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Historic Permanent Funding for Organic Research Secured in Farm Bill
Organic Farming Research Foundation Thanks to the hard work of OFRF and a broad coalition of organic champions, we have secured historic wins for organic agricultural research in the 2018...
Albert Straus pulls back the curtain on the creamery’s mission to sustain and support organic farms nationwide
Deli Market News As a Northern California native, I’ve enjoyed Straus Family Creamery products for years. The provider of premium organic dairy products is a fan-favorite, offering milk, cream, yogurt,...
How Will California’s Climate Ambitions Reshape Food and Agriculture?
Civil Eats At the outset of last month’s Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco—even before the release this week of a dire U.N. climate report—California Governor Jerry Brown made...
House votes to extend 20-year lease to cattle ranches on Point Reyes National Seashore
San Francisco Chronicle A years-long disagreement between cattle ranchers and conservation groups over which grazing animals should get precedence on the grasslands covering Point Reyes National Seashore — dairy cows...
Cream Dreams — How Straus Family Creamery stays afloat in the rocky dairy industry
PACIFIC SUN “We’re not for sale,” says Albert Straus, as pints of soft, mushy coffee ice cream come down the conveyor belt at Petaluma’s Straus Family Creamery and are placed...
Taste Test: Local, Sustainable Whole Milk From 6 Top California Dairies
KQED FOOD (Image on the homepage, courtesy of Wendy Goodfriend.) If your family drinks milk, you’ll want to read this guide to the sustainable whole milk choices available in the...
Straus Family Creamery proves itself a model citizen
DAIRY FOODS MAGAZINE Straus Family Creamery has a calling that goes well beyond being a successful manufacturer of organic dairy products. The Marshall, Calif.-based operator wants family dairy farms in...
Staying Ahead of the Curve with Albert Straus
CALIFORNIA DAIRY The Straus family has been producing milk in Marshall (Marin County) on Northern California’s scenic North Coast for nearly eight decades. Despite Bay Area development pressures, the area...
The Fancy Butter Buying Guide
BLOOMBERG PURSUITS In October, news of a French butter shortage shook the food world to its croissant-shaped core. Prices tripled in France as consumers nervously hoarded caches. In some areas,...
