Advances in Organic Dairy Cattle Farming

1. Organic dairy farming in Europe: building on the past to develop the future: Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark; Lindsay K. Whistance, The Organic Research Centre, UK; and Steve Roderick, Duchy College, UK;

Part 1 Improving breeding and nutrition



2. Organic dairy cattle breeding: possibilities and challenges: Morten Kargo, Julie Brastrup Clasen and Margot Slagboom, Aarhus University, Denmark;
3. Optimizing soils, pasture and grassland management for organic dairy farming: Stephen Roderick, Duchy College, UK and Hannah Jones, Farm Carbon Toolkit, UK;
4. Assessing milk quality from organic production: Gillian Butler and Hannah Davis, Newcastle University, UK;

Part 2 Improving health, welfare and life opportunities



5. The value of One Health and One Welfare approaches in promoting the health and welfare of organic dairy cattle: Lindsay Whistance, The Organic Research Centre, UK;
6. The lives of calves from organic dairy farms: Kerstin Barth, J. H. von Thuenen Institute - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany; Julie Foske Johnsen, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway; Marie Haskell, SRUC, UK; Silvia Ivemeyer, J. H. von Thuenen Institute - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany; and Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark;
7. Improving herd health management and disease prevention in organic dairy cattle farming: Dr Lisa Morgans, Royal Agricultural University/(formerly Innovation for Agriculture), UK; Catarina Svensson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; Julie Duval, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France; and Silvia Ivemeyer, Thuenen Insititute - Institute of Organic Farming, Germany;
8. The use of plant bio-active compounds and other alternative therapeutic strategies in organic dairy farming: Maria Groot, Wageningen University & Research. The Netherlands; Ariane Maeschli and Michael Walkenhorst, Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland;
9. Improving the management of parasites in organic dairy farming: Stig M. Thamsborg, Andrew Williams, and Helena Mejer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Nadine Ravinet, INRAE, France; Miguel Pena-Espinoza, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria; and Philip J. Skuce, Moredun Research Institute, UK;
10. An ethical framework for the use of technology in organic dairy farming: David Christian Rose, Harper Adams University, UK; Juliette Schillings, University College Dublin, Ireland; and Eden Keily-Thurstain, formerly University of Cambridge, UK;

Part 3 Improving sustainability



11. Integration of organic dairy cows into a whole farm context: Stephen Roderick, Duchy College, UK and Lindsay Whistance, The Organic Research Centre, UK;
12. How can organic dairy farming address and improve biodiversity and healthy ecosystems?: Will Simonson, The Organic Research Centre, UK;
13. Market structures of organic dairy farming and consumer attitudes towards organic milk processing: Otto Schmid, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland; Hanna Stolz, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland; Karlotta Koch, University of Hohenheim, Germany; and Claudia Meier, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland;
14. Organic dairy farming as part of sustainable ecological and social food systems: Mette Vaarst, Aarhus University, Denmark; Adrian Muller, Christian Schader, Florian Leiber and Bernadette Oehen, FiBL, Switzerland; Lindsay K. Whistance, The Organic Research Centre, UK; and Stephen Roderick, Duchy College Rural Business School, UK;