Organic Valley Farmer-Owners Receive Outstanding Quality Awards

Organic Valley Farmer-Owners Receive Outstanding Quality Awards

April 15, 2009

La Farge, Wis. – April 14, 2009 – Organic Valley Family of Farms, the nation’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, recently recognized 370 of its farmer-owners, more than 36 percent of its total members, with quality awards.

Organic Valley dairy, produce, soy, egg, juice and feed crop farmers and Organic Prairie beef, poultry and pork farmers were recognized last week during an awards banquet at its annual meeting in La Crosse, Wis., honoring the farmers for their 2008 quality achievements. All of the gold and silver winners received a plaque and the quality recognition winners received certificates for their accomplishments.

Organic Valley honored its dairy farmers in Gold, Silver and Milk Quality Recognition categories. To achieve these honors, Gold Award recipients needed an average Somatic Cell Count (SCC) of less than 150,000; Silver Award recipients an average SCC between 151,000 and 200,000; and Milk Quality Recognition recipients an average SCC between 201,000 and 250,000. In addition, all levels had to achieve a Standard Plate Count average below 25 and a Preliminary Incubation Count averaging less than 30.

Farmers who received the top milk quality Gold Award in each region are:

  • Eastern Region: Meyer Family, North Hardwick Dairy LLC, Hardwick, Vt.
  • Midwest Region: Kevin and Mary Jahnke, Jahnke Family Farm Limited Partnership, Lancaster, Wis.
  • Western Region: Andy and Linda Styger, Styger Family Dairy Farm, Chehalis, Wash.

The Meyers have won their respective regional award for the third year in a row.

“The delicious flavor and outstanding quality of our Organic Valley and Organic Prairie products is the result of the meticulous care and pride with which all of our farmer-owners produce their products,” said George Siemon, one of the founding farmers and chief executive officer for Organic Valley. “We’re pleased to honor more than 370 of our dedicated farmers who consistently went above and beyond to produce the best organic products possible last year.”

Organic Valley also awarded the “Ray Hass Organic Pioneer Award” to Bert Roper, Organic Valley orange grower in Winter Garden, Fla. The “Ray Hass Organic Pioneer Award” is an annual memorial award given to an individual who is a pioneer in the organic movement and in the Cooperative. The award is named after Ray Hass, one of the founding members of Organic Valley and one of the very first organic dairy farmers in the United States. His vision of a farmer-owned organic cooperative and his tireless work advocating for family farmers were important and critical aspects to the success of the Cooperative.

Farmers, by category and state, who received Organic Valley’s Dairy Quality Awards for 2008:

Gold Award Recipients

California

Bill and Michelle Van Ryn, Gawne Organic Dairy, Stockton

Indiana

John A. and Kathryn Schrock, Marshmeadow Farm, Shipshewana

Maine

Paul Philbrick, Knox

William and Sandra Osborne, Farmington

Steve Morrison, Charleston

Minnesota

Mike and Evangeline Elmhorst, Restoration Acres, Paynesville

Bob Mueller, Melrose

Dale and Kathy Dalquist, Little Elk Farm, Randall

New Hampshire

John and Beth Haynes, Claremont

New Mexico

Art Schaap, Native Pastures Dairy, LLC, Clovis

New York

Siobhan Griffin, Raindance Farm, Schevenus

Cliff and Patti Brunner, Sunny Slope Farm, Cooperstown

Nick and Erica Wood, Woodhaven Jersey, Dundee

Richard and Lisa Bruno, Twin Farms, Cazenovia

John and Emma Hoover, Penn Yan

Ohio

Jerry L. and Mary Miller, Elm Grove Acres, Fredricksburg

Darby Dicke, Hilltop Farms, Xenia

Simeon and Laura Kanagy, Sunset Meadows, Shreve

Jay Swihart, Swihart Farms, Sugar Creek

Leroy and Rose Meyer, Ft. Loramie

Cecil Koons, Katie-Land Dairy, Hicksville

Oregon

Ilene Knight, Bennett’s Acres, Boring

Richard and Jill Smith, Keltic Pride Dairy, Hermiston

Peter and Rodney Veeman,Veeman Dairy, LLC, St. Paul

Devin and Elena Johnston, Spring Valley Farms, Tillamook

Jon and Julianne Bansen, Double J Jerseys, Inc., Monmouth

Pennsylvania

Wayne and Esther Weaver, Gray Stone Farm, Loysville

David and Ruth Hoover, Milmont

James and Janet Byers, Mercersburg

Bobbie and Harvey Wood, Mansfield

Henry and Emma Beiler, Spring Mills

Vermont

Mike and Barbara Eastman, Addison

Pete Decker, Barton

Joe and Una Morrissette, Brandon

Matthew Churchill, Cabot

Tim Maikshilo, Coventry Valley Farm, Coventry

Stephen and Amelia Bothfeld, Fieldstone Organic Farm, Cabot

Marcel and Gaetane Patenaude, Maple Cedar View, Derby Line

Steven and Leslie Brown, Mount Hunger Jerseys, East Burke

Dave and Elaine Callan, Mountain View Farm, Fairfield

Warren Rankin, Top Rankin’ Farm, East Johnson

Roger and Patricia Le Blanc, Hazen Monument Farm, East Hardwick

Benjamin Williams, Moo-Acres Farm, Fairfield

Jeff and Gail Smith, Irasburg

Eric and Cathy Paris, Taralane Farm, Lyndonville

Jenkins Family, Hard Climb Farm, LLC, Newport

Allan and Karen Bathalon, North Troy

Ben Moulton, Knox Ridge Holsteins, Troy

Paul de la Bruere, Swanton

Alice and Laurance Allen, Allen Farm, Wells River

Regis and Rita Lamoureux, West Charleston

Christian and Rejeanne Winslow, West Charleston

David and Tina Houde, Houde Family Farm, St. Johnsbury

Washington

Randy and Kimberly Peterson, North Fork Dairy, Arlington

Dean Wesen, Wesen Organic Dairy, LLC, Bow

Gerald and Delores Bishop, Bishop Dairy, Chimacum

Matt and Robyn Eldridge, Eldridge Farms, Everson

Derek and Heidi Blanken, Green View Dairy, Lynden

Alan and Vickie Mesman, Mesman Farms, Mt. Vernon

Bill and Laura McMahan, Cowlitz Meadows Dairy, Inc., Randle

Gary and Susan Burkhalter, Grays River Holsteins, Rosburg

Allen and Cheryl Voortman, Pride and Joy Dairy, Granger

Peter and Dorene Dykstra, Hopewell Farm, Everson

Jim Austin, Austin Farms, Oakville

Wisconsin

Daniel and Darlene Coehoorn, Rosendale

Grace Ann Matzke, Algoma

John and Jan Nadler, Three Oaks Farm, Inc., Chilton

Ed Jossund, South Range

Lennie DeFere, DeFere Family Dairy, Sturgeon Bay

Mike and Julie Petherbridge, Petherbridge Family Farm, Dresser

Steve and Anne Kormann, Fair-View Farm, Exeland

Larry Stigend, Godspeed Farms, Withee

Josh and Katie Warpinksi, Brownie Farms, Stitzer

Randy and Karen Strey, Green Acres Organic Farm, Hortonville

Enerst L’Heureux, Fairview Farm, Iron River

Scott Westenberg, Seed of Faith Farm, Watertown

Marianne Hermann, Hixton

Silver Award Recipients

California

California State University, Chico

Joe and Victor Silveira, Creekside Farms/Silveira, Orland

John and Joni Mattos, Diamond M Dairy, Petaluma

John W. Boere, J & D Dairy, Modesto

Iowa

Paul and Jayne Wells, Wells, Inc., Milton

David and Alberta Nedved, Garner

Greg Wirtjes, Forest City

Luke and Kathryn Shirk, Alta Vista

Illinois

Jeff and Sheila Koester, Scales Mound

Indiana

Orvan and Martha Schrock, Wolcottville

Roger and Lisa Garland, Green Pastures Farm, Vevay

Toby and Vera Yoder, LT Farm, La Grange

Perry and Lena Lehman, Middlebury

Leon and Linda Mast, La Grange

Alton and Susie Miller, Millersburg

Stephen J. Martin, Grassforward, Walkerton

Gilson. and Krisine Eby, Fairplay

Andrew and Tami Chase, Kingfield

Henry Perkins, Bull Ridge Farm, Albion

Sarah and Garin Smith, Skowhegan

Maine

Spencer Aitel and Paige Tyson, Two Loons Farm, South China

Minnesota

Mike and Keri Salber, Browerville

Bruce and Marie McNamara, Mac-Lane Farm, Goodhue

David Winnes, Promise Farms, Brownsville

Mark Wickenhauser, Wicmar Dairy, Cologne

Chuck Will, Willolea Holsteins, Underwood

Mark and Joan Lee, McIntosh

John Wegman, Wegman Organics, Dover

Jerome and Julie Walch, Walch Farm, Rochester

Dennis and Ruth Buck, Dee Bee Holsteins, Goodhue

Alan and Anne Schroepfer, Spring Creek Dairy, Paynesville

Melvin Beiler, Nature’s Acre Farm, Grove City

Richard Vander Ziel and Dennis Nondorf, Crazy Acres, Chandler

Karl and Teresa Hanson, Willow Creek Dairy, Perham

Craig and Sharon Dahms, Dodge Center

New Hampshire

Kathy Harrington, Stonewall Farm, Keene

New York

Jeffrey Zimmer, Williams Farm, La Fargeville

Lynda, Claude and Erik Pronovost, Pronovost Family Dairy, North Bangor

Vaughn and Sue Sherman, Dryden

Matt Lyon and Janet Chichester, Lyon View Farm, Wellsville

Bob Fuller, Newport

Jim and Anne Phillips, Triple 3 Livestock, Cortland

David and Diane Phippen, Breese Hollow Farm, Hoosick Falls

David Stratton, Stone Mill Farm, Earlville

Ephraim and Annetta Kilmer, Penn Yan

Brigette and Dan Ullrich/Williams, Ullrich Farms, Truxton

Henry and Sarah, Zook, Hidden Valley Acres, Fort Plain

Larry and Denise, Moore, Lansing

Peter and Anne, Sylvester, Valley View Farm, Ellenburg Center

Les and Jim Miller, Miller Bros. Dairy, Richfield Springs

David and Susan Hardy, Mohawk

Tom and April Waldo, Promise Land Farm, Remsen

Ohio

Owen Nisley, Evergreen Acres, Baltic

Alfred and Beth Bulcher, Saint Isidore Dairy, Versailles

Mark and Geneva Miller, Millersburg

Ernest and Norma Martin, Meadowlark Dairy Farm, Shiloh

Steve Knapke, Knapke Dairy, Fort Recovery

Paul and Carol Schmitmeyer, Versailles

Scott and Charlene Stoller, Sterling

Henry and Susan Hershberger, Sugar Creek

Mark and Linda Weaver, Dundee

Eddie Miller, Sugar Creek

Dean and Shane Hartzler, Rittman

Oregon

Pete and Kelly Mahaffy, River Bend Jerseys, LLC, Coos Bay

Ray Maack, Maack Dairy, Cloverdale

Edwina Price, Price Dairy, LLC, Cloverdale

Steve and Susan Pierson, Sar-Ben Farms, Inc., St. Paul

Wally and Mary Holmgren, Holmgren Dairy, Myrtle Point

Gary and Connie Moore, Cloud Cap Farm, Boring

Jerome and Carole Rosa, Jer-osa Daiy, Gervais

Dean and Tami Yeager, Aumsville

Pennsylvania

Kenneth and Miriam Fultz, BWG Meadows, Sunbury

Benuel and Lizzie Mae Peachey, Allensville

Eli and Elsie Peachey, Belleville

Todd and Erin Hackenberg, Middleberg

Stephen and Tina Henning, Henningstead Holstein, Mehoopany

Clellen and Rhoda Leh, Towanda

Paul and Arlene Allen, Paul’s Pasture, Granville Summit

Todd Swartz, Broad Acres Enterprise, Inc., East Waterford

Darryl Trego, Thompsontown

Titus and Susanne Petersheim, Mifflintown

Levi and Rachel Stoltzfus, Mountainside Farm, Rebersbug

Jacob and Fannie Beiler, Leola

Texas

Kent Jisha, Kent Jisha Dairy, Yantis

Vermont

Judy and Jasper Covey, White Tail Acres, Williamstown

Brian and Patricia Wilson, Shoreham

Leon and Linda Corse, The Corse Farm, Whitingham

Mike and Teresa Menard, Fairfield

Annie amd Catlin Claghorn-Fox, Taconic End Farm, Leicester

Harold and Ginny Welch, Bridport

Allen and Sandra Cutting, Cutting Farm, Irasburg

Jim and Joyce Gratton, Gratton Hill Farm, Charleston

Morgan Churchill, Cabot

John and Carol Butler, Butlerholm, Underhill

Scott and Randy Bidwell, Top Notch Jersey Farm, Morrisville

Anita and Dawn Donahue-Lambert, Graniteville

Doug and Manon Lawson, Covered Bridge Farm, Irasburg

Paul and Kristine Stecker, Maple Lane Farm, Cabot

Jonathan Gates, Howmars Farm, Franklin

Elizabeth Hubbard, Rainbow’s Edge Farm, Sutton

Ruby E. Minor, Maple Ridge View Farm, Fairfield

Rosina Wallace, Waterbury

Brent and Regina Beidler, Randolph Center

Faun Marie and Irving Orton, Island Pond

Washington

Jay Gordon, Gordon Dairy Inc, Elma

Mark and Kristie Schmid, White Water Holsteins, Inc., Trout Lake

Gary McCool, Rosecrest Dairy, Chehalis

Bob and Janet Baker, Osceola Jerseys, LLC, Enumclaw

Ross and LeAnna McMahan, Cowlitz Meadows Dairy, Randle

Walter and Irene Abplanalp, Alpine Dairy, Ethel

Wisconsin

Gary and Diane Przybylski, Greener Pastures Dairy, Krakow

Matt Grimm, River Falls

Neal and Anna Koepke, Green Ridge Farms, Edgar

Mike and Linda Linsmeier, Reedsville

Bill, Dave a d Joe Dukelow, Dukelow Dairy Farms, Inc., Neosho

Jay and Paula Richard, Kieler

Robert Winkel, Winkel Farms, Waupon

Chuck and Jerald Wolf, Sunny View Dairy, Elmwood

Jim Books, Books Rainbow-View, Fall Creek

Dan and Sherry Kugel, Newton

Steve Buchanan, Hill Valley Acres, Greenwood

Jim and Sabrina Langmeier, Langmeier Dairy Inc., Praire Du Chien

Andrew and Kristine Wissell, Gleason

Edwin and Linda Marks, Westby

Jim and Justa Small, Wilton

Bob and Christie Fiedler Jr., Watertown

Kevin Thull, KT Farms, Kewaskum

Dale Daggett, Edge Farm, Ladysmith

Tucker and Rebecca Gretebeck, Cashton

Larry Gilbertson, LAG Dairy, Marshfield

Jim and Patricia Waters, Irish Valley Organic Farm, Arcadia

Neal Green, G & M Farms, Inc., Sparta

Doug and Kathy Zillmer, Algoma

Milk Quality Recognition

California

Travis Cardoza, Shasta View Farms, Gerber

Christina and Brian Bylsma, Full Circle Dairy, Ballico

Iowa

Jeremy and Jodi Peake, J & J Farm, Waukon

Ivan Troyer, Bloomfield

Idaho

Quinn and Jennifer Jenson, Heart-O-Rose Dairy, Montpelier

Indiana

Melvin Helmuth, Nappanee

Floyd and Mary Anna Mast, La Grange

Jerry and Marsha, Steckler, Dale

Luke and Arlene Rhodes, Rhodes Family Farm, Newberry

Joseph and Joan Graber, J and J Dairy, Odon

Isaac and Mary Stoltzfus, Rockville

Corneal Troyer, Wolcottville

Lavern and Katherine Fry, Spring River Dairy, Ligonier

Ernest Miller, La Grange

Lavern Bontrager, La Grange

Dennis Lambright, Lamden Dairy Farm, Topeka

Steven and Ruth Yoder, Sunrise View Farm, La Grange

David and Emma King, Williamsburg

Ivan and Sarah Stoltzfus, Williamsburg

Maine

Fred and Shawn Sherburne, W.R. Sherburne & Sons, Dexter

Luke Mahar, Atkinson

Charles R. Hall, Hall Farms Operations, LLC, East Dixfield

Jeff and Kathy Bragg, Rainbow Valley Farm, Sidney

Gregg and Gloria Varney, Turner

Thayden Farrington, Thayden Farm, Inc., Jay

Minnesota

John and Sandy Wurzer, Morning Gate Farm, Pierz

Bob and Renee Van Drehle, Melrose

Joe and Toni Borgerding, Belgrade

Mike and Michelle Walch, Walch Family Dairy, Rollingstone

Richard Roth, Roth-Mundt Farm, Utica

Dave and Ryan Johnson, D & D Johnson Farm, Norwood Young America

Steve and Beverly O’Reilly, Shamrock Farms, Goodhue

Richard and June Scherping, Freeport

Michael Schmieg, Meadow Brook Dairy Farm, Howard Lake

Randy and Donna Meyer, Pine View Dairy, Inc., Lake City

John and Veronica Hellermann, Melrose

Ricky and Rebecca Helget, St. James

Dennis and Diane Lutteke, Lutteke Organics, Inc., Wells

North Carolina

Rick and Dorcas Parker, Mary L Farm, Mount Ulla

New York

Ammon and Clara Yoder, Fairview Farm, Fultonville

Timothy and Mary Elliott, Eltimar Farm, Marathon

David and Fannie King, Fort Plain

Paul and Maureen Knapp, Cobblestone Valley Enterprises, Preble

Leon and Florence Brubacher, Himrod

James and Sarah Huftalen III, Huftalen Farms, Erieville

Guy and Timothy Christiansen, Rose Lawn Dairy, Penn Yan

Robert and Rachel Yoder, Busyroad Acres, Morrisville

Stephen and Lydia Kurtz, Kurtz Farm, Addison

Rob and Shirley Hudyncia, Hu-Hill Holsteins, Fort Plain

Gerald and Dorothy Snyder, Sunny Cove Farm, Alfred Station

Bill and Joanne Casey, Casey Farm, Apulia Station

Mike and Karri Beckwith, Maple Shade Dairy Farm, McDonough

Aden and Cora Mast, Glen Valley Farm, Fultonville

Dan Richards, Rich View Farm, LLC, Granville

Daniel Esh, Fort Plain

Kim McLaughlin, Swamp Sparrow Organic Farm, Westport

John and Ruth King, Canajoharie

Matthew and Katherine Kuhlman, MD Dairy, Owego

Marlin and Alta Martin, Penn Yann

Ohio

Charlie Eselgroth, Buckskin Valley Farms, Greenfield

Nelson and Martha Zimmerman, Cozy Ridge Dairy Farm, Ashland

David Miller, Millersburg

Henry and Laura Hershberger, Stony Creek Farm, Millersburg

Aden Schlabach, Fredericksburg

Joseph and Sheila Amstutz, Breezy Knoll Farms, Orrville

Leroy and Twila Yoder, Spring Meadows Farm, Dundee

James Gasser, Gasser Farms, Sterling

Joe and Ruth Yoder, Majestic Oak Organic Dairy, Dundee

David L. and Sarah Troyer, Dundee

Matthew and Joe Schlabach, Natures Acres, Millersburg

David and Brenda Everett, Everett Farms, Gnadenhutten

Ervin Weaver, Dalton

Oregon

Dan Bansen, Dayton

Steve Aamodt, Aamodt Dairy, Inc., Hubbard

Gary and Ian Shull, Coquille

Joe Ficher, Ficher Dairy, Myrtle Point

Chuck and Phyllis Lehman, Lehman Dairy II, Inc., Eugene

Joe and Astrid Doornenbal, Thomas Valley Farm, Scio

Robert Ross, Lee Valley Dairy, Coquille

Pennsylvania

Enos and Annie Beiler, Christiana

Nathan and Dorcas Burkholder, Mercersburg

Jack and Kathy Downton, Starrucca Farm, Starrucca

Ezra and Mattie Mast, Port Royal

Paul and Lena Weaver, Forest Ridge Acres, Shippensburg

Mike and Beth Mulcahy, Stevensville

Samuel and Fannie Peachey, McAlisterville

David and Karen Zimmerman, Mifflinburg

Stephen Stoltzfus, Dry Run

Daniel and Linda Lapp, Allenwood

Marty and Patricia Coates, PacCo Ridge Dairy Farm, Wysox

Joseph and Martha Beidler, Willow Meadow Farm, Mount Pleasant Mills

Samuel and Elizabeth Esh, Countryside Dairy, Paradise

South Dakota

Matt Fonder, Millbank

Rick and Helaine Fonder, Millbank

Steve and Maria Fonder, Big Stone City

Virginia

James (Jay) Richardson, Pageton Farms, LLC, Sugar Grove

Vermont

Neil Fromm, Irasburg

Roger and Patty Scholten, Weybridge

Marc Marquis, Newport Center

Jonathan and Beverly Rutter, Bridport

Jacques and Pauline Couture, Westfield

Andrew and Kathy de la Bruere, Delabruere Farm, Derby

George and Ken Wimble, Fairfax

Brendan Henry, Greenwood Farm, Alburg

Tom and Bonnie Boutin, Newport Center

Edward, Beth & Jon Branon, Nestle Nook Farm, Fairfield

David Lussier, Swanton

Washington

Robert and Lesli Schmid, Mountain Meadows Dairy, Trout Lake

Monte and Laura Pearson, Mountain Laurel Jerseys, Trout Lake

Daryl Germann, Daryl Germann Farms, LLC, Onalaska

Gerrit and Karen van Tol, Van Tol Dairy, La Center

Ed Josie Pussy Willow Creek Farms, Enumclaw

Andrew and Sandy Dykstra, Burlington

Wisconsin

David A. Heidel, Heidel Dairy, Random Lake

David and Louise Hemstead, Lazy Daze Acres, La Farge

Torkel and Peggy Leum, Westby

David and Lori Weyland, Neenah

Randy Stein, Ettrick

Eli Mullet, Curtiss

Joe Kvitek, Whitelaw

Steve Askew, Honey Creek Organic Dairy, East Troy

Chuck and Dawn Reeves, Hemlock Creek Dairy, Inc., Edgar

John and Kay Wiemer, Wiemer Farms, Arcadia

Paul and Judy Olson, Taylor

Tim and Kristin Neu, Oconomowoc

Ronald E. Runde, Cuba City

William and Christopher Shaker, Shakers Acres, LLC, Elroy

Philip Henden, Viroqua

Andrew and Stephanie Bures, Woodland View Farm, Deerbrook

Mark and Janice Kopecky, Tamarack Valley Farm, Catawba

Debra Mahan, Soldiers Grove

Lester and Susan Martin, Withee

Marty Botten, South Range

Lars Leum, Westby

Dennis and Annette Knapp, Lancaster

Edwin Burkholder, Greenwood

Tim and Heidi Vosberg, Blue-Collar Holsteins, Cuba City

Robert and Jeann Farrar, Ontario

Mervin Johnson, Barron

Daniel Wentworth, Manawa

Jeanette and Brad Smith, Whispering Pines Farm, Merrill

Mike and Shirley Baumann, Menomonie

Richard and Cheryl Broda, Broda Farms, Thorp

Lewis Davis, Davis Organic Dairy, Medford

Dennis and Sheryl Przybylski, Przybylski Dairy, Pulaski

Craig Wedig, Cuba City

Don Anibas, Arkansaw

Farmers, by category and state, who received Organic Valley’s Egg, Produce, Feed Crop, Juice and Soy Quality Awards for 2008:

Eggs

Midwest Region Omega 3: Tim and Cheryl Trussoni, Wisconsin

Midwest Region: Chuck Voehl, Voehlganic Farm, Wisconsin

East Region: Samuel Stoltzfus, Pennsylvania

Kalona Region: Marcus and Grace Kauffman, Iowa

Produce

Gideon Zook, Wisconsin

Feed Crop

Grant Rigby, Manitoba

Juice Pool

Charlie Roper, Florida

Soy Pool

Jerry Nuytten, Minnesota

Farmers, by category and state, who received Organic Prairie’s Beef, Pork and Poultry Quality Awards for 2008:

Beef Pool

Rick Hellman, River’s View Organic Farm, Iowa

Pork Pool

Jim Campbell, JC & F Organics, Wisconsin

Poultry Pool

Welsh Family Organic Farm, Iowa (turkeys)

Ray Hass Organic Pioneer Award

Bert Roper, Florida

Organic Valley Family of Farms: Independent and Farmer-Owned

Organic Valley is America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and is one of the nation’s leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 1,332 farmers in 32 states and one Canadian province, and achieved $527.8 million in 2008 sales. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives nationwide. The same farmers who produce for Organic Valley also produce a full range of delicious organic meat under the Organic Prairie Family of Farms label. For further information, call 1-888-444-MILK or visit www.organicvalley.coop, www.organicprairie.coop and the cooperative’s farmer website, www.farmers.coop. Organic Valley is also on Twitter www.twitter.com/organic_valley and Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Organic-Valley/20674850824