COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp -- dairy cows' contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in omega-3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front and not the back end of the cow.
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COVENTRY, Vt. - Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp - dairy cows' contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front and not the back end of the cow.
was not a good year for the meat, dairy and egg industries. In January, ABC News provided extensive coverage of cow abuse by the dairy industry. The BP oil spill in April called attention to an even larger Gulf "dead zone" caused by the massive amounts of animal waste dumped every day by the Mississippi River. A month later, a U.N. report urged a global shift towards a vegan diet to reduce world hunger and climate change.
With an astounding 80 percent of what we eat imported into New York state, there is plenty of room for improvement. (I don't know about you, but aren't you offended by the California happy cow commercials? I mean, why purchase milk made 1,500 miles away when Byme Dairy is just down the street?) "We define local as anything grown or produced in New York state," [Travis Hance] adds. "We have 40 vendors who deliver food to the Co-op. We define regional as adjacent states plus Quebec and Ontario. The café carries fair trade organic coffees, smoothies made with fruit sold at the store, power shakes with whey, and a good number of gluten-free items. "That's been a very big issue over the last 10 years-the . wheat-free diet," notes [Mario Pirrello], originally from downstate but a Liverpool r...
The drive-thru isn't exactly the health food store, and reducing your intake of "average" cheeseburgers can't hurt your survival odds. Meanwhile, the aboveaverage food that's being produced with care by your local farmer offers, in my experience, above-average flavor and fun. I bought a rib-eye steak off of [Ernie]'s blind steer. Then Ernie got going about how yellow his butter is these days, thanks to the dandelion-rich diet of his dairy cows. I'm a sucker for stories like this. Then I noticed Ernie's feta, which reminded me that I have a patch of spinach that needs to be harvested. Ernie's blind cow, thinly sliced and fried with yellow onions, Philly-styleand accompanied by a glass of California red wine poured from an eco-friendly cardboard box-was spectacular. Ernie's yellow butter ...
This has not been a good year for the meat, dairy and egg industries. In January, ABC News provided extensive coverage of cow abuse by the dairy industry. The BP oil spill in April called attention to an even larger Gulf "dead zone" caused by the massive amounts of animal waste dumped every day by the Mississippi river. A month later, a U.N. report urged a global shift towards a vegan diet to reduce world hunger and climate change.
COVENTRY, Vt. - Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp - dairy cows' contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front end of the cow.
COVENTRY, Vt. -- Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp -- dairy cows' contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front and not the back end of the cow.
[Tim Elliott] and Stacey Elliott, both 35, don't appear the least bit worried. Neither do their five children, ranging in age from 2 to 12. The Elliotts have been growing their own beef, pork and chicken for four years. They. started milking this past February, when the kids begged their parents to adopt a neighbor's Jersey calf. "I said, All right, as long as you promise to milk it,'" Tim tells. He's the fifth-generation Elliott to farm in what used to be called the Holden Valley, a quiet, out-of-the-way neighborhood anchored by the North Chittenden Wesleyan Church. By day, Tim is a project engineer at Omya. Although he doesn't have a bumper sticker declaring it, he says he'd rather be farming. Connie Mackintosh, 40, is one of the regular ones. She grew up drinking raw milk, but went t...
..., according to Byron Moyer, chief of the dairy section at the Agency of Agriculture; Basically, V... them, made cow's milk pan of their daily diet. Soon the family was getting calk from friends who...
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