Aurora Organic Dairy Releases Performance Metrics on Animal Welfare and Sustainability.BOULDER, Colo. -- Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading U.S. provider of high-quality private-label organic milk and butter, today announced it has made available for the first time, on its website, a wide range of performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc animal welfare, organic stewardship and sustainability at its five organic dairy farms in Colorado and Texas. Aurora Organic Dairy's Organic Stewardship Report is aimed at fostering informed dialogue on organic dairy standards and practices. The information can be found online at www.auroraorganic.com in the "Organic Stewardship" section and will be updated at least annually. "We are proud of the work our team members do to make high-quality organic milk and butter more affordable and available for American families, while also making important strides in animal welfare and sustainability," said Mark Retzloff, the company's president and chief organic officer. "We're providing a report stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. can use to assess our progress, while encouraging the organic dairy community to engage in fact-based discussion about how to work together to increase and satisfy consumer demand." The Aurora Organic Dairy report includes information on nearly 30 different measures of performance on animal welfare and sustainability. Examples include the number of acres of pasture available at its dairy farms and the amount of time cows spend on pasture; quantitative indicators of animal wellness, such as the percentage of cows replaced each year; and details on Aurora Organic Dairy's contributions - financial and otherwise - to organic dairy research and market-development work benefiting producers of all sizes. Among the performance data released by Aurora Organic Dairy is the number of acres of agricultural land converted from conventional to organic production since the company's inception in 2003. More than 50,000 acres have been converted, including land farmed by Aurora Organic Dairy and land converted by the company's network of farmer partners, who supply organic feed and forage forage Vegetable food, including corn and hay, of wild or domestic animals. Harvested, processed, and stored forage is called silage. Forage should be harvested in early maturity to avoid a decrease in protein and fibre content as crops mature. , and animal-care services. "We take a science-based approach to herd health and organic dairying dairying, business of producing, processing, and distributing milk and milk products. Ninety percent of the world's milk is obtained from cows; the remainder comes from goats, buffaloes, sheep, reindeer, yaks, and other ruminants. ," said Dr. Juan Velez, M.V., M.S., D.A.C.T., large-animal veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. and vice president of farm operations for Aurora Organic Dairy. "Our stewardship report includes measures such as locomotion locomotion Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either appendicular (accomplished by special appendages) or axial (achieved by changing the body shape). score, body condition score, cow calmness, method of reproduction, type of housing, cow facilities, availability of outside access, and the wages and benefits for farm employees. These and other measures are important in assessing the system-wide sustainability of any organic farm." "We support a robust and respectful, fact-based dialogue about the aims of the organic dairy movement and how best to achieve them," Retzloff said. "At a time when consumer demand has never been higher, we are proud to be a part of the organic dairy community and to share this information about our performance." About Aurora Organic Dairy Aurora Organic Dairy's mission is making high-quality organic milk and butter more affordable and available for American families. The company is a leading producer of private-label and store-brand organic milk and butter. The organic production company includes headquarters offices in Boulder, Colo., and an organic dairy farm and on-farm organic dairy processing plant near Platteville, Colo. A second organic dairy near Dublin, Texas Dublin is a city in Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,754 at the 2000 census. The town is the home of the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant (see Dublin Dr Pepper). , comprises 2,800 acres of pasture, croplands, and milking facilities. A third organic farm, High Plains Organic Dairy, near Kersey kersey coarse, narrow cloth used for leg bandages in horses. , Colo., began organic milk production in fall 2006. Aurora Organic Dairy's newest organic dairy farm, Coldwater West, near Stratford, Texas Stratford is a city in Sherman County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,991 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sherman CountyGR6. , began organic milk production in summer 2007. For more information, visit www.auroraorganic.com. |
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