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May 2006
In this issue:
- From the President’s Pasture: Do Something Wild; Visit a Farm
- Take Four Minutes, Watch a Movie, Change the Planet
- Think There’s Nothing You Can Do About Rising Gas Prices? Think Again
- We’re Giving Away the Farm!
- May—A Good Month to Focus on Women and Their Bones
- Are You a Soy Lover, or Want to Become One?
- Recipes: A Triffle Bit Stonyfield
Berries and lady fingers make a pretty dish to take to wedding showers and graduation parties!
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Gary Hirshberg |
From the President's Pasture: Do Something Wild; Visit a Farm
This summer, why not do something wild and visit a farm? You may have noticed our Farm Getaway lids this month, which tell you how you could enter our sweepstakes to win a trip to a working farm B & B. You may wonder: Why would I want to spend my vacation on a farm?
Our business puts us in constant contact with family farmers and I never cease being in awe of their lives and their dedication. I personally know farmers who supply Stonyfield with milk for our yogurt, smoothies and ice cream. They get up at 3 a.m. every day to milk the cows. They return at 3 p.m. every day to milk them again. In between, it’s heavy labor--feeding, haying, repairing machinery, cleaning stalls and general farm maintenance. I know dairy farmers who struggle to get a break from the milking, to get away once or twice a year with the family. Cows need to be tended and milked every day without fail.
For many Americans, this way of life is a mystery to them and is only destined to become more so. Every day, 3,000 acres of America's working farms and ranches are paved over into housing, highways, shopping malls and parking lots.*
Supporting family farmers—enabling them to earn a decent living and to stay on their land—is an environmental objective. By preserving small family farms, we can reduce surburban sprawl and all the traffic and energy consumption that comes with it. By supporting organic farmers, we can reduce the amount of pesticides in our food chain. Find out how you can support family farmers.
If you’re not lucky enough to win our Farm Getaway Sweeptstakes, take some time this summer to visit a working farm. It’s a vanishing way of life, but it doesn’t have to be a mystery.
*source: American Farmland Trust
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 Take Four Minutes, Watch a Movie, Change the Planet
"Climate: A Crisis Averted" looks back from 2056 and recounts how ordinary citizens in 2006- - realizing that global warming was a scientific fact and not a climatic theory -- take action to demand clean energy and other planet-friendly options. The movie, currently playing at Stonyfield.com, describes how a movement called RenewUS effected real change with an action plan, or 'call-to-arms' on global warming. View the movie, then click through to see what you can do.
Think There's Nothing You Can Do About Rising Gas Prices? Think Again
Check out our Learning What You Can Do pages at Stonyfield.com, including "Choose Your Commute" for some ways to drive less or save money while you do drive. The organizations linked in this article will surely lead you to other wonderful resources out on the web, before you head out on the highway for summer fun.
 We’re Giving Away the Farm!
Well, sort of. Take our Farm Smarts Quiz and enter your name in our random drawing for a chance to win a weekend for 4 at a working Farm Bed & Breakfast. All you have to do is answer ten short questions such as "On average, how much of every dollar spent on food does the farmer receive?" You don’t even have to answer them all correctly. Try it now!
May—A Good Month to Focus on Women and Their Bones
 May is Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month and this is a topic close to our hearts. American women are four times more likely to develop osteoporosis than men.
Two periods in a woman’s life are critical times for her to consume adequate amounts of calcium to help prevent this bone-thinning condition. Adequate calcium intake during the peak bone development years of early childhood into adolescence is critical. Some experts say that calcium intake during a girl’s adolescence is extremely important because this period represents one of the last surges in bone development before the body begins a slow decline in bone density during adulthood. Still, many adolescent girls don’t get enough calcium in their diets.
Secondly, post-menopausal woman become high risk for osteoporosis because they’ve lost some hormonal protection and they need more calcium during this time. Research shows, however, that seven out of ten Americans don’t get enough calcium in their daily diets. At age 51, the Dietary Recommended Intake (DRI) for women increases from 1000 to 1200 mg per day, yet we know women over 60 are consuming only 658 mg. Consuming dairy products is an excellent way to ensure adequate calcium intake.
Of course, we’d like to point out that Stonyfield Farm yogurt is an excellent source of daily calcium (and a tasty one, too!). Each 6oz. serving provided 5-35% of your daily calcium requirement, plus we’ve added a bit extra to our products. The “inulin” you see listed on each Stonyfield yogurt cup is a naturally dietary fiber that, among other things, increases calcium absorption into the body—the bones—by as much as 20 percent!
You can read more about women, calcium and calcium absorption in Bone Up on Calcium,
and in Calcium Absorption and Bone Density, by our nutritionist Vicki Koenig, MS, RD, CDN.
 Are You a Soy Lover, or Want to Become One?
You can get a free, 1-year subscription to Vegetarian Times magazine, simply by sending in 10 lids from Stonyfield Farm O’Soy cups. It’s that easy. Vegetarian Times features healthy, quick recipes, plus news on health, diet, exercise and nutrition. This offer expires July 31, 2006. Send lids (clean please), along with your name and address to:
Stonyfield Farm
Vegetarian Times Magazine Offer
P.O. Box 4840
Manchester, NH 03108-4840
Recipes: A Triffle Bit Stonyfield
Submitted by: Meagan Ryerson
Berries and lady fingers make a pretty dish to take to wedding showers and graduation parties!
Ingredients
1-2 packs of reduced fat lady fingers (depending on triffle dish size)
2/3 tub of reduced fat whipped topping
6 cups Stonyfield Farm Fat Free French Vanilla yogurt
1 small container of Stonyfield Farm Strawberry yogurt
1 pint fresh rasberries
1 pint fresh blackberries
1/2 pint fresh blueberries
6 large strawberries
Directions
Layer the bottom of a trifle dish with the reduced fat lady fingers.
Take 1 1/2 cups of whipped topping and spread evenly over lady fingers.
Spread two cups of vanilla yogurt over whipped cream.
Spread most of the pint of fresh rasberries over the yogurt. Reserve 6 to 8 berries.
Cover with another layer of lady fingers, then repeat above steps two more times, using the blackberries then the blueberries.
End with a layer of whipped cream.
Place strawberries around the outside of the trifle, and fill the inside with raspberries.
Yields: 12 servings
You can find more than 500
recipes using yogurt on our website.
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