Category: dairy farm

As Small Dairy Farms Disappear, This One Thrives in Otisville, New York

When Rick Vreeland and his wife sold their 2,000-cow dairy farm in Slate Hill, New York, in the early 2000s, he was at a loss about what to do next—so he prayed. His prayer led to a small dairy farm in Otisville, New York, where over a thousand residents near and far now visit to…


A Heritage Farm

Imagine a company that has been around for as long as the U.S. Capitol, is as old as West Point Academy, and is still family-owned and -operated today. There’s such a farm in Spencerport, New York, conducting business 219 years after its founding. In the beginning, it was a small family farm started by several…


American Essence: A Heritage Farm

Imagine a company that has been around for as long as the U.S. Capitol, is as old as West Point Academy, and is still family-owned and -operated today. There’s such a farm in Spencerport, New York, conducting business 219 years after its founding. In the beginning, it was a small family farm started by several…


Volunteers Try to Save Starving Buffalos on Brazil Farm Where 500 Died

BROTAS, Brazil—A group of volunteers has been trying to save hundreds of buffalos that police say were abandoned on a Brazil dairy farm, where as many as 500 have already died of hunger, according to people involved in the effort. Environmental police in the town of Brotas, some 150 miles (250 kilometer) from the capital…