Resource Type: Media Coverage

Treasured California dairies to close. Point Reyes locals say it’s conservation gone mad

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Straus Family Creamery founder Albert Straus was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times in an article about the battle to keep historic dairies and cattle ranches in Point Reyes National Seashore. Article by Jessica Garrison POINT REYES STATION, Calif. — With fog-kissed streets featuring a buttery bakery, an eclectic bookstore and markets peddling artisanal cheeses crafted from […]

Mission-Driven Grounded Capital Makes Back-to-Back Equity Investments This Summer

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media This summer, Grounded Capital, a San Francisco-based SEC-registered investment advisor, has made back-to-back investments to support sustainable food production in the United States. These included a $22.5 million investment into Lotus Foods coupled with a new equity investment into the Straus Family Creamery in June and July, respectively. Grounded Capital, which […]

Why Does Organic Milk Cost So Much?

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You’re strolling the aisles of your local market. You arrive at the cool, glowing refrigerator cases of the dairy section, poised to make a quick decision about what you’ll pour into your next glass of homemade boba or rich batch of pots de crème.

A Sea of Hope

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Straus Family Creamery founder and CEO Albert Straus isn’t waiting. He plans to incorporate Brominata into the everyday diet at Straus Dairy Farm by the end of 2023, part of his goal to make the farm carbon neutral by that deadline.

Non-Homogenized Milk: An Introduction

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Milk is familiar to most of us. Not just a drink for children, it’s also often consumed by adults and is of course one of the key ingredients at cafés. But you may be unfamiliar with the processing that milk undergoes before reaching the market, and one such process is homogenization.

Feeding Cows Seaweed Reduces Methane Emissions

The Straus Family Creamery, an organic dairy producer in Marin County, California, made headlines last fall after receiving approval from regulatory agencies to conduct a trial of a new seaweed-derived feed additive called Brominata.