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Podcast: Real Organic Podcast
Episode: Francis Thicke: The Importance Of A Farmer-Led System
Description: #060: Dairy farmer Francis Thicke returns to share a behind the scenes (in the field) look into how he manages his cows and pasture on his organic, grass-fed creamery in Iowa. He also discusses operations that run counter to his family-farm approach; the large-scale confinement dairies also selling milk under the USDA organic label, who utilize an industrial-factory approach with the help of some key government subsidies.Francis Thicke owns and operates Radiance Dairy in Fairfield, Iowa with his wife Susan, which produces milk, cream, cheese, and yogurt on site . He has worked for the USDA as a s...