Organic Dairy Farms Squeezed Out by Giant Factory Farms: Emergency Rally with USDA

Organic family dairy farmers squeezed out by giant factory farms: Wisconsin rally—USDA Secretary Vilsack listens/responds to pleas of desperate farmers. Please support organics!

The Cornucopia Institutes national survey of organic products in the dairy case showcases ethical family farm producers and exposes factory farm producers and brands that threaten to take over organic dairying. With this Web-based rating tool, you can see which brands and dairy products found in your region are produced using the best organic farming practices and ethics. Based on a years research into the organic dairy business, the scorecard rates 68 different organic dairy brands and private-label products.
Please help protect and support organic family farmers by contributing and becoming a member of The Cornucopia Institute: https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/TheCornucopiaInstitute/OnlineGiving.html

The Cornucopia Institutes national survey of organic products in the dairy case showcases ethical family farm producers and exposes factory farm producers and brands that threaten to take over organic dairying. With this Web-based rating tool, you can see which brands and dairy products found in your region are produced using the best organic farming practices and ethics. Based on a years research into the organic dairy business, the scorecard rates 68 different organic dairy brands and private-label products.

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[giddymoon]

OMG..they were relying on communists for "change" and freedom to earn an honest wage? LOLOLOLOL

[SuperAnimalDrummer]

@robothat You're a fucking idiot.

[contagion88]

I think it's the fact that these big factory farms that are cashing in on the organic industry without being true organic. Of course they are allowed to get in on the market. It's the integrity behind these factory farms... and most of them seem to have poor products that claim it's just as organic as the local farmers. Integrity people.

[Nationsnotregimes]

18 month old video with 3300 hundred views ? Wow.

[robothat]

@Tikmondo What's big? Name some of these polluters. How much is a "big fat check"? I don't believe in a "god" I believe in freedom. It's real simple, you don't like it, don't buy it but then stay out of my business. Cornucopia group is concerned about size and trying to use Marxism to regulate what they deem is the best # for my industry. That's not a free market system. How many do you milk? I pay taxes too and @ a much higher rate than 95% of the country

[Tikmondo]

@robothat, big and polluting and animal abusing and human abusing and non law abiding should i go on.

so for gov to step in and make sure everyone plays by fair rules <-- you call this communism?

but when uncle sam gives you a big fat check in the form of farm subsidies <-- you call this your god given right?

get the F real!

[robothat]

@Tikmondo you're not sure of anything, you've said that 98% of the U.S. market is made of "mega multi-national conglomerates" not true. These Oregon producers are mad that "big producers"(what size would that b?) are "stepping into their market" That's a free market economy! who's to say what big or small is. You want the government to regulate a producers size? That's communism!!!!!!!! Consumers will not pay more than $5/gal for milk. $500/cow/yr profit is the best a dairyfarmer can do.

[Tikmondo]

@robothat Are you playing dumb or are you simply dumb. I said FACTORY FARMING is inhumane, unsanitary, and unhealthy. I'm sure there are non organic farmers out there that produce very high quality, ecological, humane food. but how is a consumer to know that unless he is to visit the farm and ascertain it for himself. That's what organic certification supposed to do (but apparently not).

[robothat]

@Tikmondo 1% of the nations cows are organic. you say 99% of this great countries dairy farmers utilise "inhumane and unsanitary and unhealthy" practices. That's so untrue it's scary. This is still a free country, u can't make me "SHUT your mouth"

[Tikmondo]

@robothat factory farming is inhumane and unsanitary and unhealthy = not organic.

and we are not even going into their use and abuse of cheap illegal labor.

You called these good hard working Americans communists! NOT Me! it is you who has to define communism! if you don't know what it means then please SHUT your mouth and go troll somewhere else!