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." > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > poor with hope and healing > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
