Rootstock | Farming - Page 4 | Organic Valley

Organic Valley
Protect Your Food

Organic Valley
Protect Your Food

Farming
Do Cows Get Cold During Winter?
Read Post
Rooted
This Is What Forever Looks Like (on the Farm)
Read Post
Food
Essential Pantry Staples to Stock for a Fresh Start in the New Year
Read Post
Food
7 Easy Ways to Soften Butter
Read Post

Farming
An Organic Egg Farmer Is Building a Better Way of Life
by Jennifer McBride
An Iowa man finally has the chance to build the barn he has been hoping for. He is the newest egg farmer to join Organic Valley cooperative and is branching off of his family farm to a farm of his own. Read on to learn more about the Kauffman family.
Read more
Farming
An Iowa Farmer’s Cows, Fence and Farm Are Now Secure
by Jennifer McBride
An Iowa family is relieved it can continue milking cows on its organic farm. The family was having financial difficulties but after joining Organic Valley, it’s a better situation. The co-op welcomed more than 100 farms in 2023 into ’24. Meet the Millers.
Read more
Farming
10 Children’s Farm Books We Love
by Rootstock Editor
Organic Valley farmers and employees shared some of their favorite children’s books about farms! With picks perfect for infants through elementary schoolers, there’s something for all young readers. Learn and laugh through these farm life tales.
Read more
Farming
What Happens When Dairy Cows Hit the Hay? All About Sleeping Cows
by Jennifer McBride
There are many questions about snoozing cows — do they sleep standing, need it dark or don’t cows sleep at all! We dug into all things sleeping cows and our farmers even attempted to get videos of sleeping cows (not an easy task).
Read more
Farming
Organic Farming From the Ground Up — A Look at Spring Planting
by Lisa Mennenga
What is a farmer’s spring planting calendar? As in all fieldwork, it heavily depends on the weather. Here is a closer look at the crops farmers plant in spring, how they plant crops, and differences in conventional and organic spring-planting practices.
Read more
Farming
Take Your Child to Work Day Is Every Day on a Farm
by Jennifer McBride
Take Your Child to Work Day, otherwise known as Bring a Kid to Work Day or Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, is celebrated each April. While many parents leave for work and sometimes bring work home with them, life on the farm is different.
Read more