“How do we build a system that sustains us?” asks dairy farmer Jon Bansen as he stands surrounded by his herd of Jersey cows munching contentedly on fresh, green clover during a cool, misty day in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Casey Schoch of Schoch Dairy & Creamery in Hillsboro, OR knows the importance of connecting people directly to the source of their food – they built their milk processing from scratch so that they could connect with their local community, providing them with fresh, wholesome milk year-round.