We spend a lot of time thinking about milk and cream, including where ours comes from and how it’s produced. For over 20 years, the 500 family farmers of the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery in Vermont have been our partners and primary suppliers of milk and cream. For all of those years, we’ve asked our farmers not to treat their cows with rBGH, a genetically engineered growth hormone used to increase milk production. It’s clear to us that rBGH is a step in the wrong direction towards a synthetic, factory-produced food supply. Today, through a unique partnership we call “Caring Dairy,” we’re also working together to help our family farmers adopt leading-edge sustainable practices. We think Caring Dairy is a boon to cows, a boost for farmers, and beneficial for the planet — all of which helps to bolster Vermont’s identity as a beautiful rural state dotted with real, working family farms.