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There’s a simple fix for the emissions in cow’s burps: Just give them a little seaweed
FAST COMPANY At Straus Dairy Farm on the California coast north of San Francisco, there’s a long history of sustainability. Cow poop is turned into electricity that powers the farm,...
Dairy cows’ greenhouse gas emissions cut by 52% after eating seaweed at Bay Area farm
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Adding red seaweed to the diets of dairy cattle can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The first commercial trial to research this at Straus Dairy Farm in...
Your Korean Dad and Albert Straus on the Farm?!
Your Korean Dad on YOUTUBE Yes. It’s true! Nick Cho, co-founder of Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters, is also somewhat of a YouTube sensation. His Your Korean Dad videos are always...
After 27 years in western Marin County, Straus moves to cutting-edge creamery in Rohnert Park
The Press Democrat In his dungarees and rubber boots, Albert Straus looked every bit the dairy farmer that he is. On this particular morning, however, the 66-year-old founder and CEO...
Here’s where household water use is highest in California
San Francisco Chronicle In 2021, an increasing number of water providers across California will be forced to prepare for water shortages as the state’s drought intensifies. For some locales, this...
Seaweed Might Help Cows Go Green
Science Friday When it comes to the bodies of humans and animals, there are a few functions that we’re usually discouraged from talking about. Specifically, the ones that involve releasing...
Cows burp. Methane comes out. But feeding them seaweed drastically reduces the gas.
San Francisco Chronicle Beef and dairy production are considered important drivers of climate change, contributing roughly 5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, mostly in the form of methane released by...
Finding Gold in the Waste Bin
Edible Marin & Wine Country STRAUS FAMILY CREAMERY RECEIVES ZERO-WASTE CERTIFICATION What does a small trash bin tucked in the corner of a Straus Family Creamery executive office have to...
How Bay Area farms could give Biden a blueprint for fighting climate change
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE In one of his first acts in office, President Biden said he wants farmers and ranchers to tell him how to fight climate change. If he wants...
