1,200 trees. That's how Tucker Gretebeck's family is providing shade to their grazing dairy cows outside of Cashton. And it's how the farm is reducing carbon for Organic Valley's new net zero carbon initiative. Gretebeck says it was too expensive for him alone. But with help from OV, NRCS, and environmental groups, he was able to get the funds and labor he needed to plant the trees back in May. He tells Mid-West Farm Report that severe storms in 2018 washed out dams and his shady pasture. That's why this project was so important. 

1,200 trees. That's how Tucker Gretebeck's family is providing shade to their grazing dairy cows outside of Cashton. And it's how the farm is reducing carbon for Organic Valley's new net zero carbon initiative. Gretebeck says it was too expensive for him alone. But with help from OV, NRCS, and environmental groups, he was able to get the funds and labor he needed to plant the trees back in May. He tells Mid-West Farm Report that severe storms in 2018 washed out dams and his shady pasture. That's why this project was so important.

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