Organic dairy is one of
the best-developed categories
in the organic
industry.
There are several
principles that characterize
organic dairy:
Dairy milk cows are kept
healthy and productive without
the use of antibiotics or
synthetic growth hormones.
Genetic engineering is not
allowed anywhere in the
organic dairy system.
Milk cows are fed 100%
organic and vegetarian diet,
with no animal-based feed or
byproducts.
Access to organic pasture for
ruminents.
Farmland, forage and crops
are grown without the use of
synthetic pesticides, fungicides
or fertilizers.
The dairy maintains 100%
traceability of all animals,
crops and such, with a
complete audit and
certification of 100% of the
system.
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