According to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the cows at Moon Glow Dairy may be some of the only ones out there meeting the government’s five-a-day requirement! Dairy farmer Lou Calcagno is using recycled food scraps to feed his 900 dairy cows as part of their daily TMR.

Hope they are getting their 90 minutes of exercise a day too!

Along the shores of Elkhorn Slough, Lou Calcagno of Moon Glow Dairy adds a green twist of recycling to the age-old tradition of dairy farming. Calcagno’s 900 dairy cows feast on a gourmet diet of vegetable and fruit scraps from local food processing plants including apple pulp from S.
Martinelli and Co., cull artichokes from Ocean Mist Farms, and broccoli from Mann Packing Co. Inc.