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Brenda Hastings

Brenda Hastings

Brenda Hastings and her husband, Lad, operate Hastings Dairy, a family dairy farm located in Northeast Ohio. View her blog here.

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HERd management: Are antibiotics in my milk? What’s in a food label?

June 30, 2016
Brenda Hastings
On a recent trip to the grocery store, I found the following labels on milk and yogurt packaging: no artificial growth hormones, no rBST, no antibiotics, raised without antibiotics, humanely raised, animal welfare-approved, organic, vegetarian-fed, pasture-raised, grass-fed, sustainable, certified pesticide residue-free, no toxic pesticides, environmentally responsible, all natural, GMO-free, gluten-free, A1 protein-free, from family farms and farm-raised.
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HERd management: Diversifying into farmstead milk bottling

June 11, 2015
Brenda Hastings
We recently added a farmstead creamery to our dairy to bottle milk on-farm. I’d like to share our experience starting up Rowdy Cow Creamery.
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HERd management: What I do when someone attacks agriculture

July 18, 2014
Brenda Hastings
It seems animal agriculture regularly comes under fire these days.
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HERd management: It takes leadership

December 31, 2012
Brenda Hastings
I’m passionate about agriculture and enjoy being around others who share the same enthusiasm.I believe it’s important to actively participate in agriculture organizations.
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What will you do for June Dairy Month on your farm?

June 6, 2012
Brenda Hastings
My husband, Lad, and I operate Hastings Dairy, which is located in northeast Ohio approximately 40 miles east of Cleveland and 20 miles south of Lake Erie. Our farm is in Geauga County, which is a rural agricultural county known for the fourth-largest Amish population in the world. Lad and I are third-generation dairy producers who started this farm in 2004.
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