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Celebrate #PiDay with a farm-to-table pie made with local and organic ingredients from @petalumapie and don’t forget to add a scoop of Straus Organic Super Premium Ice Cream!
Petaluma Pie Company is open Tuesday through Sundays from 11am to 4pm. You can order sweet and savory pies 24 hours a day 7 days a week, at www.petalumapiecompany.com.
@petalumapie also has featured specials like their limited-edition Macaroni and Cheese, made with Straus organic milk, cream and butter, organic macaroni, organic cheddar, and Valley Ford Cheese’s Estero Gold. Check out their website or call them for updates.
Pie 📸 @petalumapie
#FarmtoTablePies #KnowYourFarmer #NorthBay #SFBayArea #BayArea #EatPie #EatIceCream #StrausFamilyCreamery #PetalumaPieCompany #SustainableAgriculture
We need rain to grow the grasses that the cows eat to produce organic milk. Even though SF Bay Area has had rain this week, California is still in a serious drought. Fortunately, with the implementation of carbon farming at the Straus Dairy Farm, compost application and rotational grazing practices have enabled strong pasture growth. With this pasture management, there is more pasture than the cows can consume. With the extra grass, the farm has been able to harvest it to make silage (fermented to preserve it) used to feed the cows during the non-pasture season.
This harvesting run happened before the rain started this week!
What is silage? It is usually grass compacted and stored in airtight conditions that naturally ferments and is used as on-farm animal feed.
What are the benefits? Harvesting silage saves farmers money from purchasing feeds and reduces the farm’s carbon footprint.
#WhatCowsEat #SilageMaking #OrganicFarming #CowFeed #PastureGrowth #CaliforniaPastures #CaliforniaOrganic #OrganicDairyFarms #CowDairies #PastureManagement #CarbonFarming #CompostApplication #PastureSeason #StrausDairyFarm
Recent meta-analysis results published in the scientific journal “Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment,” show that by adopting certain best management practices, organic farms can boost the amounts of carbon captured in the soil – upping the soil organic carbon by an average of 18 percent and increasing microbial biomass carbon by an average of 30 percent above organic’s normal carbon-storage.
The Organic Center states, “this study is the first of its kind – looking within organic management to not only highlight the areas where organic excels at locking greenhouse gas in the soil, but also identifying the areas that have the biggest beneficial impact, enabling organic growers to maximize their ability to fight climate change.”
At #StrausFamilyCreamery, we know that organic dairy farm pastures are ideal for implementing #carbonfarming. Through a series of regenerative agricultural practices, carbon farming helps move carbon from the atmosphere and into the soil.
Learn about the latest research and news on organics at www.organic-center.org via @organiccenter.
#OrganicFarming #AlwaysOrganic #NonGMO #OrganicResearch #HealthySoils #OrganicDairyFarming #CarbonFarming #CarbonSequestration #SoilFertility
Today, we want to celebrate women’s tremendous impact on agriculture and on the success of Straus Family Creamery.
According to the latest USDA Census of Agriculture (2017), approximately 36% of farmers are women, and 56% of all farms have at least one female decision maker.
On #InternationalWomensDay, we salute the women whose commitment to sustainably farming the land and producing the finest organic milk support our mission to sustain family farms and revitalize rural communities:
*Kathy Tresch, Lindsay O’Hara, and Lydia Hansen of Tresch Family Farms
*Marilyn Hughes of Hughes Family Dairy
*Kathy Correia of Correia Family Dairy
*Connie Brazil of Brazil Family Farm
*Jessica Silacci of Silacci Dairy
*Kayla Mossi Mendoza of Mendoza Dairy
*Marissa Silva of Silva Family Dairy
*Lianne Nunes-Taverna of Drakes View Dairy
*Samantha Spaletta-Tresch of JJ’s Family Dairy
Click the link in our bio to meet all the farming families who supply organic milk to our creamery.
Find out more about #IWD at www.internationalwomensday.com
#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 #InternationalWomensDay2021 #WomeninAgriculture #WomeninOrganicFarming #WomeninDairyFarming #WomenFarmers #FemaleFarmers #CaliforniaOrganic #StrausFamilyCreamery
With International Women’s Day approaching, we want to spotlight KoolFi Creamery, a female-owned business in San Francisco Bay Area that uses Straus Organic Milk and Cream and fresh fruits from local farms to create unique ice cream flavors.
Inspired by Indian ice creams with spices, nuts, crunch, and layers of different textures, and fragrances, KoolFi makes small-batch ice cream in both exotic and more traditional flavors. The owners, Priti Narayanan and her wife, Madhuri “Mads” Anji, love their Indian roots, but are also motivated by nature, travel and their multi-racial background when creating new flavors.
At @Koolficreamery, they say their flavors are YUM-mazing! Popular ones include Klassic Koolfi with Pistachios, Walnuts, Saffron, Cardamom and Rosewater, Mango Lassi and Almond Koolfi, and Salted Carmel with Ghee Fudge Crumble.
Follow them @Koolficreamery and click their bio link to find out about online orders and delivery. [Due to Covid-19, they have temporarily discontinued pop-ups and catering.]
📸 @koolficreamery
#EatIceCream #KoolFiCreamery #FemaleOwned #TastetheStrausMilk #BayArea #SanFrancisco #EastBay #SouthBay #SFeats #CaliforniaOrganic #OrganicFarming #SustainableAg #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge #InternationalWomensDay2021
🍨*NEWS FLASH* San Francisco Bay Area🍨: #BiRiteCreamery will be at @cuesa Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market every Saturday (8am-2pm) starting tomorrow!
Enjoy @Biritecreamery’s delicious ice cream flavors made with premium Straus Organic Milk from family farms in Marin and Sonoma Counties!
BiRite scoops will be served from its solar-powered ice cream truck. 🍨 Follow @biritecreamery and @cuesa for more details.
📸 @biritecreamery
#BiRiteCreamery #CUESA #FarmersMarket #BayArea #SanFranciscoBayArea #OrganicFarming #CaliforniaOrganic #SustainableAgriculture #SupportYourDairyFarmers #KnowYourFarmers
Thanks, @ediblemarinwc, for the deep dive into what it means to be TRUE® Zero Waste Certified.
With the help of everyone who supports our reusable glass bottle program and our employees who practice zero waste policies, we diverted a total of more than 1 million pounds from landfills and the environment in 2018, enabling our facilities to become zero waste certified in 2019.
Tap the link in our bio to read this month’s @ediblemarinwc: Finding Gold in the Waste Bin ✏️ Kirsten Jones Neff @fullbloomday
Learn about zero waste certification, dumpster dives, and why it has always been about zero waste since day one.
#ZeroWaste #StrausFamilyCreamery #CaliforniaOrganic #FirstZeroWasteCreamery #Reuse #Recycle #WasteManagement #TRUEZeroWaste #SustainableAg
Our Straus quarts are back on grocers’ shelves in San Francisco Bay Area!!
*Organic Non-Fat 0% Milk
*Organic Cream-Top Reduced Fat 2 % Milk
*Organic Half & Half
Look for them at your favorite @safeway stores and independent retailers.
Each glass bottle has a $2.00 deposit that is refunded when the rinsed bottle is returned to the store. Visit www.strausfamilycreamery.com to learn about our sustainable choices and find our store locator.
#BayArea #SanFrancisco #NorCal #TastetheStrausMilk #DrinkMilk #CowMilk #SustainableChoices #ZeroWaste #Reuse #OrganicFarming #SustainableAg #CaliforniaOrganic #StrausFamilyCreamery
In celebration of #MALTFoodWeek, we want to share a favorite recipe from our founder Albert Straus’ mother -Ellen Straus- who is remembered for co-founding, with friend Phyllis Faber, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust in 1980.
Ellen Straus’ pie crust is a simple classic that will elevate any pie recipe. The thick crust tastes like shortbread and features Straus Organic Unsalted Sweet European Style Butter. It is the perfect foundation for any pie. (Click the link in our bio for the recipe)
Your filling? We suggest shopping the farmers’ market in San Francisco Bay Area’s North Bay to find fruits locally grown from MALT-protected producers. MALT has protected 86 family farms and ranches, totaling more than 54,000 acres. These MALT-protected lands support:
*5 artisan cheesemakers
*8 egg producers
*12 fruit and vegetable producers
*19 wool producers
*25 sheep operations
*26 dairy cow operations
*60 beef cattle operations.
@malt_ag is the first agricultural land trust in the United States and aims to protect 100,000 acres of Marin County farmland by 2040.
Find the North Bay Farmers' Market schedule at
www.strausfamilycreamery.com
Pie 📸 @gourmandisela; second picture: Ellen and her husband Bill (Albert’s father).
#BakingwithButter #CookingwithDairy #TastetheStrausButter #SustainableAg #OrganicFarming #FarmlandForever #NorthBay #BayArea #CaliforniaOrganic #MarinAgriculturalLandTrust #MALT
Join us in celebrating Marin Agricultural Land Trust’s work. Meet at their #virtualtable for #MALTFoodWeek from February 22-26 and enjoy the bounty of food produced on MALT-protected land!
Explore what other community members, chefs, MALT producers and staff are making through the week on social media. Share your favorite recipes, photos, and tag @malt_ag, and follow them for celebration updates.
Tap the link in our bio to learn how to participate.
#MALT #SupportYourFarmers #MarinCounty #CaliforniaEats #BayArea #MarinAgriculturalLandTrust #LocalFood #KnowYourFarmers #NorthBay
Our organic ice cream is creamy and delicious ...exactly what we’re always in the mood for.
Share your favorite flavor in the comments.
#noartificialingredients #madewithmilk #eaticecream #eatdairy #alwaysorganic #nongmo #superpremium #sustainableagriculture #organicfarming #cowmilk #tastethestrausdifference #californiaorganic
@Potus Biden said he wants farmers and ranchers to tell him how to fight climate change. Bay Area farms are a good place to start.
“I’m creating a farming and food model that can be sustainable for the land, for the animals and for rural communities, and at the same time is providing high-quality food for our local communities,” #AlbertStraus said. “Livestock has an essential role in reversing climate change.”
Tap the link in our bio to read more via the @sfchronicle and see more photos.
✏️: Danielle Echeverria
📸 : @scottstrazzante
#ClimateAction #SustainableOrganicFarming #CaliforniaOrganic #OrganicDairy #CowMilk #DrinkMilk #OrganicDairyFarming #SustainableAg #ClimateChangeSolutions #StrausFamilyCreamery #BayArea #NorthBay #SanFrancisco
Here are some places fueling your week with coffee and tea (made with Straus premium organic milk) and other goodies:
@queencupcoffee @theluckyhenlarder in Santa Ynez Valley offers an exceptional cup of coffee and a view.
@floatcoffeeshop is a neighborhood café in Pasadena that crafts drinks and sandwiches, and has bottled specialty mustards and spreads to-go.
@nirvanasoulcoffee in San Jose creates a place of restoration and inspiration with coffee + art.
@theoriginalbarista in Costa Mesa makes unique flavor blends like Lavender Mocha Lattes and its Espresso X Matcha (aka a Green Eye).
@papermoon.cafe in San Jose offers coffee, boba and Latte Art classes with their baristas.
Share your favorite café in the comments and in stories!
#bayareaeats #laeats #bobamilktea #askyourbarista #specialtycoffee #coffeeandmilk #drinkmilk #californiaorganic #tastethestrausmilk #strausfamilycreamery #sustainableagriculture
Our Founder Albert Straus grew up on his family’s farm in West Marin, and his parents, Ellen and Bill, were environmentalists, farmers, and active community members. Albert’s mom Ellen co-founded Marin Agricultural Land Trust —the first agricultural land trust in the United States. MALT’s mission is to protect farmland through acquiring agricultural conservation easements.
It was his parents’ passion and dedication to sustainable agriculture that influenced Albert’s life-long commitment to community and sustainability.
Click the link in our bio to read MALT’s feature spotlight on Albert and Straus Family Creamery. Head over to @malt_ag’s page and visit www.malt.org to learn more about their contributions to the farming community.
📸 Albert in Marshall Creamery (2019) and Cows on MALT-protected Straus Organic Dairy Farm
#StrausFamilyCreamery #MarinAgriculturalLandTrust #SustainableAg #FarmlandForever #AlbertStraus
#CaliforniaOrganic #CowsMilk #DrinkMilk
#SupportYourDairyFarmer
It is chilly outside. What better time to embrace the joys of baking? Try out these simple recipes from our friends at @gourmandisela !
These #ThumbprintCookies are somewhere between a melt-a-way cookie and a shortbread and can come together quickly filled with raspberry jam or a favorite alternative.
For breakfast, bake these yummy, hassle-free #CinnamonRolls in an iron skillet or make and gift someone in your life these #StrawberrySconeswithLemonThymeGlaze.
Find these recipes, online classes, and more via the link in @gourmandisela’s bio. We are thrilled that @gourmandisela chooses #StrausFamilyCreamery organic dairy products at their cooking school and builds awareness about organic farming practices.
If you make any of these recipes with Straus organic butter, milk or cream, please show us and tag us @gourmandisela @strausmilk!
📸 @gourmandisela
#BakingwithDairy #TheGourmandiseSchool #CookingClasses #BakewithButter #BakewithMilk #CowsMilk #Food52grams #LAeats #CaliforniaOrganic #CaliforniaEats #LosAngeles #OnlineCookingClasses
We would like to give a shout out to Cowgirl Creamery’s organic triple cream Mt. Tam (made with Straus organic milk) for its recent Good Food Award @goodfoodfdn ! All entrants must meet rigorous standards for animal welfare and farming practices, and winners are awarded for the "tastiest artisan and farmstead cheese.” Bravo!
If you want to make this award-winning cheese the centerpiece of the big game this weekend or other celebratory moments, find @cowgirlcreamery’s online cheese collections featuring their own artisan creations at www.cowgirlcreamery.com or visit their retail and café locations in the SF Bay Area.
In the Los Angeles area, get inspired from @ladyandlarder’s DIY cheeseboards and gift baskets with Mt. Tam cheese and farmers’ market fruit. Shipment, delivery and local pick-up options available at www.ladyandlarder.com
📸 @cowgirlcreamery @ladyandlarder
#SupportDairyFarmers #ArtisanCheese #OrganicFarming #SustainableAgriculture #SmallBusinessMatters #LadyandLarderShop #Congratulations #CowgirlCreamery #CaliforniaOrganic #CaliforniaEats #EatCheese
Our Founder/CEO #AlbertStraus joins The Clean Economy Employment Now (“CLEEN”) Project’s advisory board bringing his expertise in sustainable organic farming practices to the nation’s first co-operative idea database designed specifically for federal leaders. The project is providing actionable ideas to combat climate change, create jobs, and advance environmental justice.
The database features 180 proposals including submissions from Albert Straus and co-contributors demonstrating that organic dairy farming is a climate change solution!
All proposals are searchable by the Biden-Harris administration's "Build Back Better" industry verticals, governmental authority, specific types of governmental action, and White House-led initiatives.
Tap the link in our bio to learn about www.thecleenproject.org and search @bloomberggreen to find the article posted.
#TheCleenProject #ActionClimate #SustainableAgriculture #OrganicFarming #ClimateChangeSolutions #RenewableEnergy #CarbonFarming #CaliforniaOrganic #StrausFamilyCreamery #BuildBackBetter
Did you know that #StrausFamilyCreamery’s reusable glass bottle program represents a circular packaging solution?
Bottling our organic milk and cream in reusable glass bottles is one of the many sustainable choices we make to build a better future.
Purchasing our milk in reusable glass bottles helps keep approximately 500,000 pounds of milk containers and plastic out of the landfill each year.
In 2019, Straus customers returned more than 3.2 million glass milk bottles, making our overall return rate 75%. Thank you for doing your part!
Please remember to return your rinsed milk bottles to the stores where you purchased them and receive your $2.00 refundable deposit.
Tap the link in our bio to find our store locator at
www.strausfamilycreamery.com
#PackagingwithPurpose #ZeroWaste #ClimateAction #ResuableGlass #SustainableChoices #DrinkMilk #EatDairy #CircularPackaging #CaliforniaOrganic #WestCoastOrganic #SustainableAgriculture
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