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Today, it is my honor to introduce one of the current Faces of Farming and Ranching for the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, Carla Wardin.  Carla and her husband, Kris own Evergreen Dairy in St. Johns, MI.  Carla is the sixth generation of her family to be on their farm, and Kris is also from a dairy farm in Michigan.  After graduating from Michigan State University with a master\u2019s in English Literature, Carla worked as an adjunct professor and marketing writer.  Kris also worked in marketing for Caterpillar for six years.  Carla\u2019s parents were talking about selling their cattle, and Kris suggested they buy them and they become farmers.  So Carla and Kris quit their jobs, moved from Connecticut back to Michigan, and have been farming for eight years.  Carla and Kris have three boys \u2013 twin 8 year olds (Ty and Cole), and a 5 year old (Max).<\/p>\n

As one of the Faces of Farming and Ranching, Carla has the opportunity to speak to and write for people in an effort to bring producers and consumers closer together.  She has been writing her blog, Truth or Dairy<\/a> for 5 years, where she talks about daily life on their farm.  In addition, she hosts farm tours and visits local classrooms to provide agricultural education.  This year, they are the fourth grade farmers for Gateway Elementary, an AG-STEM school in St Johns.  Carla is a member and delegate for Michigan Farm Bureau and Michigan Milk Producers Association.  When she\u2019s not doing agricultural education, Carla teaches swimming lessons, works as township supervisor, and is a substitute teacher in her kids\u2019 schools.  In addition, Carla loves running races, traveling to new places, going to events with friends, and hanging out with her family.<\/p>\n

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Carla\u2019s Story in her own words:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What are 3 things you want consumers to know about the dairy products you produce?<\/u><\/h4>\n
I’ll talk about the questions I get most …<\/h5>\n

There are no antibiotics in your milk. Our cows are generally very healthy. If a dairy cow does get sick, we help her get better by giving her an antibiotic to fight off a bacterial infection, much like people do. There\u2019s a very specific way to treat her. First, we follow the medicine labels, which inform us how long the antibiotic will be in her system. For that period of time, we milk her into a separate container and dump the milk. Her milk does not go into the bulk tank with the other cows\u2019 milk.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the verification process and how we guard against human error:<\/h5>\n