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San Francisco Chronicle

Young Dairy Farmers Continue Marin-Sonoma Ranching Tradition, Stick to Organic Milk

Louis Silva says he doesn’t need Saturdays and Sundays off. He loves taking care of the 125 dairy cows he and his wife, Marissa Silva, keep on her family’s ranch in the Marin County town of Tomales.

September 8, 2019

Los Angeles Times

The one place in Los Angeles to buy the best yogurt in America

It was dense and at the same time light, and sweet — not sugary sweet, pure-milk sweet. The pitted cherries underneath had been left whole, and their flavor still gripped a tart edge.

July 27, 2019

Deli Market News

Founder and CEO Albert Straus Talks New Facility, Products, and More

Straus Family Creamery has a lot to celebrate this year! From its 25th anniversary in business to the upcoming construction of a new facility and new products, the company is ready for its busiest year yet!

June 6, 2019

Edible Marin & Wine Country

Help Wanted: Tractor Repairs and Teachers

Western Marin County, colloquially referred to as West Marin, is a region world famous not only for its breathtaking natural beauty, but also for trailblazing sustainable and organic agriculture.

June 1, 2019

Point Reyes Light

At 25 years, Straus Family Creamery Still Pioneering

The vision that Albert Straus, C.E.O. of Straus Family Creamery and a native of Marshall, has for agriculture is uncompromising.

February 14, 2019

Bloomberg

‘Super Milk’ Drives the Long Lines at Your Favorite Coffee Shop

The next time you order a latte, ask if the milk is super. Super milk, sometimes called barista milk, has more protein than the regular product, and it is extra fatty and extra creamy.

January 18, 2019

Deli Market News

Albert Straus pulls back the curtain on the creamery’s mission to sustain and support organic farms nationwide

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, butter, and ice cream to customers throughout the western and central United States.

October 10, 2018

Civil Eats

How Will California’s Climate Ambitions Reshape Food and Agriculture?

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 a bold announcement, setting a target for the state—the world’s fifth-largest economy—to achieve net zero emissions by 2045.

October 10, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle

House votes to extend 20-year lease to cattle ranches on Point Reyes National Seashore

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 or native Tule elk — took a step toward being settled on Tuesday, when the House of Representatives passed a bill in favor of the ranchers.

September 27, 2018

Pacific Sun

Cream Dreams — How Straus Family Creamery stays afloat in the rocky dairy industry

“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.

July 18, 2018

KQED

Taste Test: Local, Sustainable Whole Milk From 6 Top California Dairies

Humans have been consuming cow's milk since European dairy farmers developed a genetic adaptation that enabled them to digest lactase about 7,500 years ago.

May 4, 2018

Dairy Foods

Straus Family Creamery proves itself a model citizen

Straus Family Creamery has a calling that goes well beyond being a successful manufacturer of organic dairy products.

January 2, 2018

California Dairy

Staying Ahead of the Curve with Albert Straus

The Straus Family has been producing milk in Marshall (Marin County) on Northern California's scenic North Coast for nearly eight decades.

January 1, 2018

Bloomberg Pursuits Food

The Fancy Butter Buying Guide

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.

December 8, 2017

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods

Plants of the Future: Sustainable food processing from beginning to end

The next generation of cold storage distribution and food processing plants boasts a future filled of automated equipment and energy efficient construction.

December 7, 2017

Fast Company

Sustainable Food Makers Are Worried About the Future of Whole Foods Under Amazon

At the Straus Family Farm, next to Tomales Bay north of San Francisco, the feed truck that delivers food to nearly 300 dairy cows now runs on electricity generated from cow poop.

July 31, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle

Straus Family Creamery powered by cow gas

With barely a sound, the red and white International Harvester feed truck unloaded a mix of silage, barley and rice to a dozen pregnant cows, releasing a sour, grassy aroma into the foggy morning at Straus Family Creamery in Marshall.

July 25, 2017

Edible Marin and Wine Country

The True Cost of American Food

Dairy farmer Albert Straus cares about cow farts so you don’t have to. Seriously. Straus is obsessed with the impact that bovine belches have on the environment.

September 21, 2016

Point Reyes Light

Marin’s affordable housing crisis and the threat to rural communities

The town of Marshall, where I have lived and farmed all my life, is becoming a ghost town. Less than 30 percent of its houses are now occupied by full-time residents.

December 10, 2015

CGTV-America

Sustainable silicon farming to defeat California drought

The drought on America’s west coast is taking its toll on the dairy industry as around 100 dairy farms now go out of business each year waiting for rain.

November 5, 2015

Marin Independent Journal

Organic milk steers Marin farm production to record $101 million

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.

July 18, 2015

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Young Dairy Farmers Continue Marin-Sonoma Ranching Tradition, Stick to Organic Milk

The one place in Los Angeles to buy the best yogurt in America

Founder and CEO Albert Straus Talks New Facility, Products, and More

Help Wanted: Tractor Repairs and Teachers

At 25 years, Straus Family Creamery Still Pioneering

‘Super Milk’ Drives the Long Lines at Your Favorite Coffee Shop

Albert Straus pulls back the curtain on the creamery’s mission to sustain and support organic farms nationwide

How Will California’s Climate Ambitions Reshape Food and Agriculture?

House votes to extend 20-year lease to cattle ranches on Point Reyes National Seashore

Cream Dreams — How Straus Family Creamery stays afloat in the rocky dairy industry

Taste Test: Local, Sustainable Whole Milk From 6 Top California Dairies

Straus Family Creamery proves itself a model citizen

Staying Ahead of the Curve with Albert Straus

The Fancy Butter Buying Guide

Plants of the Future: Sustainable food processing from beginning to end

Sustainable Food Makers Are Worried About the Future of Whole Foods Under Amazon

Straus Family Creamery powered by cow gas

The True Cost of American Food

Marin’s affordable housing crisis and the threat to rural communities

Sustainable silicon farming to defeat California drought

Organic milk steers Marin farm production to record $101 million