The Bovine Bugletag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3555022009-07-10T13:28:50ZJonathan 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!A springtime special deliverytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e2011570f74e97970c2009-07-10T06:28:50-07:002009-07-10T13:28:51ZStonyfieldMost of the time, folks come to Howmars Farm in the spring to get their compost. But this past May, we made a special delivery. My cousin, Deb Cook, had wanted some compost for her raised-beds, but she couldn't drive...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/07/most-of-the-time-folks-come-to-howmars-farm-in-the-spring-to-get-their-compost-but-today-we-made-a-special-delivery-my-co.htmlBountiful harvest from the first cutting of haytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e2011570d71e2d970c2009-07-06T12:43:30-07:002009-07-06T19:43:30ZStonyfieldYesterday was a long one here at Howmars Farm, but the reward for our efforts was great. We had spent the two previous days mowing the hayfields to get the grass drying to be ready to bale today. Not only...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine/2009/07/yesterday-was-a-long-one-here-at-howmars-farm-but-the-reward-for-our-efforts-was-great-we-had-spent-the-two-previous-days-m.htmlSome good weather, finally, means time to mow the fieldstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451f31469e2011570a4517a970c2009-07-01T08:51:00-07:002009-07-01T15:51:00ZStonyfieldWe had been waiting for some good weather to do our first crop of hay. This morning the forecast sounded promising, and after checking it again at noon we decided to go ahead and start mowing. Ben had gotten the...<div class="feedflare">
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