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Valley Ho Farm earns top District 2 honor from Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) honored Valley Ho Farm of Middletown, Maryland as its District 2 Producer of the Year during the co-op’s recent District Meeting in Boonsboro, Maryland. The farm is owned and operated by Chris and Jamie Derr. The District Producer of the Year award recognizes a cooperative member for …

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Auker Family earns top District 1 honor from Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) honored Dennis and Karolyn Auker of Aukerlyn Farm in Landisburg, Pennsylvania as its District 1 Producer of the Year during the co-op’s recent District Meetings. The District Producer of the Year award recognizes a cooperative member for outstanding farm management, animal care, and environmental stewardship in each …

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Maola Milk is the ‘Sustainable Milk from Around the Corner’

There’s no cowing around when it comes to Maryland & Virginia’s premier brand of dairy products, Maola Local Dairies. We work hard to tell the honest story of our dairy producers as they strive to implement the latest sustainability and animal care practices on their farms.   Oftentimes you’ll see marketing of food identified as ‘local’ …

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Earns National Recognition for Marketing, Philanthropy

San Diego, CA – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) has earned national recognition from QCS Purchasing Cooperative for marketing and philanthropy at the 2022 QCS Annual Conference. MDVA won the 2022 Outstanding Marketing Award for our “If the milk was any fresher, you’d have a cow” campaign, and was also recognized for …

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Dairy Farmers Call on Congress for Farm Labor Shortage Solutions

Peach Bottom, PA – Graywood Farms, a member of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), underscored the need for agriculture labor reform during an immigration roundtable held this week. The event, entitled “Lower Food Prices, Keep Shelves Stocked: Common Sense Solutions to Pennsylvania’s Farm Labor Shortage” called attention to the urgency of fixing …

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Mid-Atlantic Dairy Farmers Win in USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Announcement

The Conservation Innovation Fund (CIF), Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), and the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) have been awarded $25 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding pool. The Mid-Atlantic Conservation Innovation Fund Climate-Smart Commodities project (the “Project”) builds on an existing partnership between …

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Perfect Pairing

Both of his products are nutritious. It’s the bodies they’re feeding that are different. Alan Smith not only produces nutritious milk products as a Maryland & Virginia member, but he is also the entrepreneur behind a series of unique retail products made from the manure of his dairy herd. “Our number one thing is we’re …

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Five Maryland & Virginia Facilities Earn Top Safety Honors

Reston, Va. – Five Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) facilities earned top safety honors from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and Dairy Foods magazine through the annual Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. MDVA’s processing facility in Strasburg, Va. was an honoree as were four of MDVA’s local distribution branches: Charlotte, N.C.; …

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Move Over Ice Cream, July Became Stakeholder Engagement Month for Maryland & Virginia

Engagement of a diversity of audiences, both inside and outside our cooperative, is a central part of what the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) team does to serve our membership. July was a banner month for getting our name and our story in front of important audiences. On July 15, Maryland & …

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