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  Dairy producers' alliance responds to Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm 1

  Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

  This essay is the latest installment in a debate between Ed Maltby and Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm. Maltby opened the debate with this post; Hirshberg responded here; Maltby's response follows below. We are airing the debate at length because we think our readers should know that our organic dairy farmers have reached a crisis point -- squeezed by production costs that are rising much faster than the price they receive in the market.

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  I want to thank Gary Hirshberg for replying so quickly to some of the points that we have been raising for… Read More

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  Premium for organic dairy farmers

  Unfortunately despite the fact that the retailer and the processor make very good profit on organic dairy, the farmers are currently losing up to 60 cents a gallon because of the reluctance of processors to pay more.
  The farmers reward for working with the environment not against it; conserving energy and being a good steward of the land is to lose money on a high quality product.
  I'm not sure where the figure of 50% comes from for dairy but The Organic Center has done a study that shows that organic corn uses 30% less energy than conventional grown corn. Conventional dairy use a great deal of petroleum based fertilizers go the figure of 50% could come from there.On Sustainability goals for the U.S. dairy industry posted 1 year, 4 months ago 10 Responses