Cow power in Oregon
By
Eric Mortenson
The Oregonian
May 19, 2011
Since it's founding in 1941 Lochmead Farms has been at the cutting edge of every agricultural trend you can name, from local food and vertical business integration to renewable energy.
Buzz Gibson sits in his Ford pickup, with a MOO MAN license plate, and thinks things over. He'll be 65 in June and at first take is every bit the traditional dairyman. He's a thick-chested, ruddy man in jacket and jeans, and a dispenser of rural judgment about politicians, government regulators and the liberal local paper, which he calls the "Red Guard" and claims to read only to keep track of his enemies.
