Here’s all the “moos” that’s fit to print
April 2006

In this issue:

• From the President’s Pasture: Celebrate Earth Day with a Movie
• Virtual March to Stop Global Warming Ends on Earth Day
• Call For Entries! Make Your Own Commercial For The Earth
• Make It An Organic Earth Day—5 Actions To Celebrate The Earth
• Youth Meets Her Snowboarding Idol, Kelly Clark, For A Late-Season Run
• Cooking With Culture: Ambrosia Salad
  

Gary Hirshberg From The President's Pasture: Dear Friends, Back in the early 1970’s as a single college student, I studied the then young, emerging science of human-induced climate change. Even then, it was already clear that human activities such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation were resulting in a warming of the planet, and things would start to be very bleak by the middle of the 21st century. The scientific data was clear in 1975 and even clearer today. We now know that in the next 30-50 years, seas will rise even higher than previously thought, storms will be much fiercer and agriculture and wildlife will be significantly disrupted. Much of the world’s population lives in low lying areas that will become uninhabitable. These predictions seemed like forever way back then, but not any longer. As a father, and as a CE-Yo responsible for the livelihood and well-being of hundreds of farmers and employees and thousands of their family members, I feel an enormous sense of urgency that we do need to act now to make the world more habitable for our children and theirs. Can we save the planet? Is there still time?  These are the questions that keep me up at night. The good news is that the US is waking up to the threat of climate change. TIME magazine’s April 6 cover headline sent a chill down my spine: Be Worried. Be VERY Worried. We should all be very worried. But that’s not enough. We need to act. I don’t pretend that we can reverse climate change only by switching to more energy efficient household light bulbs.  Ultimately, the greatest power to make the most immediate change lies with industry. But that’s where you and I come in.  In my 2+ decades in business, I’ve learned that industry does what consumers and investors tell us to do. We’ve created a short Internet film, “Climate: A Crisis Averted,” that looks back from 2056 and recounts how ordinary citizens in 2006 – people like you and me – take action to demand clean energy and other steps to reverse climate change. It’s fiction, but it doesn’t need to be. WE, each and every one of us, can make it happen. For starters, I’m writing to ask you to watch the movie. It can be viewed at www.renewus.org and then send this link on to all your friends and colleagues. The internet gives us the power to reach millions in hours. You will see that we have created a new effort called Renew US.  In coming weeks and months, you can learn of many simple actions that we can all take to make significant and powerful change in our country. We can turn this ship around and make climate change history. If we act together now, I truly believe that we can save the planet. What better way to mark Earth Day 2006 than to take the first steps to give the planet hope for a happy ending?

Virtual March To Stop Global Warming Ends On Earth Day
On April 22, thousands of “marchers” including our own CE’Yo Gary Hirshberg, will arrive in Washington D.C. to request that the president initiate a plan of  action to address global warming. The marchers will ask Congress to enact new laws to better control and curtail pollution from U.S. power plants, factories and automobiles, and they will ask U.S. businesses to start a new industrial revolution of clean energy products that will reduce our oil dependence and global warming pollution. Join our CE’Yo on this virtual march and check out the many ways you can contribute to ending global warming.

Call For Entries! Make Your Own commercial For The Earth
April is a month-long focus on Earth Day, but we like to celebrate Earth Day every day at Stonyfield Farm. If you want to help us, send us your original “commercial” for the Earth.  If you had 30-seconds of airtime, what would your commercial say? Film it with your digital camera or cell phone, convert it to MP4 format, send it to us via e-mail at blogger@stonyfield.com and we’ll post your video in a special blog on our website. Maximum file size we can accept is 100mb!   All videos become the property of Stonyfield Farm. We reserve the right to use them in whatever way we see fit.

Include in the email:

Title of Video
Name
Age
Mailing Address
Email address:
Phone number:
Names of anyone starring in video
Specifications: 30 seconds maximum
100mb maximum. 
File format: MP4.

Make It An Organic Earth Day—5 Actions To Celebrate The Earth

1. Sign up for a summer with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
   
   
2. Go organic! Read our Choosing Organic Food and our Practical Guide to Understanding Organic and why we oppose GMOs, then join the campaign to require GMO labeling in the United States.
   
   
3. Go to market: Find a farmer’s market  near you to buy local, fresh produce.
   
   
4. Support restaurants which support organic farmers by visiting one listed in the Chef’s Colalborative Restaurant Guide .
   
   
5. Learn how children have lower amounts of pesticides in their bodies when they eat an organic diet.

Youth Meets Her Snowboarding Idol, Kelly Clark, For A Late-Season Run
Katy McLaughlin from Reading, Massachusetts got to spend a day with her idol, U.S. Olympics snowboarder Kelly Clark, March 19 at Mount Snow, Vermont, through a 2005 Stonyfield Farm promotion that chose Katy’s name from among thousands of entries.  Katy, age 13, and Kelly hit the slopes together, along with Katy’s dad and brother Stephen on skis. Katy and Kelly also raced against each other on a vertical challenge. Not only did Kelly share some tricks with Katy, but also invited her to a dinner at TC’s Family Restaurant in West Dover, Vermont, owned by Kelly’s family.

Kelly Clark won the first Women’s Gold Medal in the snowboarding half pipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In the 2006 Torino Olympics, she placed fourth despite a fall. The Stonyfield Farm grand prize included travel to Mount Snow and two nights' lodging, lifts and rentals for the winner and her family. Many thanks to Mount Snow and to Kelly Clark for making the day enjoyable for Katy and her family.

Cooking With Culture: Ambrosia Salad
Usually made with sour cream, the addition of vanilla yogurt is a great way to make this “sweet” treat a little more healthy. You can also prepare this recipe by using our Strawberry or BaNilla yogurts for a fruitier flavor!

Ingredients
1 cup mandarin oranges, drained
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup Stonyfield Farm lowfat vanilla yogurt
1 cup pineapple chucks, drained
1 cup shredded coconut

Directions
Combine all ingredients and toss gently. Allow to rest in refrigerator for short time for best flavor.

Yields: 4 servings

You can find more than 500 recipes using yogurt on our website.

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