Demand Strong for Organic Dairies
Cologne, Minn. — Mark Wickenhauser stood in the doorway of his weathered 1910 barn and viewed the dark soil that will soon sprout a pasture rich with alfalfa and other grasses. He has worked all his life at the family dairy farm here but switched from conventional to organic farming in 2005. “It wasn’t the popular thing to do, but I guess I didn’t care,” he said. “It just made a lot of sense to me.” Organic dairy has come a long way...
