John Hardisty of Bakersfield, a principal in the Bakersfield  consulting firm South Valley Solutions, has posted on his blog http://johnhardisty.com an article supporting the California dairy industry’s response to attacks by animal rights groups, such as the U.S. Humane Society.

John Hardisty commends the decision by the state’s dairy farmers to join together in an oversight and standards verification program that will assure Californians that dairy cows are being treated humanely.

But John Hardisty believes the dairy industry must do more. An outreach center, such as the one at Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana, should be established to showcase California’s innovative dairy industry. City folks should be invited into the barns to be awed by the industry’s advances. He recommends such an information center be established in Bakersfield, which has some of California’s newest and most innovative dairies, and which is located close to urban Southern California.

To learn more about the Fair Oaks Farms information center click on to http://tinyurl.com/FairOaksFarmIndiana

John Hardisty’s article can be read by clicking on to http://tinyurl.com/yfqs2lm