National News

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.

Posted: to National News on Thu, Feb 6, 2014
Updated: Mon, Nov 19, 2018

Drought parches organic dairy pastures

Posted: to National News on Mon, Feb 3, 2014
Updated: Mon, Feb 3, 2014

Maine’s Oakhurst Dairy sold to farmer cooperative

Posted: to National News on Sat, Feb 1, 2014
Updated: Sat, Feb 1, 2014

USDA Extend Agricultural Coexistence Comment Period to March 4, 2014

Posted: to National News on Tue, Dec 24, 2013
Updated: Tue, Dec 24, 2013

More Helpful Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk

Posted: to National News on Mon, Dec 9, 2013
Updated: Mon, Dec 9, 2013

’Cloned Beef’ On Store Shelves Causes Stir In Britain

Posted: to National News on Fri, Aug 6, 2010
Updated: Fri, Aug 6, 2010

French dairy giant snaps up Rachel’s from WhiteWave

Posted: to National News on Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Updated: Wed, Jul 28, 2010

Organic dairy family turns to cheese making

Posted: to National News on Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Updated: Tue, Jul 13, 2010

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

Posted: to National News on Wed, Jul 7, 2010
Updated: Wed, Jul 7, 2010

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

Posted: to National News on Mon, Sep 7, 2009
Updated: Mon, Sep 7, 2009

Organic dairies struggling, too

Posted: to National News on Mon, Aug 3, 2009
Updated: Mon, Aug 3, 2009

North Coast dairy cows sold to slaughter as milk prices fall

Posted: to National News on Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Updated: Fri, Jul 17, 2009

Survival getting tough for some organic dairy farmers

Posted: to National News on Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Updated: Wed, Jul 15, 2009

Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad

Posted: to National News on Thu, May 28, 2009
Updated: Thu, May 28, 2009

Organic Dairy Manure May Offer High Quality Fertilizer Option

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

Conditions good this spring, but milk price remains low

Posted: to National News on Wed, May 6, 2009
Updated: Wed, May 6, 2009

ORGANIC OASIS

Posted: to National News on Tue, May 5, 2009
Updated: Tue, May 5, 2009

Smaller dairies fight rule change on milk

Posted: to National News on Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Updated: Sat, Mar 28, 2009

Germany’s Myster Cow Disease

Posted: to National News on Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Updated: Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Dairy in Crisis - Part 3

Posted: to National News on Thu, Mar 26, 2009
Updated: Thu, Mar 26, 2009

Broken Trust Shakes Web From Farmer to Cow

Posted: to National News on Mon, Mar 23, 2009
Updated: Mon, Mar 23, 2009

Dairy industry braces for a tough winter

Posted: to National News on Fri, Oct 3, 2008
Updated: Fri, Oct 3, 2008

Foxboro dairy farm sells its milk raw

Posted: to National News on Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Updated: Fri, Sep 12, 2008

Organic has lower carbon imprint: BFA

Posted: to National News on Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Updated: Fri, Sep 12, 2008

Organic supply squeeze tightens

Posted: to National News on Tue, Sep 9, 2008
Updated: Tue, Sep 9, 2008

Getting Paid for How You Farm

Posted: to National News on Fri, Aug 15, 2008
Updated: Fri, Aug 15, 2008

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

Posted: to National News on Wed, Aug 6, 2008
Updated: Wed, Aug 6, 2008

Organic Growth at Safeway

Posted: to National News on Sun, Jul 13, 2008
Updated: Sun, Jul 13, 2008

Going With the Grain

Posted: to National News on Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jul 1, 2008

Catching an amber wave

Posted: to National News on Sun, Jun 22, 2008
Updated: Sun, Jun 22, 2008

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

Posted: to National News on Wed, Jun 18, 2008
Updated: Wed, Jun 18, 2008

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

Posted: to National News on Tue, Jun 3, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jun 3, 2008

NZ: Fonterra farmers set for income boost

Posted: to National News on Fri, May 30, 2008
Updated: Fri, May 30, 2008

German dairy farmers dump milk in protest

Posted: to National News on Thu, May 29, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 29, 2008

’Saudi Arabia of Milk’ Hits Production Limits

Posted: to National News on Thu, May 8, 2008
Updated: Thu, May 8, 2008

Volatility in dairy business will begin to affect organic milk prices

Posted: to National News on Sun, Apr 27, 2008
Updated: Sun, Apr 27, 2008

Bill would help organic farmers

Posted: to National News on Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Updated: Fri, Apr 11, 2008

Bill would help organic farmers

Posted: to National News on Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Updated: Fri, Apr 11, 2008

The Food Chain: As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation

Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 9, 2008

What Grocers Teach Us About The US Economy

Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 9, 2008

Resistance to Ohio milk labeling restrictions grows

Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 9, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 9, 2008

Some Good News on Food Prices

Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 2, 2008
Updated: Wed, Apr 2, 2008

Milking it

Posted: to National News on Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Updated: Thu, Mar 20, 2008

When Big Business Eats Organic

Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 19, 2008
Updated: Wed, Mar 19, 2008

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

Posted: to National News on Sun, Mar 9, 2008
Updated: Sun, Mar 9, 2008

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

Posted: to National News on Tue, Feb 26, 2008
Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2008

Speaker at organic farming conference derides corporate agriculture

Posted: to National News on Sun, Feb 24, 2008
Updated: Sun, Feb 24, 2008

Organic producers struggle to keep pace with rising demand

Posted: to National News on Fri, Feb 22, 2008
Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2008

The dairies are half-pint

Posted: to National News on Wed, Feb 20, 2008
Updated: Wed, Feb 20, 2008

Cost crises compounds organic milk lull

Posted: to National News on Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Updated: Tue, Jan 22, 2008

The Way We Live Now Our Decrepit Food Factories

Posted: to National News on Sun, Dec 16, 2007
Updated: Sun, Dec 16, 2007

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

Posted: to National News on Sun, Dec 9, 2007
Updated: Sun, Dec 9, 2007

PA dairy label rule shelved

Posted: to National News on Wed, Nov 28, 2007
Updated: Wed, Nov 28, 2007

Price And Credibility Barriers To Buying Organic

Posted: to National News on Wed, Nov 21, 2007
Updated: Wed, Nov 21, 2007

Consumers Won’t Know What They’re Missing

Posted: to National News on Sun, Nov 11, 2007
Updated: Sun, Nov 11, 2007

Organic milk may help babies beat allergies

Posted: to National News on Sun, Nov 11, 2007
Updated: Sun, Nov 11, 2007

America so badly needs

Posted: to National News on Sun, Nov 4, 2007
Updated: Sun, Nov 4, 2007

Down on The Farm, Agricultural policy is not sexy.

Posted: to National News on Fri, Nov 2, 2007
Updated: Fri, Nov 2, 2007

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

Posted: to National News on Fri, Oct 26, 2007
Updated: Fri, Oct 26, 2007

Five Easy Ways to Go Organic

Posted: to National News on Mon, Oct 22, 2007
Updated: Mon, Oct 22, 2007

Aurora faces lawsuits for organic violations

Posted: to National News on Wed, Oct 17, 2007
Updated: Wed, Oct 17, 2007

Organic farming comes to China

Posted: to National News on Tue, Oct 2, 2007
Updated: Tue, Oct 2, 2007

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.

Posted: to National News on Tue, Oct 2, 2007
Updated: Tue, Oct 2, 2007

Can a dairy be big and organic?

Posted: to National News on Sat, Sep 29, 2007
Updated: Sat, Sep 29, 2007

USDA May Relax Standards for Organic Foods

Posted: to National News on Sat, Jun 9, 2007
Updated: Sat, Jun 9, 2007

Organic Valley: GMO Alfalfa Will Devastate Organic Dairy Industry

Posted: to National News on Wed, Apr 18, 2007
Updated: Wed, Apr 18, 2007

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

Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Updated: Wed, Mar 28, 2007

Small dairy farmers face challenges in CA

Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Updated: Wed, Mar 28, 2007

When Organic Isn’t Really Organic

Posted: to National News on Wed, Mar 14, 2007
Updated: Wed, Mar 14, 2007

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

Posted: to National News on Wed, Feb 14, 2007
Updated: Wed, Feb 14, 2007