Dairy farming takes a lot of time. It’s more than a nine-to-five, 40-hour a week profession. With fewer dairy farmers in the U.S. than ever before, our society is lacking easy access to the farmers who supply their milk and dairy products, or are they? Nearly 80% of the U.S. population has a social media […]
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We have many things to be thankful for as we close out 2019. One initiative that we are particularly proud of and thankful for this past year has been the momentum and success of the Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership (THCWP). The THCWP is the first public-private partnership of its kind to secure funding to
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Christmas at Worth the Wait Farm in Stevens, Pennsylvania, takes a lot of preparation. “We try to do only the bare necessities on Christmas Day,” explains owner and farmwife Laura Landis, that way she and her husband Christian can spend more time with their children and extended family. To prep, they take time on Christmas
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Everyone celebrates the holidays a little bit differently. When you have a couple hundred cows to tend, your Christmas morning routine tracks a bit different than most households. Member Caci Cook Nance of McConnells, South Carolina, looks forward to waking her children up at 4:30 a.m. to open presents on Christmas morning. “It’s a little
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Maola’s partnership with renowned Chef Lee Gregory is cooking up some tasty treats in time for the holidays. Whip up this chocolate milk panna cotta with peanut brittle to add some extra special Maola cheer to your holiday meal. Panna Cotta Ingredients 1/2 gallon Maola chocolate milk 7 sheets of sheet gelatin 1 cup sugar
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Maryland & Virginia has released its annual scholarship application. Every year the cooperative awards five $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing careers in the dairy industry. Thanks to generous contributions from members, staff, industry partners and supporters, the cooperative is able to offer additional scholarships to deserving students. To be eligible, applicants must be the son,
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‘Tis the season Maola eggnog fanatics dream about all year. Maola eggnog is now available in stores through the end of the holidays. Be sure to grab an extra quart to try this cookie recipe and make your holidays a little more dreamy. Ingredients For the molasses cookies: 2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour 1/2 cup
A small group of volunteers representing Maryland & Virginia, Turkey Hill Dairy and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay gathered on a gray November day with one common mission – to plant trees on a dairy farm. I’ll admit that when I arrived and saw fifteen people or so, I doubted how we’d be successful in planting 400
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Member Joanna Shipp has been appointed to serve on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Joanna farms with her father Laird Bowman in Boones Mill, Virginia, where they milk 225 cows and farm 600 acres of owned and 400 acres of rented ground. She is the seventh generation to be involved in her family’s
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Maryland & Virginia’s field representatives have helped members troubleshoot and improve their farm operations since 1920. We have seen significant changes in how farmers farm, but the one constant is the high level of care and comfort our farmers provide for their cows. Going into 2020 we are changing our approach to bring more value
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