November 22, 2021
I don’t know about you, but life has felt completely upended since early last year with the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout our world, in our communities and at home. Looking beyond the coronavirus headlines, there’s a daily barrage of negative news, from labor shortages, empty store shelves …
March 16, 2020
Tara Vander Dussen, the New Mexico Milkmaid, is “udderly in love with dairy.” I was fortunate to meet Tara and witness her passion first–hand during a recent visit to her family farm, Rajen Dairy, in Eastern New Mexico. Tara is a fifth–generation Dutch dairy farmer who left the farm after high school to earn an environmental science degree from the University of …
June 11, 2019
How can a dairy farm generate enough energy to power 3,000 homes? Imagine a farmer reducing nitrogen emissions by 90 percent, and another diverting 2,000 pounds of food otherwise destined for landfills. More about these real-life dairy sustainability stories in my latest blog.
