Organic Valley

Organic Valley Recognized as 2023 Product of the Year USA Award Winner

February 20, 2023 Organic Valley

Organic Valley, the leading organic farmer-owned cooperative on a mission to save, serve and safeguard small organic family farms, has been recognized as a winner of the 2023 Product of the Year USA Awards. Determined through a national study of 40,000 American shoppers in partnership with Kantar, a global leader in consumer research, Product of the Year is the largest consumer-voted awards program centered around product innovation, and the Organic Valley Flavored Creamers are awarded the highly acclaimed honor of  the best product within the Coffee Creamer category. …

Organic Valley Helps Secure Much-Needed Resources for Small Organic Family Farms through the USDA’s new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program

February 8, 2023 Organic Valley

Inflation threatens farmers across the U.S. as the farm crisis deepens with small family farms facing feed price shocks and consolidation pressures. …

Organic Valley Welcomes Jeff Frank as New Chief Executive Officer

January 13, 2023 Organic Valley

Organic Valley, the nation’s leading cooperative of small organic family farms, announced today that Jeff Frank will join the cooperative as Chief Executive Officer, effective Jan. 23. Outgoing CEO Bob Kirchoff announced his retirement to the cooperative in 2022 and his last day will be Jan. 31.  …

Organic Dairy Farming Can Store Carbon and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, According to New Study in Journal of Cleaner Production

August 22, 2022 Organic Valley

A new study in the August issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production reveals that it is possible for farms to sequester carbon and reduce their overall greenhouse gas emissions. A University of Wisconsin Madison research group unveiled a dairy lifecycle assessment conducted on Organic Valley farms that shows small organic dairy farms, which focus on grazing and organic production techniques, are low greenhouse gas champions. …

Farmer-Owned Cooperative Organic Valley Bucks Trend in Farming Consolidation; Celebrates First Milk Pickups on 51 Small Organic Family Farms

August 3, 2022 Organic Valley

The U.S. has lost more than 100,000 family farms in the last decade, according to USDA data and based on recent trends it is likely that approximately 5,000 family farms will be forced to close in the next year alone. Dedicated to reversing the trend in food and farming consolidation through its mission of saving small, organic family farms, cooperative Organic Valley announced today the addition of 51 new members. …