For a full list of scheduled conference dates and places, contact Griffin or visit the Organic Valley website. Feb. 21 at the Governor Dodge Motor Inn in Platteville on Highway 151 West, off Highway 80. Feb 25, Peaches Restaurant, Richland Center, Highway 14 six miles east of town. Feb. 29 at Pizza Del Ray in Eau Claire at 911 N. Hastings Way. There is a stable and growing market for organic dairy products.
Consumers are eager to support producers who farm organically.
What was once a small niche is now a mainstream market with representation in 70 percent of major supermarkets, all 50 states and internationally. People are concerned about biosafety. In Montreal delegates from 130 nations recently adopted the first ever global treaty regulating genetically modified products, a response to the debate about foods and genetically altered seeds, microbes, animals and crops. People around the world are wary about risks to human health and the environment. They are adding more than 50 dairy producers this year and still need more milk to meet customer demands.