Emerging sector: Grass Point Farms corners marketplace with "humane" line of pasture-based dairy products.(market watch)(Survey)

From: Dairy Field | Date: September 1, 2006 | Copyright information

According to recent market research, many consumers want to purchase dairy products from farms that adhere to higher standards of animal and environmental care. A Whole Foods Market nationwide survey reports that 48 percent of consumers believe humane animal treatment is important.

Thorp, Wis.-based Grass Point Farms, a new dairy manufacturer that offers pasture-raised dairy products, hopes to become the market leader by offering consumers the first national line of certified-humane, pasture-based dairy products.

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