Organic Valley Goes Far Afield to Link Aroostook Dairy Farms to Markets

Organic Valley, a farmer-owned cooperative in 36 states producing a variety of organic foods, has an established milk pool in Maine that is helping to provide a viable dairy business throughout Maine, including the more rural areas of Aroostook County. How the business model is structured and what the dairymen have to do to be members is described. [map, images