Organic Counts! Organic Valley Kept 480,000 Pounds of Synthetic Toxins off Colorado’s Land in the Last 20 YearsLA FARGE, Wis. – Oct. 13, 2009 – Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers, today announced that its Colorado consumers and farmers collectively kept 474,000 pounds of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and 6,000 pounds of synthetic pesticides and herbicides from Colorado’s soil and water from 1988 to 2008.As part of this announcement, Organic Valley is also launching
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Would you like to know the direct benefit of buying organic versus conventional? Do you ever wonder what the cumulative impact of purchasing organic versus conventional products is over the course of a year? There’s a website out there that allows you to calculate the number of pounds of synthetic nitrogen, pesticides, and herbicides that are eliminated by choosing organic products. The website is for Organic Valley Family Farmers. Organic Valley is a co-operative of farmers that produce
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www.organicvalley.coop/farm-friendsDear Farm FriendsBoulder Valley School District got an A+ for announcing Monday that Organic Valley is now the official milk supplier for its 28,000 students! And “Renegade Lunch Lady” Chef Ann Cooper, who is serving as the interim nutrition director for the school district, goes to the head of the class for making sure her young students drink not only milk that is produced without antibiotics, synthetic pesticides, fertilizers or hormones, but also milk that
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Organic Counts: Organic Valley Launches First Online Calculator to Measure Personal Impact of Food Choices Interactive Calculator Quantifies Toxins Avoided With Each Product Selection LA FARGE, Wis., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, today launched the first online calculator that shows consumers the toxic burden prevented by their choices of organic vs. non-organic and “natural” foods. The
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BI Gives Organic Valley Clear View Into Its Business to Grow Operations The World’s Largest Farm Cooperative Uses Business Intelligence and Information Management Solutions from SAP to Better Analyze Supply and Demand, Respond to Consumer Trends LA FARGE, Wis., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Companies both large and small are increasingly relying on business software to help them excel in competitive markets. As a prime example of this trend, Organic Valley Family of Farms is using busine
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