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	<title>World Dairy Diary &#187; Organic</title>
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		<title>New Compost Facility Opens</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/18/new-compost-facility-opens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania has a new composting facility, Oregon Dairy Organics, which will use up to 20,000 tons of manure from a Lancaster County farm, Oregon Dairy. The Hurst family, which operates the dairy along with an adjacent grocery store, partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund and Terra-Gro Inc. of Peach Bottom, Pa., on the project. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milking Parlor Podcast: New Rules for Organic Pastures</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/26/milking-parlor-podcast-new-rules-for-organic-pastures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/26/milking-parlor-podcast-new-rules-for-organic-pastures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Davis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Novus International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USDA has issued the final rule on organic access to pasture. This rule amends the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to clarify the use of pasture in raising organic ruminants. USDA officials say the final rule provides certainty to consumers that organic livestock production is a pasture based system in which animals are actively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Issues Final Rule on Organic</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/17/usda-issues-final-rule-on-organic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced details of the final regulation regarding access to pasture for organic livestock operations. This rule amends the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to clarify the use of pasture in raising organic ruminants. &#8220;Clear and enforceable standards are essential to the health and success of the market for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universities Receiving Funding for Organic Research</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/11/02/universities-receiving-funding-for-organic-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/11/02/universities-receiving-funding-for-organic-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[know your farmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[know your food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has announced more than $19 million in grants have been awarded to universities across the country to solve critical organic agriculture issues through the integration of research, education and extension projects. Merrigan announced the funding in Portland, Maine, and was joined by representatives from the University of Maine, the local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Farmers Launch Organic Brand</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/27/dairy-farmers-launch-organic-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/27/dairy-farmers-launch-organic-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[E.B. Solomont with the Mother Nature Network recently published an article titled, Dairy Farmers Launch Organic Brand, in The Olympian in Washington state. This is an exciting new brand of organic milk products featured by several dairy farmers in the state of Maine. Check it out! In the annals of rural farming, 10 organic dairy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Dairy Producers Planning Rally During Vilsack Visit</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/07/13/organic-dairy-producers-planning-rally-during-vilsack-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/07/13/organic-dairy-producers-planning-rally-during-vilsack-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Ag Connection recently reported about an upcoming rally to call attention to the struggles of the organic dairy farmer. Whether it be protests, dumping milk on the ground, debates, letters or phone calls, dairy farmers have been vocal in the last couple of months to try to communicate with government leaders and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Dairy Rules to be Revised</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/05/18/organic-dairy-rules-to-be-revised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/05/18/organic-dairy-rules-to-be-revised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 23:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued draft rules for organic milk that would require that the cows be on pasture at least half the year and get plenty of fresh grass. The proposals are meant to close a loophole that has allowed some huge feedlots to sell their milk as organic, even though their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. Introduces Path to Organic Program</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/22/pa-introduces-path-to-organic-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/22/pa-introduces-path-to-organic-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pa department of agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[path to organic program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania producers working to transition their conventional operations to certified organic farms may be eligible for help offsetting the costs of making the change, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today. The Path to Organic Program provides grants to farmers switching to certified organic production practices. The application deadline is July 31. &#8220;The Path to Organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hood Cuts Organic Producers</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/08/hood-cuts-organic-producers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/08/hood-cuts-organic-producers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hp hood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dairy processor H.P. Hood has reduced its organic milk supply since late February by not renewing several Maine dairy producers contracts. Hood maintains that with the declining economy, the demand for organic milk has just not caught up with production, according to Hood spokeswoman Lynn Bohan. “Due to a softening in organic milk sales triggered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. and Canada to Standardize Organic Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/06/us-and-canada-to-standardize-organic-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/06/us-and-canada-to-standardize-organic-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national organic program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic trade association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Canada have agreed to finalize negotiations on organic equivalency standards between the countries by this summer, according to the Organic Trade Association. Until now, Canada has had a hotchpotch of different voluntary and mandatory organic certification in place in different provinces across the country. The new Organic Products Regulations, due to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perry&#8217;s Ice Cream Introduces Organic Line</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/11/19/perrys-organic-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/11/19/perrys-organic-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ice Cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic ice cream]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perry&#8217;s Ice Cream, based in Akron, N.Y. is going green with the introduction of Perry&#8217;s Organic Ice Cream line. Starting this month, vanilla and chocolate organic ice cream will be available in retail stores across western N.Y. Perry&#8217;s organic ice creams are carefully crafted, one batch at a time to give consumers all the creaminess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Proposes New Grazing Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/11/11/usda-proposes-new-grazing-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/11/11/usda-proposes-new-grazing-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grazing standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed stricter grazing standards for cows certified to produce organic dairy products, increasing grazing days to at 120 days a year. Also, thirty percent of the cows&#8217; feed must be from such grazing, rather than being fed organically produced food in a feedlot or an indoor facility. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stremick&#8217;s Number 1 Organic</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/21/stremicks-number-1-organic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/21/stremicks-number-1-organic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stremicks Heritage Foods has been named the recipient of the #1 Tasting Organic Milk in America award, bestowed by the prestigious American Masters of Taste. Headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., the company operates in Santa Ana and Riverside, Calif.; Cedar City, Utah; Joplin, Missouri and Mexicali, Mexico. Judged against other national organic milk products, Heritage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Paper Questions Organic Superiority</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/09/23/new-paper-questions-organic-superiority/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/09/23/new-paper-questions-organic-superiority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[claims of organic foods superority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joseph d rosen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph D. Rosen, Ph.D., emeritus professor of Food Toxicology at Rutgers University and a scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has released a new paper that he claims has debunked attempts by organic agriculture to prove that organically grown crops are nutritionally superior to conventional ones. His research can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Organic Butter Introduced</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/07/16/new-organic-butter-introduced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/07/16/new-organic-butter-introduced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Butter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breakstone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) has introduced an organic whipped butter manufactured by Keller’s Creamery, a division of DFA. Label under the name Breakstone’s®, the new product will be available at 21 grocery store chains in seven states east of the Mississippi – Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. DFA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifeway Foods Goes Hormone Free</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/06/11/lifeway-foods-goes-hormone-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/06/11/lifeway-foods-goes-hormone-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura McNamara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Milk from Lifeway Foods is now garaunteed to be 100 percent, certified rBST free. The makers of the probiotic dairy beverage called kefir has announced they are now using milk that comes from cows that are not treated with hormones. This 100% certified hormone free milk comes with a Farmers Pledge, which Lifeway will market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.Y. Land Trust has New Supporters</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/02/01/ny-land-trust-has-new-supporters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/02/01/ny-land-trust-has-new-supporters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Agricultural Land Trust (NYALT) has two new supporters in its bid to protect N.Y. agricultural land for future generations. New York&#8217;s Byrne Dairy, has teamed up with Organic Valley, to help NYALT create a Web site, publish educational brochures and communicate the organizations message. NYALT, established this year as a nonprofit organization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aurora Dairy to Reduce Footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/01/11/aurora-dairy-to-reduce-footprint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/01/11/aurora-dairy-to-reduce-footprint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado based Aurora Organic Dairy, has announced a partnership with the University of Michigan to measure and reduce its company&#8217;s carbon footprint. The reduction of energy and material use will be across the entire product lifecycle, from cattle feed to cartons in retail dairy cases. Aurora Organic Dairy Foundation, a new not-for-profit organization formed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cutest Little Baby Faces</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/18/the-cutest-little-baby-faces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/18/the-cutest-little-baby-faces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yogurt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t wait to see the results of this contest &#8211; the Stonyfield Farm YoBaby Cover Contest. Starting July 15, the organic yogurt company received 44,000 entries for the face that will convey the YoBaby image of healthy goodness. You can help pick the winner for the eight finalists &#8211; be sure to cast your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Program Assists Those Switching to Organic</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/09/07/program-assists-those-switching-to-organic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/09/07/program-assists-those-switching-to-organic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced the availability of $1 million to defray annual organic certification costs in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming. This funding is particularly important to smaller producers so that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Addresses Buying Organic</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/08/21/editorial-addresses-buying-organic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/08/21/editorial-addresses-buying-organic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Jackie Avner from the Denver Post wrote an editorial about her reasons for buying regular goods verses organic goods. Take a minute and read her thoughts and comments on the booming organic market. I don&#8217;t like to buy organic food products, and avoid them at all cost. It is a principled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK McDonald&#8217;s Switches to Organic Milk</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/07/09/uk-mcdonalds-switches-to-organic-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/07/09/uk-mcdonalds-switches-to-organic-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in the UK have announced a switch to organic milk for its coffee and hot chocolate drinks. The move could account for 5% of the UK’s organic milk supplies. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of coffee beans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Milk Supply Grows</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/05/15/organic-milk-supply-grows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/05/15/organic-milk-supply-grows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports are circulating news of organic milk potentially flooding the market this year, due to next year&#8217;s regulation change and higher profit margins available to producers. A sure change after years of organic milk being in short supply. The dairy industry is expecting organic milk supply to surge by at least 40 percent this year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New FOOD Group</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/03/16/new-food-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/03/16/new-food-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, several organic organizations from Maine to California formed a national network called Federation of Organic Dairy Farmers (FOOD). The group was formed by the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, the Midwest Organic Dairy Producers Association and the Western Organic Dairy Producers Alliance. Combined, they represent more than 7850 organic dairies across the country. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Farmers Want Inclusion in Farm Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/03/08/organic-farmers-want-inclusion-in-farm-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/03/08/organic-farmers-want-inclusion-in-farm-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organic farmers are hoping to have their needs heard and included in the new farm bill. Here are a few of the items they are seeking to be included. Creating a $50 million-a-year grant program to assist farmers in adopting organic practices Providing $5 million annually to help farmers offset the cost of attaining organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Organic Sales Slow</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/02/28/uk-organic-sales-slow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/02/28/uk-organic-sales-slow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milk]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=1280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study out of the UK shows that sales of organic milk have slowed considerably. Is this a glimmer of what may happen in the States? According to market research company TNS, which closely monitors the market, sales of organic milk grew from 73.8 million litres in 2004 to 158 million last year. Though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon Organic Has New President</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/02/26/1272/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/02/26/1272/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horizon Organic has a new president, Blaine E. McPeak, the former president of Kellogg Company&#8217;s portable breakfast and snacks division, and a leader in the company&#8217;s Kashi brand. Dean Foods Company said Thursday that Blaine E. McPeak, a former Kellogg Co. executive, will join the company&#8217;s WhiteWave division as president of its Horizon Organic unit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Institute to File Lawsuit Against USDA</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/02/22/institute-to-file-lawsuit-against-usda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/02/22/institute-to-file-lawsuit-against-usda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cornucopia Institute announced its intend to file a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), accusing the agency of failing to enforce federal laws about the labeling of organic foods. The impending lawsuit is the latest salvo in a seven-year-long dispute between organic family farmers and the USDA. At the center of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oranic Dairy On Display in Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/01/20/oranic-dairy-on-display-in-germany/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/01/20/oranic-dairy-on-display-in-germany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=1149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="right" vspace="5"hspace="5"src="http://www.zimmcomm.biz/images/ifaj/ifaj-berlin-2007-15.jpg" alt="Organic Dairy Product Display" />Hello from Berlin, Germany and the <a href="http://www1.messe-berlin.de/vip8_1/website/MesseBerlin/htdocs/www.gruenewoche.de/index_e.html">International Green Week</a>.  I'm attending this huge international food show to take part in a board meeting of the <a href="http://www.ifaj.org">International Federation of Agricultural Journalists</a> (IFAJ).  We're actually having our final meeting this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>UHN Joins Organic Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/01/17/uhn-joins-organic-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/01/17/uhn-joins-organic-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Organic Valley, an organic farmers cooperative welcomed the University of New Hampshire Organic Dairy Research Farm into its cooperative as a milk supplier and full voting member. The first shipment of milk will go from UNH to Stonyfield Farm in Londonderry, New Hampshire, where it will be made into Stonyfield Farm Yogurt and Smoothies. [...]]]></description>
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