CALIFORNIA DAIRY FARM

A look inside a mega dairy Gazette Extra Sports
Cows learn the routine quickly.
Inventor taps into water conservation San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN MARCOS – A self-proclaimed inventor all his life, John Schommer decided to focus on water conservation in 1991 because he couldn't believe how little was being done about it.
Lettuce Link Probed in Two E. Coli Outbreaks Hamilton Spectator
An E. coli outbreak at Hillfield Strathallan College in Hamilton last month and another in Sudbury at the same time are now being investigated for a possible link to lettuce.
Will Wisconsin lose its cheese crown? Wisconsin State Journal
MONROE - In a small yellow building tucked into rolling fields of corn and cows, men in aprons and rain boots stand guard over two enormous vats of thick white goop, no longer milk but not yet muenster cheese.
Growing energy in Sugar Valley Lock Haven Express
LOGANTON — A local family is growing energy on the farm these days — and hopes to convert that into a crop of green savings and cold hard cash.
The Organic Myth BusinessWeek
Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market
First case of bird flu confirmed in Greece and more From the Wilderness Publications
October 18, 2005 Residential Natural Gas Prices (CA) (read this story) Higher natural gas bills will start hitting California in October - by Michael Liedtke, AP (read this story) Fearing Heat Costs, Many Take Preventive Action - by Pam Belluck And Sarah Kershaw, New York Times (read this story) Genuine Elections - by Ron Resnick (read
Midwest Messenger Midwest Messenger
Wisconsin is the place to be if you want to milk cows, believe Gordon and Cathy Speirs. They bade good-bye to their farm in Alberta, Canada, three years ago and built a new dairy from scratch in eastern Wisconsin's Calumet County.
Meat of the matter Radio Netherlands
Intensive factory farming methods are making meat products cheaper and more abundant than ever before. But at what cost to the animals, the environment and our health?
Sorting through the confusion in a bag of spinach Newsday
This week, we're tackling a lot of burning questions - all of them about spinach. In the wake of the outbreak of E. coli bacteria in fresh, California-grown spinach, I called upon one of the country's leading experts on food safety, Marion Nestle, to help me with answers to reader questions. Nestle is professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University and the author of,

Dairy and Livestock
Energy use survey of central California dairy herds. Relationship of herd size to efficiency of electrical energy use. On-farm demonstrations of vacuum
California dairy farms, Californiadairy farms, www.californiadairy
California dairy farms. A network directory of California farms, farm real estate, dairy farms, and ranches for sale.
HOARD'S DAIRYMAN -- The National Dairy Farm Magazine
California Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation Scholarships: 20 to 30-$1000 National Milk Producers Federation National Dairy Leadership Scholarship
FactoryFarm.org: Dairy: Information & Resources
There are 1600 dairy farms in California's Central Valley, which generate more waste than 21 million people. General Resources. Dairy Talking Points
AGRICULTURE / 270 cows generating electricity for farm / Methane
After 25 years of persistent work, Marin County rancher Albert Straus has figured out a way to run his dairy farm, organic creamery and electric car from

HOARD'S DAIRYMAN -- The National Dairy Farm Magazine
California Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation Scholarships: 20 to 30-$1000 National Milk Producers Federation National Dairy Leadership Scholarship
FactoryFarm.org: Dairy: Information & Resources
There are 1600 dairy farms in California's Central Valley, which generate more waste than 21 million people. General Resources. Dairy Talking Points
AGRICULTURE / 270 cows generating electricity for farm / Methane
After 25 years of persistent work, Marin County rancher Albert Straus has figured out a way to run his dairy farm, organic creamery and electric car from
Cows could fuel 1 million cars
More than a dozen anaerobic digesters are operating or under construction on California dairy farms. Anaerobic digesters are enclosed vessels that use
California: Leading the nation in dairy production Dairy Field
California's dairy industry enjoys some of the highest standards in the nation, employing the latest techniques in dairy farm management, herd health and
Welcome to CDFA Dairy
Send an email to: dairy@cdfa.ca.gov. California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 654-0433
Welcome to the California Dairy Industries Association
The program became statewide in 1938, under the California Dairy Industries Association sponsorship in each of its sections. Today, hundreds of dairy farms
Brownfield: California dairy the topic of a farm bill hearing
The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Dairy, Nutrition, and Forestry, convened a farm bill hearing in Fresno, California