Land/Farms

We consider the conversion of agricultural land to organic production methods one of the most important elements of our organic mission. As such, we are making a valuable contribution to the total organic acreage conversion happening in the United States today. We work closely with our farmer-partners who have converted farm land to provide organic feed for us. This converted crop land represents over 50,000 organic acres. We manage over 2,900 acres of irrigated organic pasture and over 12,000 acres of native grassland pasture. We have several thousand organic milking cows and, while we integrate all female calves born on our farms into the herd, we continue to work with others to supply us with organic heifers as we continue to grow. Additionally, our conversion of land to organic acreage has helped to create important organic "buffer" zones or organically managed land.