Good for them. Excellent.

--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Radiance Dairy outside Fairfield just received a
> "five-cow" 
> (outstanding) rating from a Cornucopia Institute
> study of the 
> integrity of organic dairy products that "showcases
> ethical family 
> farm producers and exposes factory farm producers
> and brands that 
> threaten to take over organic dairying":
> 
> "Operated by France's Thicke, a widely respected
> pioneering organic 
> dairy producer, and his wife Susan, this truly
> sustainable farm 
> markets in a very intimate geographic area. Its
> connection with the 
> marketplace truly exemplifies the organic ideal.
> 
> "Radiance Dairy is an organic, grass-based dairy
> located near 
> Fairfield, Iowa, with on-farm processing facilities
> in which cream-
> line milk (whole, 2%, and skim), whipping cream,
> yogurt, and cheese 
> are produced. All of the products made on the farm
> are sold locally 
> through three grocery stores and about a dozen
> restaurants in 
> Fairfield. All milk produced on the farm is
> processed by Radiance 
> Dairy, and no milk is brought onto the farm from
> other dairies.
> 
> "Radiance Dairy began in 1980 with two cows. Over
> the years it has 
> grown to the current milking herd of 65 cows. Owned
> by Francis and 
> Susan Thicke, it is operated by them and several
> employees."
> 
> http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/FarmID_80.html
> 
> The "scorecard" for all the dairies studied is here:
> 
> http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
> 
> The Cornucopia Institute is a progressive farm and
> food policy 
> research group "supporting the ecological principles
> and economic 
> wisdom underlying sustainable and organic
> agriculture."
> 
> 
> 
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