... Announcing 2012 Small Dairy Field Days! A series to highlight creative strategies on family dairies to take place between May 9 th - July 11 th , 2012 Are...
The four workshops in this series take place at farms throughout Massachusetts that are raising various livestock, including beef and dairy cattle, and pigs,...
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Mark Kastel
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Apr 30, 2012 9:01 pm
I'm pretty upset folks, After receiving the e-mail at the bottom of this thread, from an organic consumer over the weekend, I fired off the following e-mail to...
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Mark Kastel
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May 1, 2012 2:34 pm
Hello all, The lines are clearly drawn. As you will read below the corporate-backed Organic Trade Association is in a full-court press to pass a tax on...
Unfortunately they are not alone and in fact this is the prevailing marketing modus operandi for organic dairy in particular. With the dairy mafia's...
The pic is too "cute" maybe, but what's really wrong with it here? What's an example of a good site look like? Sounds like there's a lot more to this than is...
What i found amusing is they had to show cartoon cows on pasture and the next picture I found was of dry cows, no milk cows. ... From: <Odairy@yahoogroups.com>...
Hi group, I just uploaded a file (0512GRAZEMAGAZINEadweb.pdf) on the web group interface and I thought I could include a message with the file. Not! ...
I Hope you get this on time ? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Am sorry I didn't inform you about my trip to Spain for a Program, I'm presently in Spain and I'm having some...
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Mark Kastel
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May 15, 2012 3:39 pm
Obviously, this guy is even more into BS then the folks of Aurora Dairy.. DO NOT RESPOND! MAK Mark A. Kastel The Cornucopia Institute ...
Joan, It is great to see more homozygous bulls on the market now. Unfortunately, two out of the 3 are not A2A2 for beta casein (only Nordbo is) so that knocks...
While the farmers continually work to produce higher quality, nutrient dense food, it ends up so denatured, processed, and manipulated, I wonder how much of...
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Mark Kastel
kastel@...
May 21, 2012 3:37 pm
Hello Cheyenne, Knowing you, I'm not surprised that you thoroughly understand the dynamic taking place here. For all of us who understand that the foundation...
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Mark Kastel
kastel@...
May 21, 2012 3:45 pm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304791704577416410823386798.ht ml Since Dean Foods was doing so well financially last year, and both conventional...
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Mark Kastel
kastel@...
May 23, 2012 5:42 pm
http://www.thegrazingmind.com/2012/05/21/so-who-is-whitewave/ The question poised here is, "Who is WhiteWave?" Watch carefully. Although they purport to answer...
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Mark Kastel
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May 24, 2012 11:31 pm
From The Milkweed, By Will Fantle.. Organic Promotion Check-off Proposal has Farmers Wary The Organic Trade Association (OTA), a trade industry lobby group, is...
I'm one hundred per cent against the check-off. It's a joke and a rip-off. All one has to do is look at the check-off program in conventional dairy and see how...
I agree completely, Lyle. Why not spend the effort getting organic farmers exempted from the programs without the stupid paperwork, and then let the farmers...
The soy and corn check off served to further expedite the market penetration of GM seeds.
Jim Martindale
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Its worse than a joke and a rip-off. These funds are funneled to corporate controlled groups and serve to fund the efforts to maintain and expand the ...
