Hope and Hypocrisy: An Update on Northeast Organic Dairy

Large Danone sign atop a building

Pointing to a decade’s loss of 100,000 small family farms, Organic Valley recently announced a plan that will hopefully distance 80 Northeast organic dairy farms from that bleak statistic. Organic Valley is offering those 80 farms, most of which were deserted by Danone in its quest for improved financial performance, a new market for their… Read more »

Danone Continues to Dump Horizon Farmers

Milk truck driving down two lane highway toward a farm

The news that Danone is terminating 89 milk contracts with its Horizon brand farmers in the Northeast underscores a food system that prioritizes efficiency over resilience. Danone claims that this move will help the company meet its goal of becoming carbon positive by 2025. This is a farce. Danone sources milk from industrialized operations that… Read more »