This Bavarian cooperative has been doing organic Alpine milk since 1973 — Germany’s oldest organic dairy. The numbers are striking: 1,600 member farms averaging just 30 cows each, producing 100 million kg of certified organic milk annually. They run Simmental (Fleckvieh) and Brown Swiss herds along the ridge between Watzmann and Zugspitze. The cooperative model is what makes it viable at this scale — shared processing, collective bargaining power, and guaranteed fair pricing. This is the playbook for making small Alpine dairy sustainable.