WINTERPORT – Horizon Organic announced recently that Gilman Littlefield of Winterport was a winner of the Exceptional Quality Award to honor its farmers as part of the company’s Producer Milk Quality Program.

Horizon Organic’s Exceptional Quality Awards recognize the top 10 percent of the company’s farmer partners whose milk is the highest quality. The 2006 winners were selected based on strict criteria for milk quality. In order to be considered for the award, farmers must ship organic milk to the company for one full calendar year, and the average test results for each shipment of that milk must rank in the top 10 percent in their respective states.

Horizon Organic is currently recruiting new farmer partners who are interested in transitioning to organic farming. For more information, farmers in Maine should call Cindy Masterman at (888) 648-8377 or Peter Slaunwhite at (800) 381-0980. For more information on the growing world of organic, visit www.horizonorganic.com.