More Producers Going Organic

"When organic farming started becoming popular, Thorp native Chad Pawlak decided to combine the public's interest in knowing more about the food served at the dinner table with helping boost the local dairy industry.

"When I came back home to Thorp, what I had recognized as being a problem was a lack of marketing in dairy," he said. "We have fantastic dairy producers producing in high-quality fashion, high-quality milk."

In 2001, Organic Farm Marketing was established, and the firm purchased Wisconsin Organics in 2005. OFM also started Grass Point Farms in 2006 after controversy began in the organic dairy community on setting the definition for grazing standards."

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