Guest: Ed Maltby, Executive Director
Organization: Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA)
📍 Deerfield, MA Topic: 🐄 Organic Dairy & Advocacy in Washington, DC This week, host Doug Stephan welcomes Ed Maltby, Executive Director of NODPA — the largest grassroots organization representing organic dairy producers in the Northeast. With over two decades of leadership in the organic dairy space, Ed shares insights into the challenges facing small organic family farms, including unfair milk pricing, market instability, and the fight to uphold USDA Organic integrity.
🎧 Key Takeaways:
- Why organic dairy farmers are in crisis — and how NODPA is stepping up.
- Ed’s recent advocacy trip to Washington, DC, working to ensure organic voices are heard in policy decisions.
- How NODPA is farmer-led, nonprofit, and committed to fair prices and transparent regulations.
- The importance of grassroots producer networks and alliances across the U.S.
- What consumers need to know about the future of organic milk.
Ed also highlights NODPA’s work:
✔ Hosting educational events & annual field days
✔ Publishing the bi-monthly
NODPA News✔ Running peer support networks like Odairy
✔ Administering a Farmer Emergency Fund
✔ Collaborating nationally through FOOD Farmers and with groups like the Organic Trade Association
🔗 Learn more or support NODPA at
www.nodpa.com and
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