NEWS and Resources

Welcome to our Resource Library!

Learn about Straus Family Creamery’s mission-driven initiatives, what the media is saying about us, and the continually evolving world of sustainable practices, organic farming, and environmental stewardship; plus culinary tips, recipes, and various content including our annual sustainability reports. Downloadable infographics will be  available soon.

Welcome to our Resource Library!

Learn about Straus Family Creamery’s mission-driven initiatives, what the media is saying about us, and the continually evolving world of sustainable practices, organic farming, and environmental stewardship; plus culinary tips, recipes, and various content including our annual sustainability reports. Downloadable infographics will be  available soon.

Recipes

Find recipes developed for the home cook from Straus Family Creamery, friends, and collaborations.

A hand with red nail polish holds up a cake cone topped with a tall swirl of creamy, pale-yellow organic plain soft serve against a corrugated gray metal wall.

Straus Family Creamery Debuts Organic Plain Soft Serve Mix at Conecon 2026

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 10, 2026 – Straus Family Creamery today introduced its Organic Plain Soft Serve Ice Cream Mix at Conecon 2026, the North American Ice Cream Association’s convention and trade show for frozen dessert professionals. With 10% butterfat and no egg yolks, the new mix is built for cafés and restaurants that want to create custom soft serve flavors on a foundation of organic dairy.

Blog

Our blog consists of news we find important and select content from our published newsletter and other sources.

Media Coverage

Find out the latest news and interesting stories about Straus Family Creamery from top-tier media outlets to trade publications, and more.

Press Releases

Journalists, reporters, writers, and other members of the media can find our press releases covering farming innovations, sustainability, new products, and more.

Straus Family Creamery Debuts Organic Plain Soft Serve Mix at Conecon 2026

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 10, 2026 – Straus Family Creamery today introduced its Organic Plain Soft Serve Ice Cream Mix at Conecon 2026, the North American Ice Cream Association's convention and trade show for frozen dessert professionals. With 10% butterfat and no egg yolks, the new mix is built for cafés and restaurants that want to create custom soft serve flavors on a foundation of organic dairy.

Straus Family Creamery Voluntarily Recalls Select Flavors of Organic Ice Cream Due to Potential Presence of Foreign Material

May 14, 2026; Petaluma, CA; — Straus Family Creamery is voluntarily recalling select flavors and SKUs of its Organic Ice Cream distributed to retailers in seventeen states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MD, NJ, OR, PA, SC, TX, WA, WI) and on shelves beginning May 4 due to the potential presence of metal foreign material.

Albert Straus Receives Organic Trade Association’s Organic Lifetime Achievement Award

WASHINGTON, D.C., (September 16, 2025) The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has honored Albert Straus, founder of Straus Family Creamery and a second-generation organic dairy farmer, with its prestigious Organic Lifetime Achievement Award.

Windfall Bio Validates Methane-to-Value Solution in Successful Pilot with Straus Family Creamery

SAN MATEO, Calif., (June 12, 2025) Windfall Bio, a leader in methane-to-value solutions, today announced the successful completion of a pilot in Petaluma, California, with Straus Family Creamery and Correia Family Dairy, one of Straus’s twelve supplying organic dairy farms.

Educational RESOURCES

Part of our mission is to support family farming and revitalize rural communities everywhere through advocacy and education. We hope you find these farming, environmental, sustainability, and Non-GMO resources beneficial. 

Sonoma Clean Power

Sonoma Clean Energy (SCP)

SCP serves the residents and businesses in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties clean energy from more renewable resources, such as geothermal, wind, and solar.

California Certified Organic Farmers

California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)

Founded in 1973, CCOF promotes and supports organic food and agriculture through a premier organic certification program, trade support, producer and consumer education, and political advocacy.

Center For Food Safety (CFS)

For more than twenty years, CFS has been at the forefront of organizing a powerful food movement that fights the industrial model while promoting organic, ecological, and sustainable alternatives.

Organic Seed Alliance (OSA)

Organic Seed Alliance (OSA)

OSA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advances ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world. Each year OSA educates thousands of farmers and other agricultural community members, conducts professional organic plant breeding and seed production research, and advocates for national policies to strengthen organic seed systems.

SustainablITY Reports

Straus Family Creamery’s annual Sustainability Reports capture our progress in agricultural innovation, climate change mitigation, and the advancement of our mission to help sustain family farms while protecting the planet, local economies, and the people who live and work in the community.