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NY Organic Dairy Initative

Enhancing the Viability of Organic Dairy and Other Value-Added Opportunities for NY Dairy Farms

Read Minutes from the Organic Dairy Task Force Meetings: November 11, 2008 March 12th, 2008; November 7, 2007; July 24th, 2007, March 25, 2009

Read the 2008 - 09 Organic Dairy Newsletter

April 3, 2009
Barriers to the NY Organic Dairy Industry Online Survey:
Are you an organic dairy farmer, organic certifying agent, organic milk handler, or an extension agent who works with organic farmers? If so, the New York Organic Dairy Initiative wants to hear from you! We would like to rank key barriers to the New York organic dairy industry and invite you to share your perspectives with us in an online survey. The survey only takes 5-10 minutes to complete. You can access it by clicking on the link below. The survey will be available until May 1st, so submit your response today!
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=w3gn606MIoND0IXJ
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Our goal is to provide technical support and farm business planning needed to add value to milk through organic certification.

We will work with farmers to determine the type of record keeping system that best fits their farm and required certification records. If you are interested in individual consultations by project staff to help transition to organic milk production or interested in learning about possible workshops and strategies to increase whole farm production efficiency and herd health in an organic system, we may be able to help.

To Apply for Organic Dairy Assistance you should:

• Be an agricultural producer in New York State; and
• Be considering becoming a certified organic dairy

For further information on transitioning to organic dairy farming and other value-added opportunities for NY dairy farms, please contact:

Fay Benson, Cornell Cooperative Extension - Cortland County, (607) 753-5213, afb3@cornell.edu

Map pin-pointing 225 of the 270 NY Organic Dairies. Green dots indicate Empire Sale Barns. Map produced in collaboration with Dairy One.