Alastair and I pose in front of the backside of one of the Vander Eyk heifers. This generation of heifers appears to get far more access to grass than their predecessors ever did. Hundreds of heifers are scattered between Ducor (the location of their heifer program) and California Hot Springs (the location of my house). The dairy lost its organic certification two years ago because its cows had no access to pasture. It did graze a small group of heifers back in the day, but it appears to me that they never grazed as many as have been grazed the last two springs. High feed prices apparently make it worth trucking those girls around and about.
Funny thing: I bought their milk for $7/gallon when it carried the Horizon Organic label. I bought their product for $10+/gallon when it was bottled raw at Organic Pastures Dairy Company. I wonder who bottles it now? Maybe I should try to find it at Costco for $2/gallon or maybe I should just get a couple of goats.
Regardless of politics, I hope they are doing well in these tough dairy times.
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