More than a decade ago, Tim Joseph and his wife Laura decided to explore the possibility of starting their own farm, which was a dream that Tim admits he's had for many years since he was a kid.
The next year, they were already producing conventional dairy products, but they had a goal of one day switching to an organic business model.
One of the first products that they started producing was grass-fed yogurt and they began selling that at local farmer's markets around their community.
In 2009, Tim officially had founded the Maple Hill Creamery brand, which is now a voluntary grass-fed dairy cooperative that has over 150 different small family farms involved, that help contribute the milk that is required to make the various products that they sell.
In recent years, interest for grass-fed products has exploded and that's helped Tim and his wife be able to expand. At the moment, Tim and Laura's Maple Hill farm is producing various items such as cheeses, chocolate milk, reduced fat milk, whole milk, and yogurt.
Maple Hill opts to go with a 100% grass-fed operation, which the cooperative suggests has inspired them to refer to one another as grass-farmers instead of dairy farmers. It's now regarded as one of the fastest growing dairy brands today.
Each of the 150 farms that are a part of the cooperative are involved in practicing managed grazing. As well, Maple Hill is actively involved in trying to help support other grass-fed dairy farmers, ideally looking to incentivize and reward farmers for engaging in grass-fed farming practices.
They also support humane animal treatment and encourage environmental sustainability.
At the moment though, the grass-fed cooperative is voluntary and for grass-fed products there isn't any centralized force involved when it comes to the grass-fed labeling that's been taking place. Those striving to produce quality products that live up to the grass-fed promise, can only hope that the people who are involved in the process are dedicated to maintaining the proper standards that people would expect when purchasing grass-fed items.
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Sources:
https://maplehill.com/
http://www.organicauthority.com/why-this-grass-fed-dairy-cooperative-is-rewarding-farmers-for-better-practices/
http://www.wholify.com/100-grass-fed-interview-maple-hill-creamery/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/top-selling-100-grass-fed-dairy-brand-maple-hill-creamery-receives-minority-investment-from-sunrise-strategic-partners-300367546.html
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That’s pretty impressive and first time I heard of that . But I know that nothing beats the original taste and I prefer having organic items in my fridge anyways .
They made their dream come true and it will surly lead others to a healthier one as well
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Here is some more interesting information about knowing your farmer.
I know that the monetary benefits for this post are not important for @camille1234, it is about the spread of information.
https://steemit.com/food/@camille1234/the-importance-of-knowing-your-farmer
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Wow. That is very impressive to start with 64 cows and not having any experience in farming and changing it to a natural healthy way of producing the milk products and taking care of their cows and of course making the best and healthiest product for us to enjoy.
Love it. Great story and thanks for sharing the Maple Hill products which I didn't know about.
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I love farming, its a great job to help the humanity by providing fresh and grass fed milk and beef.
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Think Tim Joseph and his wife Laura was take great decision, I am personally do not love any job, i wanna always self dependent.
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Good Job Tim Joseph sir and Laura mam, I think That would be the winner that saw the courage. Great project great success.
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Very helpful information.Great job sir.
Thanks for sharing.
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pretty impressive i first time heard about it i love fresh fods
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