoard’s Dairyman, and reprinted with permission.

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Aug 9, 2020
Updated: Mon, Sep 28, 2020

Message from the NODPA President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board Co-President

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Fri, Aug 7, 2020

National Organic Program: Strengthening Organic Enforcement

Compiled by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Fri, Aug 7, 2020

From the NODPA Desk July/August 2020

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Aug 7, 2020
Updated: Sun, Aug 9, 2020

USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Farmers should submit applications ASAP beginning May 26th

Plus a COVID-19 Resource Guide for Farmers

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Thu, May 21, 2020

From the NODPA Desk May/June 2020

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 20, 2020
Updated: Wed, May 20, 2020

From the NODPA Desk, April 2020

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

General Mills Launches Regenerative Wheat Farming Pilot in Kansas

By Jason Flatt, This article first appeared on the Food Tank website, https://foodtank.com/ and is reprinted with permission

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

Message from the NODPA President

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

We Brought the Organic Farmer’s Voice to DC Annual Advocacy Day recap from the Organic Farmers Association Policy Director

By Patty Lovera, OFA Policy Director

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

National Organic Standards Board Spring Meeting Logistics

From the USDA  Organic Insider

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

Judge gives USDA 6 Months to Fix Organic Livestock Rule Errors

Adapted from an article by Sustainable Food News, March 13, 2020

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

From the NODPA Desk March/April 2020

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 24, 2020
Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2020

Corona Virus-COVID-19: Helpful Things to Remember

Anu Rangarajan, Director of the Cornell Small Farms Program

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 26, 2020
Updated: Sat, Mar 14, 2020

NODPA Comments on the Proposed Rule on Origin of Livestock

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Updated: Tue, Jan 28, 2020

Validation of the RumiWatchSystem to Monitor Feeding and Locomotive Behaviors in an Organic Grazing Dairy Herd

Glenda M. Pereira, Kirsten T. Sharpe and Bradley J. Heins, WROC, University of Minnesota

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020

Vermont Law School Launches Free Lease Builder Tool for Farmers

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Jan 25, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020

From the NODPA Desk, January/February 2020

Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020

Agriculture Spending Legislation Has Passed in United Sates Senate and House

Analysis by the National Organic Coalition (NOC)

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020

Organic Farmers Association Hires New Policy Director

Former Food and Water Watch Program Director Will Lead Organic Policy Advocacy Effort

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Updated: Sun, Jan 26, 2020

It’s Giving Tuesday! Please support NODPA

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Thu, Dec 5, 2019

Action Alert: Origin of Livestock Rule--Comments Needed

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019

NODPA Kicks off Annual Fund Drive

By Nora Owens

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019

2019 NODPA Field Days Summary

By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Tue, Nov 19, 2019

Learning to Love a Farmland Lease

Kate Kellman, Digital Marketing Coordinator, Land For Good and Jae Silverman, MA Field Agent, Land For Good

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019

National Organic Standards: Notes from the Fall Board meeting

Compiled by Ed Maltby from information supplied by Abby Youngblood and Christie Badger from the National Organic Coalition

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019

From the Co-President’s Desk

By Kirk Arnold, NODPA Co-president

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019

From the NODPA Desk, November/December, 2019

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 18, 2019
Updated: Mon, Nov 18, 2019

Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) offering Fund-a-Farmer Grants

Applications are due by December 2, 2019

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 3, 2019
Updated: Thu, Oct 3, 2019

Small Organic Dairy Farmers Say the Rules are Stacked Against Them. One Rule in Particular.

By Lisa Held, Civil Eats, August 13, 2019

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019

Gene Editing and Organic Certification

Perspectives from Beyond Pesticides and the Cornucopia Institute

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019

From the NODPA Desk

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Updated: Sun, Sep 8, 2019

From the President’s Desk

By Liz Bawden, NODPA Board President

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 2019

William Michael Murphy, 1941-2019

In Memoriam by Fred Magdoff, Emeritus Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Vermont

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Updated: Fri, Jul 26, 2019

Organic Dairy Farm Cost-of-Production Study in Vermont: 2017 Analysis

By Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA VT)                                 

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jun 13, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019

From the NODPA Desk

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jun 12, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019

USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) Continues to Fail at Protecting U.S. Organic Producers

By John Bobbe. First printed in Milkweed, May 2019; reprinted with permission from the author

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jun 12, 2019
Updated: Sun, Jun 16, 2019

Save the Date: 19th Annual NODPA Field Days

September 26 & 27, 2019, Theodore’s Restaurant, 3231 Seneca Turnpike, Canastota, NY

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2019

From the NODPA Desk

Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Updated: Sat, Apr 27, 2019

2019 NODPA Field Days: Save the Date

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 27, 2019
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2019

Organic Dairy in Crisis: Where do we go from here?

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Feb 24, 2019
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2019

After Dairying: What’s Next?

By Adam Diamond, NODPA Contributing Writer

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019

From the NODPA Desk

January 2019, by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019

Help Bring Social Justice to Organic Farms

By Louis H. Battalen, Northeast Coordinator, Agricultural Justice Project

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019

Chris Hill, NODPA’s longtime Graphic Designer and Webmaster Retires

Nora Owens, NODPA News Editor

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Feb 12, 2019
Updated: Tue, Feb 12, 2019

NODPA Speaks Out On The Origin of Livestock

Next Steps to Save Organic -- By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director.

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Nov 22, 2018
Updated: Thu, Nov 22, 2018

From the NODPA Desk

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director. September, 2018

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 1, 2018
Updated: Sat, Sep 1, 2018

Message from the NODPA President

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Sep 1, 2018
Updated: Sat, Sep 1, 2018

The NODPA Listening Project

Collecting the Voices of Organic Dairy

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Updated: Tue, Mar 27, 2018

Organic Certification from the Inspector’s Perspective

An Interview with Arden Landis

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Updated: Thu, Dec 27, 2018

To the NODPA Executive Director

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 20, 2017

Dirt Capital

Promoting Land Access and Security

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 20, 2017
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018

I am an organic dairy farmer and I want to tell my story

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 31, 2017
Updated: Wed, May 31, 2017

Grassfed Dairy Standard to be launched February 8th, 2017

The American Grassfed Association

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Updated: Wed, Feb 15, 2017

Dairy Succession Efforts get Boost from Grant

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017

Danone acquisition of WhiteWave moves forward without Stonyfield

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Jan 1, 2017
Updated: Sun, Jan 1, 2017

NODPA Featured in the Food Tank

James Beard Foundation’s 3rd Annual Good Food Guide

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Updated: Tue, Nov 15, 2016

Danone Announces the Purchase of WhiteWave Foods

How this will impact Organic Dairy Farmers in the Northeast

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jul 7, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

To the NODPA Executive Director

Letter to the Editor

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Apr 29, 2016
Updated: Fri, Apr 29, 2016

NODPA Regional Round Up

August 2015

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Regional Roundup from Organic Dairy Farm Families

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Farmers Union Scholarship Looks to Agriculture’s Future

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2015
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2015

Remembering Richard and Robert Arnold

Twin Oaks Dairy, Truxton, NY

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 25, 2015
Updated: Mon, May 25, 2015

NODPA Regional Round Up: March 2015

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 10, 2015
Updated: Tue, Mar 10, 2015

Seeking Farmers for Farm Succession Project

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Updated: Mon, Feb 9, 2015

In Memory of Jerry Brunetti

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Food for Tomorrow

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jan 14, 2015
Updated: Wed, Jan 14, 2015

Local Farms Fund

A New Farmland Investment Fund

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015

NOFA-NY Announces New Organic Dairy Certification Transitions Project

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2015
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2015

Letters and Commentary

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
Updated: Mon, Dec 1, 2014

Support NODPA

Now in its 13th Year of working for organic dairy farm families

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Regional Round-up from Organic Dairy Producers

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 17, 2014

Odairy Live!

Ask the Vets: Q & A

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 17, 2014

Parting Words from NODPA’s News & Website Editor

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Nov 13, 2014
Updated: Thu, Nov 13, 2014

In Memory of John Kinsman

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Mar 17, 2014
Updated: Mon, Mar 17, 2014

Organic Dairy

Forecasts for 2015 and Beyond

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 14, 2014
Updated: Tue, Jan 14, 2014

Ralph Caldwell suffers drastic loss

November 12, 2013

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 12, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Meet Your 2013 NODPA Board Members and State Reps!

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jun 20, 2013
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018

Meet Your NODPA State Representatives

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, May 20, 2013
Updated: Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Meet Your NODPA Board Members!

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Jan 22, 2013
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2018

Maine Farmers Press For A New Farm Bill

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Nov 24, 2012
Updated: Sat, Nov 24, 2012

Adding Value, Gaining Strength: Kimball Brook Farm Gets a Hand

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Oct 5, 2012
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018

Low Milk Prices Driving Producers to the Ground

Open Letter

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012

Open Letter to Governor Cuomo About Fracking

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, May 8, 2012
Updated: Tue, May 8, 2012

New England Farmers Are the 99%

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Updated: Mon, Jan 30, 2012

Natural Gas Exploration and its Impact on Organic Agriculture

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Changing Of Board And Officers At NODPA

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Updated: Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The Latest eOrganic Dairy

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 6, 2011
Updated: Thu, Oct 6, 2011

Hurricane Irene

After the Storm: How You Can Help

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011

Private label milk

A scourge or a necessity?

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Updated: Mon, Sep 12, 2011

In Memory of Kevin Brussell

Organic Activist, Farmer and Researcher

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jul 18, 2011
Updated: Mon, Jul 18, 2011

2011: NODPA Survey Results

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, May 15, 2011
Updated: Sun, May 15, 2011

New Beginning Farmer Website Unveiled

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Feb 6, 2011
Updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011

Fall National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting Highlights

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Nov 15, 2010
Updated: Mon, Nov 15, 2010

An Interview with Richard Mathews

Architect of the Pasture Rule

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010

Why Organic Milk Supply Management?

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010

What’s Organic About Organic?

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Sep 6, 2010
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010

Organic Valley lays down the law on raw milk

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 7, 2010
Updated: Mon, Jun 7, 2010

NODPA Awarded Grant From OFRF

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Apr 2, 2010
Updated: Fri, Apr 2, 2010

New NOP Pasture Regulation Meets Expectations of Organic Community

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Updated: Tue, Mar 9, 2010

Pasture Rule Draws Bright Line Benefiting Cows & Consumers

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Feb 12, 2010
Updated: Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Alfred State Picks Site for New Dairy

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010

NOFA-NY 2010 Organic Dairy Questionnaire

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 1, 2010
Updated: Fri, Jan 1, 2010

Sustainable Farmer Educators

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009

More than a one-horse hitch needed to pull us out of this mess

In fact, if we want to solve our milk price problems, we’ll need four horses.

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 2009

News From the WODPA Fall Conference in Idaho

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Nov 11, 2009

Farm Bureau, MOFGA, get MOOMilkCo off to a good start

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Updated: Tue, Nov 10, 2009

Commentary: Heirloom Economy

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2009

Go Local & Prosper ... In More Ways Than One

Localism is becoming a strategy to save the farm and the businesses and communities that depend on it.

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Oct 1, 2009

There Is No Right Way To Become A Farmer

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Updated: Sun, Sep 13, 2009

Opinions and Commentary on Organic Dairy & Beyond

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

Why The Free Market Is No Long Functioning Properly For Dairy

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

Open Letter to the Hershbergs of Stonyfield

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

Time To Be Politically Incorrect

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

USDA Dairy Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) to hold its first meeting

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

Climate Change Ruminations

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

NY Branded Milk!

An Interview With Dean Sparks of Empire Organics

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Updated: Sat, Aug 1, 2009

Milk Quota’s

What should we look for?

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Mon, Jun 1, 2009

June may be Dairy Month

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Jun 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019

The Passing Wind

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Sat, May 30, 2009
Updated: Sat, May 30, 2009

Producers Working as Partners

COMMENTARY

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, May 7, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 7, 2009

Organic Valley cut organic family farmers income

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Mar 11, 2009
Updated: Wed, Mar 11, 2009

Washington State WIC Says Organic Milk Has “No Nutritional Benefit”

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Updated: Mon, Mar 9, 2009

Petitions Sent to USDA Requesting End of Producer-Handler Exemption

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 6, 2009

What Obama Means for Organic

There are hints that his ag secretary Tom Vilsack may have an open mind to alternative viewpoints.

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Jan 9, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jan 9, 2009

Organic dairy farmers win Good Farm Neighbor Award

Posted: to Industry News on Thu, Jan 1, 2009
Updated: Thu, Jan 1, 2009

New Sustainable Standards Raise Concerns

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Oct 7, 2008
Updated: Tue, Oct 7, 2008

The Latest East & Midwest Grain & Hay Prices

October 7, 2008

Posted: to Industry News on Tue, Oct 7, 2008
Updated: Tue, Oct 7, 2008

Funding Opportunities

Research and planning grants in the Northeast and North Central US

Posted: to Industry News on Sun, Sep 14, 2008
Updated: Sun, Sep 14, 2008

Press Release: NODPA Stands for Living Wage | June 18, 2008

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, Jun 18, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019

East & Midwest Grain Prices, May 21 2008

Posted: to Industry News on Wed, May 21, 2008
Updated: Wed, May 21, 2008

Realistic Expectations: What Are They?

NEWS & OPINION

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, May 16, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 16, 2008

Press Release: HP Hood refuses to address increased costs...

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

Posted: to Industry News on Mon, Apr 28, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019

ACTION ALERT: Farm Bill

Stop the Attack on Public Health and the Environment in the Farm Bill

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019

How Now Organic Cow

What Is the Whole Story

Posted: to Industry News on Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Updated: Fri, Mar 14, 2008