Take a peek behind the scenes at Straus Dairy. This organic and sustainable dairy makes some popular products that can be found in our Natural Foods Department.
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A very educational and creative video. I hiked at Tomales Bay in Pt. Reyes National Seashore and it was fun and interesting to see the scenery. I enjoy the natural foods at Raley's and am excited about your dairy products.
Member: fitness
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If the cows are grazing how do they collect the manure. I thought that you only could use these type of capture programs on confined dairies. This sounds fishy. I doubt someone walks around the fields and scoops up manure all day. I like their products but I know that not all their milk comes from Tomales bay. A little too much touchy feely marketing... sigh....
Member: april5878
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I like the video
Member: raptor1979
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Rich Martin of Straus explains: Manure that "lands" in the pasture stays in the pasture and acts as a
natural fertilizer. The manure used in the methane digester is captured in
the open barn area during the three times per day that the cows are brought
in from the field for milking. You can view a short video of this process
on our web site. The following link will take you to the video page on our
site http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/?id=46 Simply click on the
"Electric Cows" video.
As for our sources of milk, we do obtain our supply from two other local
dairies in addition to our own. Both of these dairies, Tresch Dairy and
Hughes Dairy, are located within about 15 miles of our dairy. We work very
closely with these two dairy partners, buying 100% of their milk, and
holding them to our strict standards. They both follow our closed-herd
practice and participate in our non-GMO program. Both of these dairies are
featured on our web site. Albert Straus chose to partner with these two
dairies instead of adding significantly to our own herd. We have a herd
density of about one cow per two acres and we feel strongly about keeping it
this low. It's also important to note that the reason Albert opened the
creamery in the first place was to help the family dairy farm survive. By
growing our business we have been able to add these two other family farms
and help them to survive as well. I would hope that we could continue to
add more local family dairies as our business grows.
Member: Alyssa Lulie
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