Managing to Thrive with Andy Mast

About this episode

Andy Mast discusses his journey as an organic dairy farmer and the lessons learned from transitioning to organic certification.

Andy Mast is an organic dairy farmer in Middlebury, Indiana. He joins us to talk about the history of his farm, deciding to transition to organic and what he has learned since they made the decision to get certified. Rooted In Organic Podcast is sponsored by Byron Seeds

People in this episode

Host: Rooted in Organic

Guest: Andy Mast

Topics covered

• organic farming
• dairy farming
• sustainability
• farm history
• certification process

Keywords

• organic dairy
• farming transition
• certification
• sustainable agriculture
• Middlebury Indiana

Sponsors

Byron Seeds

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Middlebury, Indiana

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