THE
RECIPE Samuel Kaymen perfects the recipe for what will later become
Stonyfield Farm Yogurt!
THE RURAL EDUCATION
CENTER (TREC)
Samuel and Louise Kaymen establish The Rural Education Center in Wilton,
NH, a nonprofit organization devoted to teaching rural and homesteading
skills with an emphasis on organic food production. What's this have
to do with Stonyfield Farm? Keep reading.
For
the first 7 years as a struggling startup, Samuel's and Gary's families
occupied adjoining apartments in the farmhouse that was the site of
the Original Yogurt Works.
A SEED IS PLANTED
Enter “idea man” Gary Hirshberg, recruited as a board
member of The Rural Education Center to help implement a business
strategy and generate financial support. Gary leads the Trustees in
a process to devise alternate strategies, and one of the ideas is
to expand the farm and make yogurt production a serious financial
venture. Aha, now you see where this is going!
THE
RECIPE 
is going!
