Trouble at organic dairies?
It must be organic day here at megnut.com, because I've got another link about organic farming! From NPR's All Thing's Considered, Farmers Say Mega-Dairies Milk the Organic System.
As organic mega-dairies with thousands of cows sprout up across the country, small-dairy farmers complain that some so-called "organic" cows don't get enough meadow time. They say the huge dairy operations are taking advantage of the system at the expense of the smaller farms that built the organic movement into a lucrative industry.
Posted on May 8, 2006
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