Press Releases

Back-to-school season is just around the corner, and moms and dads everywhere will be looking to stock up on healthy, organic and brain-boosting lunchbox options for kids. With that in mind, Organic Valley is offering retailers nationwide "The Future is Organic," a turnkey, cause-related campaign focused on providing schools with educational materials to teach children about the important link between food, health and the environment. The Future is Organic in-store promotion also offers advertising in national consumer publications, valuable prizes, online education, point-of-sale promotions and coupons to boost sales of Organic Valley snacks and lunchbox-friendly products during the months of August and September, 2010.  read more…

Organic Valley, a farmer-owned cooperative of more than 1,600 organic family farmers nationwide, is expanding their extensive line of healthy cultured dairy products with the launch of three organic Live Lowfat Yogurts.

The multi-use, "live" organic yogurt contains THRIVE™—Organic Valley's unique blend of 10 billion "good" probiotic cultures that boost digestive and immune systems, and are beneficial to overall health. Studies have found that probiotics may further improve nutrient bioavailability for B vitamins, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, magnesium and phosphorus, among others. read more…

Go Fish Oil! Organic Valley Family of Farms is now offering its delicious organic milk with the heart-healthy Omega-3 fatty acids ALA, DHA and EPA, the cooperative of 1,652 family farmers announced today.

A glass of Organic Valley Omega Milk will feature more Omega-3s per serving than any other organic milk on the market. And its all-natural Omega-3s are from sustainably harvested fish, while other organic milk brands supplement with Omega-3s from algae. read more…

Organic Valley applauds the USDA National Organic Program’s new, tighter pasturing standards. The cooperative of 1,652 organic family farmers is also hoping the standards will usher in a more cooperative environment among those within the trade.read more…

In 2009, Organic Valley’s farmer-owners, who like all farmers are facing the deepest and longest recession in more than 50 years, demonstrated once again the strength and resilience of the cooperative business model that has made Organic Valley a brand trusted by consumers and retail partners alike.

Sales for the nation’s largest organic farmer-owned cooperative were $520 million in 2009, down l.3 percent from 2008. Though Organic Valley remained profitable, it was the first time the cooperative, which formed in 1988, has experienced lower year-over-year sales.read more…

In a measure designed to provide a stable price and secure market for its organic feed, Farmer Direct Co-operative Ltd., of Regina, Canada, has joined Organic Valley Family of Farm's Grower Pool. A co-operative of more than 1,400 family farmers in North America, Organic Valley formed its Grower Pool last year to provide stable prices for organic feed producers and to ensure a supply of organic grain for its member farmers. read more…

The New Year is the time for resolutions, especially ones about kick-starting a lifestyle that’s healthier for the body as well as the planet. This January, Organic Valley – a farmer-owned cooperative of more than 1,300 organic family farmers nationwide – is wheeling out a promotion that will help people fulfill that noble but often elusive resolution. read more…

Organic Valley Family of Farms, the nation's largest cooperative of organic farmers, will donate 1,200 cases of its 8-ounce single serve organic milk to Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin today. The donation will feed more than 28,000 at-risk people in southwestern Wisconsin. Second Harvest acquires and distributes food to more than 400 charitable food programs working to end hunger at the neighborhood and community levels in 16 southwestern Wisconsin counties. read more…

Top Chefs and Dieticians Agree: Award-Winning Organic Valley Butter is
Key Ingredient to Rich Recipes—Savory, Sweet and Wholesome

Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers, recently won awards for its European Style Cultured Butter and Pasture Butter, two delicious butter offerings from its family of farms. To celebrate the awards—and recent health findings that butter is in fact better—Organic Valley has developed several recipes and serving suggestions just in time for the holidays. read more…

Organic Valley Puts the Spirit of the Season in Holiday Baking with Coupons, Cash Donations and Prize Drawings

This holiday season, Organic Valley, a farmer-owned cooperative of more than 1,300 organic family farmers nationwide, is giving customers a charitable way to spread the cheer. Through the end of the year, shoppers can visit their local grocers or food co-ops and participate in the Celebrate Organic–Local Heroes contest. Not only will shoppers be able to take advantage of $10 worth of coupons and stock up on Organic Valley products for holiday baking, they'll also be helping to fill the shelves of local food banks just by participating in the promotion.read more…