photos by Robert Eddy

Celebrating the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm's membership in the Organic Valley /CROPP cooperative, and the first pick-up of the dairy's organic milk by the Organic Valley milk truck on Tues., January 16th, are (Front row left to right): Sarah Boucher, UNH graduate student; Brianne Lake, UNH assistant herd manager; Erin Shea, UNH graduate student; Bonnie, the calf, wearing a calf cozy designed by Organic Valley farmers. (Back row, left to right): Regina Beidler, Organic Valley dairy farmer from Randolph Center, Vermont, and the co-op's Northeast Farmer Ambassador Coordinator; Frank Saglio, UNH Herd Manager; Kevin Brussel, UNH Farm Manager; Dr. Charles Schwab, UNH Professor of animal and nutrition sciences; Dr. Tom Kelly, UNH, Office of Sustainability Director; John Cleary, Organic Valley New England Regional Pool Coordinator.

Brianne Lake, UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm's assistant herd manager (UNH class of '05), returns little Bonnie, a calf at the UNH dairy, across the yard to her pen. Bonnie sports a calf cozy donated by the farmers of Organic Valley Family of Farms/CROPP in celebration of the dairy's membership in the cooperative. The UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm has joined the Organic Valley Cooperative as a milk supplier and full-voting member. Its first shipment of milk was picked up by the cooperative milk truck on Tues., Jan. 16.

In with the heifers at the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm are: (front) Tom Kelly, UNH Office of Sustainability Director, and Regina Beidler, Organic Valley dairy farmer from Randolph Center, Vermont, and the co-op's Northeast Farmer Ambassador Coordinator; and (back) Frank Saglio, UNH Herd Manager; Dr. Charles Schwab, UNH Professor of animal and nutrition sciences; John Cleary, Organic Valley New England Regional Pool Coordinator; and Kevin Brussell, UNH Farm Manager. The group was celebrating the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm's membership in the Organic Valley/CROPP cooperative, and the first pick-up of the dairy's organic milk by the Organic Valley milk truck on Tues., January 16th.

Celebrating the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm's membership in the Organic Valley/CROPP cooperative, and the first pick-up of the dairy's organic milk by the Organic Valley milk truck on Tues., January 16th, are: Regina Beidler, Organic Valley dairy farmer from Randolph Center, Vermont, and the co-op's Northeast Farmer Ambassador Coordinator; Kevin Brussell, UNH Farm Manager; Dr. Tom Kelly, UNH Office of Sustainability Director; Dr. Charles Schwab, UNH Professor of animal and nutrition sciences; and John Cleary, Organic Valley's New England Regional Pool Coordinator.

Celebrating the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm's membership in the Organic Valley/CROPP cooperative, and the first pick-up of the dairy's organic milk by the Organic Valley milk truck (pictured) on January 16th, are: Kevin Brussell, UNH Farm Manager and John Cleary, Organic Valley's New England Regional Pool Coordinator.

Celebrating the UNH Organic Dairy Research Farm's membership in the Organic Valley/CROPP cooperative, and the first pick-up of the dairy's organic milk by the Organic Valley milk truck on Tues., January 16th, are: Regina Beidler, Organic Valley dairy farmer from Randolph Center, Vermont, and the co-op's Northeast Farmer Ambassador Coordinator; Kevin Brussell, UNH Farm Manager; Dr. Charles Schwab, UNH Professor of animal and nutrition sciences; and John Cleary, Organic Valley's New England Regional Pool Coordinator.