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San Francisco Chronicle
In one of his first acts in office, President Biden said he wants farmers and ranchers to tell him how to fight climate change. If he wants to hear from agricultural businesses already on the front lines of combating global warming, the Bay Area might be a good place to start.
President Joe Biden is aiming to green the country’s electrical grids by 2035 and everything else by 2050, ambitions requiring thousands of specific federal actions to set states, cities and the private sector in a compatible direction.
Tresch Family Farms is actively working to advance sustainability on their farms, beginning with a composting project funded by Zero Foodprint’s Restore California program that will increase their farmland’s carbon sequestration.
Forbes
A new study out of the University of California at Davis shows a dramatic reduction in cattle methane emissions using red seaweed as a feed supplement. It also significantly reduced the cost of feed. The five-month study found that these reductions were sustained with no change in animal health or in the quality of the beef.
PETALUMA, Calif. – ( September 23, 2020 ) – Straus Family Creamery publishes its annual Sustainability Report to a public audience in its tenth year of reporting through the Sustainable Food Trade Association.
Fast Company
Since taking over management of the family’s California dairy farm, in 1977, Albert Straus has used it as a force for change, becoming the first 100% certified organic, zero-waste, non-GMO creamery in North America, processing milk from about a dozen partner farms.
Point Reyes Light
Our region will someday emerge from the pandemic with a fresh way of thinking about the way we live and the way we use, share and value our resources, especially food. The accelerated change taking place now is a chance for us to reprioritize our values toward a local, sustainable, organic farming and food production system.
Marin Independent Journal
For decades, we have enjoyed a productive agricultural landscape and farming model for the rest of the country, amid wild open space at Point Reyes National Seashore.
Everyone has been deeply affected by this crisis. My thoughts are with you and the people closest to you. Our local communities, the family farmers who supply organic milk to us, our hard-working employees, and our customers are on my mind.
HuffPost
You probably make a shopping list before you head to the supermarket. Since we’re heading into a new year, we thought it’d be fun to find out what foods and drinks will likely be on your shopping list in 2020.
PETALUMA, Calif.,( November 20, 2019) — Straus Family Creamery announces a collaboration between its Founder and CEO Albert Straus’ organic dairy farm and BMW Group.
PETALUMA, Calif., (November 12, 2019) — Straus Family Creamery, the first 100 percent certified organic creamery in the United States, announces that its creamery in Marshall and its offices and warehouse in Petaluma were awarded TRUE® Zero Waste Certification at the Gold level.
Whether your daily ritual starts with a cortado or a latte, do you place the same value on your choice of dairy milk as you do on your coffee beans?
PETALUMA, Calif., (September 19, 2019) — Organic dairy pioneer Straus Family Creamery is proud to welcome three new rural West Marin farms as independent organic milk suppliers to the Straus brand.
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
Los Angeles Times
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.
Deli Market News
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!
Edible Marin & Wine Country
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.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., (May 14, 2019) – The Gourmandise School of Sweets & Savories and Straus Family Creamery announce a partnership in which The Gourmandise School will use Straus’ minimally processed organic dairy products in its culinary classes.
In the summer of 1971, armed with a copy of Living the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing, I stepped off a ferry and onto North Haven Island in Maine. I was a back-to-the-lander, determined to live a more sustainable life.
ANAHEIM, Calif., (March 6, 2019) — Straus Family Creamery, a pioneer in sustainable organic dairy farming practices, introduces three new flavors for ice cream aficionados who care about the origin, quality, and taste of their dairy products.
Point Reyes Light
The vision that Albert Straus, C.E.O. of Straus Family Creamery and a native of Marshall, has for agriculture is uncompromising.
PETALUMA, Calif., (February 7, 2019) — Straus Family Creamery announces a year-long celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary to highlight its significant impact in the organic farming and organic food movement.