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GRASS POINT FARMS RAW CHEDDAR CHEESE WINS RECOGNITION AT WORLD DAIRY EXPO, SEPTEMBER 6, 2006, MADISON , WISCONSIN
Certified Humane Pastured Raised Raw Cheddar Places Second in Debut Year

THORP, WI (September, 2006) - Parent company Organic Farm Marketing, Inc., is proud to announce that Grass Point Farms, manufacturer of the first nationally distributed, certified humane line of pasture raised dairy products, placed second in the cheddar division of the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. The World Dairy Expo, with its comprehensive format, is the only national judging contest of its kind in the United States. The raw milk cheddar, the newest offering from Grass Point Farms, was judged against numerous entries by dairy experts including: Marianne Smukowski, Wisconsin Center of Dairy Research, and Dr. Robert Bradley, University of Wisconsin Madison, Food Science Department. The winners were told that this contest guarantees their customers are consuming "The best of the best" in dairy when purchasing their products.

"We are just thrilled that our raw milk cheddar placed," says Chad Pawlak, president, Grass Point Farms. "To enter a debuting product and take second in a contest like the Dairy Expo is an amazing achievement and really demonstrates the natural goodness of pasture based dairy products." Unlike most dairy products, the milk for Grass Point Farms comes solely from family farms where the cows graze on the lush pastures of Wisconsin's rolling hills. This ancient approach to dairy farming allows cows to spend their days roaming the pastures and grazing on their natural diet of grasses. It's this diet that produces the purest, most wholesome milk possible.

In addition to its award winning taste, consumers of Grass Point Farms' dairy products can be assured that they are consuming a product that is 100 percent cow friendly and environmentally sound. "People want dairy that tastes good," says Chad Pawlak , "but they also want the assurance that what they're eating was produced in a humane fashion." Grass Point Farm's farmers are "managed rotational grazers" (MRG). So-called because it revolves around grazing animals on fresh grasses, rotating the herd to various sections of pasture (referred to as a paddock) in order to ensure the herd dines on the fresh grasses and legumes available to the herd. MRG is considered the most humane and environmentally responsible method of raising farm animals.

Grass Point Farms offers a full line of milk available in all sizes and varieties, and an assortment of cheeses ranging from Monterey Jack to mozzarella to cheddar to blue, and other unique, specialty cheeses. Grass Point Farms cheeses are available in both retail as well as deli packaging. Their butter comes in quarters in a one pound package. All Grass Point Farms products proudly carry the Certified Humane stamp of approval.