info@sustainablefoodtrust.org, Sustainable Food Trust -. “Farming as the Climate Changes: Straus Family Creamery, Marshall, California.” Sustainable Food Trust, 3 Dec. 2020,sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/farming-as-the-climate-changes-straus-family-creamery-marshall-california/. 

In an article by Sustainable Food Trust, the writer talks about how the challenge of climate change is affecting farmers, but the Straus Family Creamery in Marshall, California has found a new way to mitigate the carbon emissions from their farm. The article interviews the CEO and founder of Straus Family Farms, Albert Straus who has been running the dairy farm for about a year since November twenty-seventh. They also have been awarded the TRUE Zero waste emissions award by diverting 1 million in waste, powered by 100% zero carbon and with bottled reusable bottles for their product. With all these accomplishments they claim to be carbon neutral by 2022.

I think this article shows a lot of accomplishments from a farm that is able to make money from the product, but not have access waste. In the article they mentioned they wanted to be an example for other farms in the future and to have a smaller footprint while still making a profit. I think that the methods they have been using are a very good way to preserve the farming economy and still feed people without having excess or lost yields of produce. The main reason I think that Straus Farms is able to accomplish these things is because they are able to find ways to cancel out their waste instead of always preserving it. This model of farming could be used around the US but most government money goes to researchers instead of actual farms to make this change, and with the right money I think we could change the way farmers cultivate their land and benefit California’s agriculture.