Treating animals with respect and compassion is of the utmost importance to dairy farmers. In fact, it’s their number one priority! A content cow will produce a high quality product, and dairy farmers know that more than anyone. They are committed to producing safe and wholesome milk, which means they are committed to their cows …
Beth Hodge of Echo Farm Puddings shares a day in the life of a dairy farmer. Enjoy! I had a great idea for a blog post, but….. ….I just needed a minute to plop myself down and write it. I had planned on getting up early today but, when the alarm went off at 4:30 …
The post below is written by Claire Stanley, a dairy farmer who grew up on Paul-Lin Dairy Farm in East Fairfield, Vermont. A very thoughtful friend recently gave me Sky Chalmers’s book, Sending Milk, a photographic story about dairy farming. The book’s introduction by Stephen Kiernan asked the question: Why be a farmer? It seems …
For the past few years, America has been abuzz with energy for local food, and food lovers in the Northeast are increasingly scouring markets for asparagus in May, seeking out the freshest strawberries in June, and anticipating Maine’s late summer blueberries. Milk, like all New England agricultural products, changes with the seasons—yet in our supermarkets, …