Royal River Pure Meals is the primary Maine retailer to formally be part of the Northeast Natural Household Farm Partnership’s efforts to assist native natural dairy manufacturers and natural dairy farms. The partnership, launched earlier this yr by the efforts of Stonyfield Natural co-founder Gary Hirshberg, encourages customers to extend their weekly purchases of natural dairy manufacturers with the purpose of offering space dairy farms with the demand they should stay financially viable. Proven right here from left are Tina Wilcoxson, President, Royal River Pure Meals; Doug Obenhaus, Buying Director; and Nina Kukchenko, Retailer Supervisor and Dairy Purchaser. Contributed
Royal River Pure Meals is the primary Maine retailer to formally be part of the Northeast Natural Household Farm Partnership’s efforts to assist native natural dairy manufacturers and natural dairy farms.
The partnership, launched earlier this yr by the efforts of Stonyfield Natural co-founder Gary Hirshberg, hopes to encourage customers to extend their weekly purchases of natural dairy manufacturers with the purpose of offering space dairy farms with the demand they should stay financially viable.
Royal River Pure Meals, situated in Freeport, has dedicated to selling natural dairy manufacturers that embrace Balfour Farm, Grace Pond Farm, Misty Brook, Neighborly Farms, Natural Valley, Stonyfield Natural, Straw’s Farm, The Milkhouse, Tide Mill Natural Farm, LLC, and Wolfe’s Neck Heart for Schooling and the Atmosphere.
“We’ve got at all times supported native Maine farms, and purchase native at any time when attainable,” Royal River President Tina Wilcoxson mentioned in a press launch. Having grown up on multi-generational Maine potato farm, Wilcoxson mentioned she understands the challenges dealing with natural dairy farmers, in addition to the natural manufacturers sourcing their milk. “It is a fantastic alternative to construct on our efforts to have interaction our prospects and foster their assist of natural dairy right here in Maine and throughout the area.”
Royal River Pure Meals, based in 1994, is a neighborhood market devoted to serving to Mainers eat properly and stay healthfully by supporting native farmers and producers. Its mission additionally consists of neighborhood outreach in assist of native teams and non-profit organizations.
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As a part of its position within the Partnership, Royal River Pure Meals is encouraging prospects to buy one-quarter of their weekly dairy merchandise from taking part native natural manufacturers and take a pledge to that impact on the Partnership’s web site, at www.saveorganicfamilyfarms.org. Greater than 2500 customers have taken the pledge thus far, says Olga Moriarty, Northeast Natural Household Farm Partnership Govt Director.
Final fall, 135 natural household farms throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and jap New York obtained the sudden information that Horizon and Maple Hill Creamery had been terminating their buy contracts, efficient in early 2023. This information put these farms, lots of whom have been in enterprise for generations, at severe danger of closure until they discover alternate retailers. In early January, the Northeast Natural Household Farm Partnership, a first-of-its-kind marketing campaign in partnership with the Maine Natural Farming and Gardening Affiliation (MOFGA), was created to assist clear up the disaster of disappearing household farms in our area.
The partnership, a collaboration of farmers, processors, retailers, activists, and authorities businesses, invitations customers to pledge to buy no less than one-fourth of their weekly natural dairy purchases from manufacturers which have dedicated to sourcing their dairy from Northeast natural household farmers. A central purpose of the hassle is to extend demand for dairy produced in our area, creating market stability to assist at-risk farms and construct better meals system resilience for the longer term.
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