Seems like a long time ago, when the Straus family dairy became the first certified organic dairy in California and the western United States. Now, almost twenty years later, 75% of farms in Marin and 68% of all dairy farms in Sonoma are either certified or are in transition to become certified organic.
With a rapidly aging farming population and rising prices for production and land, more and more dairy farmers come to realize, that converting to organic provides a meaningful way for their farms to survive in this economy.
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