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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Recognizes 25-Year Member Milestones

RESTON, Va. – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) recognized eight members for 25 years of membership to the cooperative during annual District Meetings held in October.    “We congratulate our 25-year members on their hard work and perseverance in dairy farming,” said MDVA Vice President of Sustainability and External Relations Lindsay Reames. “Our member-owners […]

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Celebrates Processing Growth in North Carolina

“As farmers, we’re always working to make our farms more sustainable and profitable to secure opportunities for the next generation,” said Kevin Satterwhite, Maryland & Virginia Board of Directors president. “The same applies to Maryland & Virginia’s purchase of this plant. As we work towards profitable growth and a consistent home for the milk of

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Maryland & Virginia To Purchase Hunter Farms Dairy plant

Harris Teeter to Sell Hunter Farms Dairy Business to Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.

Matthews, N.C. – Harris Teeter announced Tuesday, August 17 that the company is selling its HunterFarms dairy processing plant to Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. The sale is expected to close Aug. 30, 2021.   “We are excited to strengthen our value-added business and expand our cooperative’s processing footprint in the southeast. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative is a community of more than 900 dairy

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Funds Awarded to Maryland Farmers for Manure Technologies

Sustainable Chesapeake, alongside the Giant Clean Water Partnership, was today awarded $725,267 from the 2021 Maryland Department of Agriculture Animal Waste Technology Fund. The funding will allow Maryland dairy farmers to expand the adoption of high priority conservation practices through industry-led supply-chain sustainability initiatives. The funding was jointly awarded to Sustainable Chesapeake, Maryland & Virginia

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Maola Local Dairies Launches New Products in Costco Stores

Maola Local Dairies is pleased to announce the launch of Maola Half & Half and Heavy Whipping Cream to ten new Costco warehouses. Costco members can now support their local dairy farmers by purchasing Maola Half & Half and Heavy Whipping Cream at warehouses located in Arlington, Va., Chantilly, Va., Elkridge, Md., Fairfax, Va., Frederick, Md., Gaithersburg, Md.,

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$1 Million Conservation Grant will Benefit Virginia Dairy Farmers

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, in partnership with Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative (MDVA), was today awarded $1 million to begin supporting farmers of Maola Local Dairies in Virginia with on-the-ground conservation practices. Funding is awarded by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation through the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grant Program. The

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Maola Local Dairies Kicks Off Dairy Month with Milk Donation

Reston, Virginia – Maola Local Dairies, owned and operated by Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), kicked of National Dairy Month yesterday with a donation of Maola Milk to the South River Food Pantry in Statesville, North Carolina. Moala Local Dairies donated over 385 half gallons of milk to the South River Food

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Receive $4 Million Conservation Grant

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative (MDVA), in partnership with The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Turkey Hill Dairy, was recently awarded $4 million to continue supporting our dairy farmers in South Central Pennsylvania with on-the-ground conservation practices through the Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership (THCWP). Funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Natural Resources Conservation

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Celebrates 50-Year Member Glade Haven Farms of Walkersville, Maryland

  April 1, 2021, Reston, Virginia – Glade Haven Farms of Walkersville, Maryland, celebrated its 50th year of membership to Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative at the cooperative’s 101st Annual Meeting held earlier today. The farm is owned by Josh Roderick and his father Dave. Glade Haven was first started in 1965 by Josh’s

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Grayhouse Farm of Stony Point, N.C., Named Producer of the Year by Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative

  April 1, 2021, Reston, Virginia – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative honored the Gray Family and their farm, Grayhouse Farm as the Producer of the Year at its Virtual Annual Meeting on March 31, 2021. “We are proud to name Grayhouse Farm as our Producer of the Year” said Kevin Swatterwhite, First Vice

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