Book Data

ISBN: 9781603583510
Year Added to Catalog: 2010
Book Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Number of Pages: 96
Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Web Product ID: 605

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Organic Dairy Production

by Sarah Flack

Part of the NOFA guides. Includes information on:

Soils, the foundation of health (manure managament)
Crop production and grazing management (forage species, pasture management, setting up a grazing system)
Livestock (selection, nutrition, winter and summer feed considerations, seasonal milking, habitat, herd health, milk quality)
Marketing (selling fluid milk, regulations, facility and equipment, selling raw milk)
Recordkeeping
The transition to organic

Featuring examples from various farms in the Northeast.

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About the Author

Sarah Flack

Sarah Flack is a sought-after workshop presenter, an agricultural consultant and an organic and biodynamic farmer. She was raised on a family farm in northern Vermont where she still lives. She has worked on organic and non-organic dairy, vegetable, sheep, and beef farms. She does independent organic certification inspections of farms and processing facilities and consults on grass farming, farm design, farm business management, and planning. Sarah has trained in homeopathy for livestock, medicinal herbs, production of value-added meat and dairy products, leadership, and non-profit and organizational development. She helped found the Vermont Grassfarmers Association and is involved with NOFA-VT ...

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