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University of Minnesota to Host 1st International Conference on Animals in Organic Production

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

From August 23-25, 2006, the University of Minnesota�s St. Paul campus will be the international epicenter for organic livestock producers and researchers, when the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) holds the first-ever international conference on organic livestock.

Leading organic livestock researchers and producers from throughout the world will share state-of-science research findings and production […]

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Got Organic? Demand Lifts Vt. dairies

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Across the country, an increasing number of farmers are abandoning conventional ways for organic dairy farming: They keep their cows free of antibiotics and hormones, and they let them graze on pure pastures day after day, instead of locked up in a barn.

Nowhere is the change more apparent — and growing more rapidly — than in Vermont, where organic dairy farmers account for nearly 10 percent of the state’s 1,200 dairy farms.

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Twins Theory May Make You Have a Cow

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Chicago Tribune
Julie Deardorff

Cow’s milk, routinely overhyped as an answer to obesity and osteoporosis, might have a potent impact on your family after all.

Women who consume dairy products are five times more likely to have twins than those who don’t, possibly because of synthetic growth hormones added to milk, says obstetrician Gary Steinman of the […]

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Organic-Milk Fight Takes Aim at Grazing Time

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

There’s no telling how often the organic dairy cow leaves the milking shed, because current federal regulations are vague on the issue. A battle is raging in the industry over regulations that would specify how much time cows spend in pastures and how much of their food comes from grazing rather than feedlots.

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