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title: "Life and Work in the Pacific Northwest's Dairy Industry"
date: 2024-07-09T10:56:00-05:00
author: Sarah Moss
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# Life and Work in the Pacific Northwest's Dairy Industry

Dordt University graduates working in the Pacific Northwest's dairy industry share their perspectives.

 

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 ![]()How do Dordt University graduates pursuing careers in the dairy industry use their God-given talents and abilities to be faithful stewards in the Pacific Northwest?

Some have returned to manage large-scale family farms, while others have founded small dairy operations. Some have worked in rural Washington state, urban British Columbia, or somewhere in-between. Still others have introduced new technologies like robotic milkers or have maintained generations-old practices like regenerative grazing. They have sold premium butter, milk on tap, and an up-and-coming yogurt-like cheese called skyr.

Cultivating land, caring for animals, finding new approaches: **here are stories of Dordt agriculture graduates** fulfilling the creational mandate to “be fruitful…and subdue the earth” (Genesis 1:28) while honoring God through lives of service, leadership, and innovation in the dairy industry.

 

 

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Cultivating land, caring for animals, finding new approaches: here are stories of Dordt ag graduates fulfilling the creational mandate while honoring God through lives of service, leadership, and innovation.

 

  [### Bridging the Gap between Dairy and Tech

Rebecca Steiger works in farm management support in Lynden, Washington.

 Learn More  

 ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/bridging-the-gap-between-dairy-and-tech)  

  [### Promise Valley Farm and Creamery Turns Passion into Dairy Products

Promise Valley Farm and Creamery is a small, family-run organic dairy farm located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

 Learn More  

 ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/promise-valley-farm-and-creamery-turns-passion-into-dairy-products)  

  [### Steensma Creamery Makes Small Batch, Local Skyr

Steensma Creamery in Lynden, Washington, founded by fourth-generation dairy farmers, crafts skyr yogurt while promoting agricultural education in their community.

 Learn More  

 ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/steensma-creamery-makes-small-batch-local-skyr)  

  [### A Family Focus on Premium Dairy

The Van Keulen brothers work collaboratively to run Donia Farms in Surrey, British Columbia.

 Learn More  

 ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/a-family-focus-on-premium-dairy)  

 

 

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