By Nels Johnson
In the two decades since the Straus Dairy in Marshall was the first in the West to become certified organic, most others in the region have followed, creating a cash cow that gets bigger every year.
Marin Independent Journal
By Nels Johnson
In the two decades since the Straus Dairy in Marshall was the first in the West to become certified organic, most others in the region have followed, creating a cash cow that gets bigger every year.

WASHINGTON — 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.

Elsewhere in the grocery store, shoppers are on the hunt for bargains. But sales of high-priced premium butter, including Straus Family Creamery’s are growing.

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Food & Wine team gathered on a warm, sunny afternoon, to sample 13 vanilla ice creams that you can find at your local supermarket. The Chronicle selected vanilla because it’s the best-selling flavor nationwide, according to data from grocery delivery platform Instacart.