Stonyfield Farmer Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3555022009-12-23T12:49:16-08:00Jonathan Gates reports from Howmars Farm in Franklin, Vermont. Howmars is a certified organic dairy farm, one of many Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative farmer members who supply the milk that goes into making Stonyfield's yogurts and smoothies.The entire family pitches in on this third-generation farm. Jonathan and his father, Howard, converted the farm from conventional dairy farming to organic some 11 years ago now, on October 1. This is their 12th year of organic operation!
TypePadSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe to the Bovine Bugle RSS Feed!Snow waits until early December to come to northern Vermonttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20128767a3a34970c2009-12-23T12:49:16-08:002009-12-23T12:49:02-08:00StonyfieldFarmer Jonathan sent this note to us December 9. Things have certainly changed up there by now and we'll give you a report on that a little later here in The Bovine Bugle. This morning, the trees, hills, and rooftops...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/12/this-morning-the-trees-hills-and-rooftops-bore-evidence-that-ol-man-winter-had-visited-in-the-night-it-wasnt-a-measurable.htmlA foggy fall day heralds a winter that is nearingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a709625f970b2009-12-09T16:45:00-08:002009-12-09T16:45:00-08:00StonyfieldOn a foggy fall day, the heifers got a new strip of pasture late in the season...grazing the last of the grass before the winter truly comes to northern Vermont. It has already snowed in Vermont on the higher elevations...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/12/a-foggy-fall-day-heralds-a-winter-that-is-nearing.htmlHarvest time after the first hard frosts in Vermonttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a70959f2970b2009-12-07T16:41:00-08:002009-12-07T16:41:00-08:00StonyfieldJonathan and his son, Noah, work to get the last of the vegeatbles harvested from the family garden. After a hard frost, they went to get the last of the rutabagas and beets. They were looking forward to their favorite...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/12/harvest-time-after-the-first-hard-frosts-in-vermont.htmlHorses in the misttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20128760b8cc6970c2009-12-03T16:36:13-08:002009-12-03T16:36:00-08:00StonyfieldNoah and I were working in the garden today, harvesting the beets, turnips, and rutabagas. It was supposed to be a sunny, warm day, but the clouds didn't want to burn off and the air stayed damp and cold. We...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/12/noah-and-i-were-working-in-the-garden-today-harvesting-the-beets-turnips-and-rutabagas-it-was-supposed-to-be-a-sunny-war.htmlAt Howmars Farm, getting ready for Christmas started back in Octobertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a6bafb5f970b2009-11-20T06:42:01-08:002009-11-20T06:42:01-08:00StonyfieldAt the start of October, the Christmas trees had been calling to me to come over and get them ready for the holiday season, even though I still had nearly 2 months to go! Usually we shear the trees in...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/11/the-christmas-trees-had-been-calling-to-me-to-come-over-and-get-them-ready-for-the-holiday-season-even-though-its-almost-two.htmlPoultry Day at Howmars Farmtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a6b1602a970c2009-11-10T07:06:00-08:002009-11-06T07:43:10-08:00StonyfieldToday was the day we had scheduled Ray Garcia of Cabin View Farm to do process our poultry. We set the date back in May. This year we thought we'd try to save some money and have the meat birds...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/11/today-was-the-day-we-had-scheduled-ray-garcia-of-cabin-view-farm-to-do-process-our-poultry-we-set-the-date-back-in-may-this.htmlThe lost caterpillar turns up as...a butterfly!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a6b15368970c2009-11-06T06:58:20-08:002009-11-06T06:58:20-08:00StonyfieldBack in September, in a blog dated the 17th, I mentioned fnding a Monarch butterfly caterpillar while driving up the main lane of our grazing system. Karen had fixed a two liter pop bottle, as usual, to house the caterpillar...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/11/karen-had-gone-to-change-the-milkweed-when-she-found-that-the-caterpillar-had-escaped-we-searched-the-area-where-the-bot.htmlIt was a very good summer for the hens on Howmars Farmtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a6082b09970b2009-10-28T01:15:00-07:002009-10-20T13:20:45-07:00StonyfieldYou may picture your average chicken on a farm as pecking in the dirt for grain all the time, but this video by Jonathan shows that the girls enjoy a varied diet and, in fact, are a little aggressive in...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/10/it-was-a-very-good-summer-for-the-hens-on-howmars-farm.htmlFalling in love with Vermont, and Autumn, all over againtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a6081868970b2009-10-26T12:50:00-07:002009-10-20T12:56:15-07:00StonyfieldMy son, Noah, has asked me what is my favorite season on the farm. We are blessed to have all four wonderful seasons here in northern Vermont, each one having its own special qualities. But the days during the peak...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/10/falling-in-love-with-vermont-and-fall-all-over-again.htmlThe grass is always greener...er...longer on the other side of the fencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e20120a6082649970b2009-10-22T13:08:00-07:002009-10-20T13:12:08-07:00StonyfieldBack in August, farmer Jonathan shot this video on a lovely summer day. While that weather has given away to the colors of autumn by now and even some very chilly nights, we thought you'd like to see the heifers...<div class="feedflare">
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