Press Releases

Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, and Simply Organic®, a leader of organic spices and seasonings in the US, announced today they will be teaming up to launch a series of recipes and an online Thanksgiving Day Meal Planner designed to help home cooks transform a few quality ingredients into delicious holiday meals, beginning November 1, 2010. read more…

Organic Valley wants families to have breakfast with their local dairy farmers and get to know them over lunch and dinner, too! Beginning this month, making that connection will be as easy as reading the panels of an Organic Valley milk carton, newly redesigned to more boldly depict the cooperative’s family farmers and their pasture-raised cows, many of which graze just outside most city limits.  read more…

Wisconsin-based Organic Valley Family of Farms, America’s largest cooperative of family farms and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, is proud to be part of the 25th anniversary Farm Aid concert to be held in Milwaukee on Saturday, Oct. 2.  read more…

Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, today announced it will launch the Generation Organic™ 2010 “Who’s Your Farmer?” Tour on October 6, starting at the Organic Valley headquarters in La Farge, Wis., and ending in our nation’s capitol in Washington, D.C. on October 21.  read more…

Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, today announced plans for a $6.1 million addition to its headquarters in La Farge, Wis. The announcement comes just six years after opening the doors to its current headquarters, symbolizing the co-op’s steady growth and success, as well as its commitment to the vitality of rural communities and Southwest Wisconsin.
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Organic Valley eggs are not associated with the egg recall that has been reported in the news recently. There is no need to dispose of Organic Valley eggs that are within the expiration or sell-by dates printed on the carton. read more…

Movers and shakers invited to participate in the world’s largest homemade butter making demonstration at Jack London Square on August 28 read more…

Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation’s leading organic brands, today announced it will raise its supply quota in a move to get farmer-owners from 93% to 100% of their active base on August 1, 2010. A year ago, the farmer owners of Organic Valley pioneered a supply management system to safeguard the farmers’ pay price during a period of slowed growth coupled with near historic lows in farmer pay prices for conventional milk. In 2008, the cooperative experienced 22% growth, while in 2009, sales remained flat. Currently, Organic Valley is projecting sales growth at $610 million for 2010, a 16% increase. read more…

The raw milk issue at CROPP is one of the most deeply debated topics tackled by the cooperative in its 22 year history. The debate has been active on the membership, board, committee and management team levels for well over a year now, with the hope for a win-win solution. During this year volumes of information – research studies, illness cases, legal precedents, nutritional information and so on were brought forth. Each side was convinced that the information they brought to the table would sway the other side. It is correct to say that we are deeply familiar with both sides of the issue… and we are still divided. So why did the Board finally vote to not allow its members to be in the raw milk business? The synopsis below may help explain... read more…

Perhaps one of Wisconsin’s best-kept secrets – the Kickapoo Country Fair – is unrivaled as the largest celebration of organic food and lifestyles in the Midwest. This year’s two-day event, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25, in LaFarge, Wis. read more…