Maine's Own Organic Milk MOO Milk Gains Support

After a group of nine Maine Organic Dairy farm families were dropped by their previous milk processor H.P. Hood they banded together to form Maine's Own Organic Milk (MOO Milk for short) and sell their product direct to grocery stores.

The new company has been having a tough time getting their product into stores since forming last year.  But recently has had some key successes and gotten national exposure thanks to a piece in the New York Times last week.   The young company still needs the support of locals and food lovers who want to buy organic milk and support local farmers.

MOO Milk is available in many Hannaford grocery stores in Maine and fifteen Whole Foods stores in Maine and Massachusetts.  Their milk is also available at Harvest Co-Op in Boston.

MOO Milk reminded me of a similar cooperative here in Rhode Island called RhodyFresh which is a group of Rhode Island dairy farmers who banded together several years ago to save what was becoming a dying industry in the Ocean State.  Rhody Fresh milk has become a great success and enjoyed tremendous community support.

The farmers in Maine who formed MOO Milk face one primary challenge that Rhode Island farmers didn't have to contend with and that is distance their milk must travel in order to reach a processing center for distribution.

The group is working to overcome these challenges and with the recent addition of their products in Whole Foods stores in Massachusetts they are tapping into a large market.

Farmer Aaron Bell and Carly DelSignore's dairy farm in Washington County Maine.  The couple is determined to keep the dairy industry alive in the county. 

Photo from the Chase's Organic Dairy Farm in Mapleton, Maine.  Chase's is part of the MOO Milk group.

Photo of the line of retail milk products from MOO Milk.  Packaged in standard carton packaging.

 

Comments

[Laura Chase]

Thanks for helping to spread the word about MOOMilk. For a list of stores that carry MOOMilk, please visit http://moomilkco.com/moomilk-store-locations

If MOOMilk is not available in your area, you can still support our efforts by donating MOOMilk to the hungry at http://moomilkco.com/donate-moomilk

[Dawn]

Thank you for sharing about Moo Milk. I love Moo Milk and the taste is out of this world! Once you try it you will never go back! Most of all I love supporting my neighbors who run the family farms in Maine. Who ever said happy cows are form Cali was wrong those cows in the pics look darn happy to me!