03/24/22 - Help For The Small Dairy Farmer

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with the news that it's National Ag Week. Next, criticism of President Biden's lack of action on his promise to protect Family Farmers from Big Agri, and news of new ways school students are learning where their food comes from. Next, we meet Travis Forgues, Executive Vice President of Organic Valley. https://www.organicvalley.coop/ - travis.forgues@organicvalley.coop In 2019, he was appointed executive vice president of membership for Organic Valley. Organic Valley isn’t a giant corporation, but a cooperative of farmers across the country who share the same commitment to growing food the right way, not driven by profits, driven by principles. Travis describes a new program that is helping save small dairy farms from being run out of business by the mega-dairies. Finally, Farmer Doug offers four tips for dealing with the high costs of running a Family Farm.