Animal 0 Posté(e) le 26 septembre 2006 25 September 2006- Dairy farmer Richard Woodger walked one of his cows into his milking parlor in Granville on Wednesday. (Steve Miller for the Boston Globe) 2 dairies to end use of artificial hormones Hope to compete with organic milk By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | September 25, 2006 The region's biggest dairies are rushing to rid their bottled milk of artificial growth hormones in a bid to draw back customers who have switched to organic milk. Breaking News Alerts Dean Foods, which operates the Garelick plant in Franklin, and H.P. Hood, which operates a plant in Agawam, are demanding that regional farmer cooperatives supply them with milk from cows that haven't been injected with synthetic hormones that boost milk production. Over the next few weeks, jugs of Hood and Garelick milk with labels pledging ``no artificial growth hormones" should start filling supermarket shelves -- a strategy the dairies hope will satisfy the chief concern of consumers going organic and do so at less than half the retail price of organic milk. ``The phenomenal success of organic milk, with growth rates of 20 percent or more, is driving our demand for milk from cows not treated with artificial growth hormones," said John Kaneb, the chief executive of Chelsea-based Hood. Under federal standards, organic milk is from cows not treated with synthetic hormones or antibiotics; these cows are fed only organically grown food and have access to pastures. http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/09/25/2_dairies_to_end_use_of_artificial_hormones/ Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
