Organic dairy taking control of its destiny

Posted on March 10, 2011 |

• Ferrisburgh

By Andrea Suozzo

FERRISBURGH — J.D. and Cheryl DeVos are no newcomers to the struggles of dairy farming. They took over the family farm in 1997 and began the three-year transition to organic milk production in 2005 in the hope that the guarantees of higher prices on the organic market would shelter their business from the volatility of the conventional milk market.

Permalink