Showing posts with label dairy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dairy. Show all posts
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Public Interest Group Calls for Boycott of Tillamook Products

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The Center for Food Safety  (CFS), a public interest and environmental advocacy organization, called on Wednesday (9/25) for a consumer b...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Tillamook's Milk Comes from Cows on Concrete, Not Pasture, Lawsuit Claims

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A group of consumers has filed suit against the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) claiming its advertising misleads the publi...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Empowerment through Food: Claudia Lucero of Urban Cheesecraft

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"The line I draw between my former career in nonprofits and my company, Urban Cheesecraft, is empowerment." - Claudia Lucero ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

In Discussion: Lost Valley Farm and Mega-Dairies in Oregon

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Make sure your browser supports the audio element. When Chris Seigel, host of the Food Show  on KBOO Community Radio, contacte...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Lost Valley Farm: Governor Under Pressure to Shut Down Mega-Dairy

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"Cows standing ankle-deep in a slurry of their own waste is just the beginning of Lost Valley mega-dairy's long list of horrifyi...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Lost Valley Farm Owner Called "Drug-Addled" in Court Filing

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In a court filing, Dutch agricultural lender Rabobank is seeking relief from a bankruptcy court in order to auction off the dairy herd at...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Lost Valley Farm Declares Bankruptcy, Halting Sale

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There's just no end to the drama at Lost Valley Farm in Boardman, Oregon's second-largest factory farm dairy. Today the farm...
Thursday, April 05, 2018

Lost Valley Defaults on Loans, Cows Will Be Sold

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A recent report in the East Oregonian newspaper indicated that Rabobank, a Dutch agricultural lender, reported that Greg te Velde, owner...
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Friday, March 30, 2018

An Oregon Dairyman Reclaims the Pasture

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Meet  Jon Bansen,  a pasture-based dairyman in Oregon's Willamette Valley, in this profile I wrote for Civil Eats' Farmer of the ...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

Cows Living in Filth at Mega-Dairy While State Allows It to Continue Supplying Milk

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This post summarizes media coverage involving incidents at  Lost Valley Farm , one of two mega-dairies in the Boardman area that supply m...
Monday, August 28, 2017

Big Milk: Big Issues for Local Communities

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"Giant factory farms are moving to Oregon, bringing with them concerns about our rural communities, the environment, and how we want...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Lactose Freedom!

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It was a sad day more than a decade ago that my husband discovered he was lactose intolerant. For years he'd had bouts of gastrointes...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Oregon Dairy Farmer Tells Why He Went Organic

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This is the story of Jon Bansen, a dairy farmer in Monmouth, Oregon, who grew up on the land his family had farmed for generations. In thi...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Food Farmer Earth: The Deets on Pasteurization

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Ever wondered what pasteurization is, exactly? In this section of my interview for Food Farmer Earth with Garry Hansen of Lady-Lane Farm, ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Food Farmer Earth: Small Dairy Success Story

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In this interview for Food Farmer Earth , I talk with Garry Hansen of Lady-Lane Farm in Mulino, Oregon. He tells how he almost had to se...