![]() ![]() Please stay tuned and support your local organic farmers. NOFA-VT will keep our members and broader community updated as this situation evolves. An organic diet, that is Horizon cows graze outside on fresh, organic pasture grasses and eat. The result is a market flooded with a lower-quality and cheaper organic product, making it impossible for small and medium scale organic farms to compete and thrive. at a much higher cost) from before birth. Inconsistent interpretation of this rule means that large scale dairy farms in the west and midwest continuously bring conventionally raised animals into their herds, while farms in Vermont have to raise all animals organically (i.e. This decision by Danone/Horizon points directly to the need to close the loophole in the Origin of Livestock Rule. On the national scale, we will continue to advocate to ensure the National Organic Program regulations are applied fairly and consistently so that small and medium scale farms are not at a disadvantage to large, corporate farms. This is a critical moment to take stock and ensure that the path forward makes it easier, not harder, to be an organic farmer keeping Vermonters fed and Vermont’s land healthy to ensure a future with viable farms that are part of an environmentally, economically, and socially resilient food system. In a state where the working landscape is foundational to our identity and critical for our future, the health and growth of thriving organic agriculture- which can heal many of the impacts of ecological decline and climate change while also keeping Vermonters fed- should be seen as an indicator of Vermont’s overall vitality. Our farms produced this milk without antibiotics, added hormones, pesticides or cloning. NOFA-VT is talking with the affected farmers, state officials, policymakers, partner organizations, and milk buyers to understand the situation and we’re working hard to find ways to support these farmers. ![]() With nowhere to sell their organic milk, these 27 Vermont farms could go out of business in the next year. It’s no secret that the dairy market is already tight. These dairy farms will no longer have a buyer for their organic milk. Late last week, 27 Vermont dairy farms received letters from Danone, owner of Horizon Organic, notifying them that their contracts will be terminated in August 2022. Get Horizon Organic Whole Milk delivered to you in as fast as 1 hour via Instacart or choose curbside or in-store pickup. ![]()
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