The largest villain, in the eyes of dairy farmers, is Aurora Dairy. The $100 million corporation owns five "factory farms," managing thousands of cows each, in arid regions of Texas and Colorado. Owning its own manufacturing plant, Aurora packages and ships milk for sale as storebrand products at Wal-Mart and a number of leading supermarket chains. Aurora's factory farm milk reaches every corner of this country, undercutting ethical farmers and their marketing partners.
Organic Family Dairies Being Crushed by Rogue Factory Farms
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I buy my milk in glass bottles at the co-op from local organic dairies--when I buy it. Also organic butter from Organic Valley and cheeses from organic producers.
Truth is that the land of milk and honey is expensive. And I absolutely-definitely-mently refuse to buy milk from dairies that don't get their cows out to pasture and that practice electro-ejaculation among other bizarrenesses.
If we want to beat the holy tar out of each other as humans, so be it. But brutalizing our farm animals, as in leaving 1500 pound dairy cows standing on cement barn floors day after day like milk machines--as Frank Zappa's Suzy Cream Cheese said, "Forget it!"
Jean, The Measure Free Hippie Cook
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