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In this issue:

Organic Harvest Month
Register to vote — Your Vote Matters
"Visit" an organic dairy farmer at Stonyfield.com
Stonyfield’s first “point of contact”
We have lots of fat-free fans
Strong Women Summit — An inspirational weekend
Cooking with the fruits of fall
- Apple Spice Muffins
- Apple and Yogurt Coffee Cake

The President’s Pasture
We’re celebrating Organic Harvest Month! When the Organic Trade Association created Organic Harvest Month back in 1992, September seemed the natural choice—harvest time. We celebrate delicious organic fruit and vegetables, and the people who labor year ‘round to grow it. Buying organic products supports an “earth-friendly” way of farming--protecting lakes, rivers, aquifers and, ultimately, the water you drink. For Organic Harvest Month, we’re offering a downloadable wallet card that lists the fresh fruits and vegetables with the highest and the lowest levels of pesticides. Take this important information with you on your next grocery shopping trip.

This month we here at Stonyfield Farm are also “harvesting” some of our own all natural and organic products. Kids will love our Surfin’ Strawberry and Orange Wave Juice Smoothies. For carb-conscious folks, we created MOOve Over Carbs with just 5g net carbs per serving. It’s the only dairy treat for carb-counters that’s naturally sweetened!

Gary Hirshberg
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Register to vote at Stonyfield.com—Your Vote Matters
Fall means the presidential election season is at high tide. Because voting is so important, we’ve made it easy for you to register. Click through to Your Vote Matters and you’ll be registered in no time. Before you vote, learn about the environmental records of the candidates. The League of Conservation Voters has issued a Score Card for checking up on the voting records of your elected officials.

“Visit” an organic dairy farmer at Stonyfield.com
Jonathan Gates is an organic dairy farmer in Franklin, Vermont, up near the Canadian border. At Stonyfield.com, he writes a “journal” of sorts, The Bovine Bugle, to give you glimpses into what daily life is like on his farm. From adventures in wood-cutting to harvesting maple syrup, Jonathan tells about his triumphs and challenges in operating an organic family dairy farm. Visit The Bovine Bugle.

Stonyfield’s first “point of contact”!
Diana Chances are, if you’ve called our consumer hotline, written us an e-mail or sent us a letter, you’ve already made contact with Diana Godbout in Consumer Relations. She’s one of a small staff answering the 2000 letters a month and 200 calls a day we get here.
Hired in 1994, Diana has had her desk moved 14 times and she’s experienced three employee cafeterias. All that change has made her good at her job. “I know how things work and I know how they evolved here,” she says. “Everything we do affects how I do my job.”

Diana had an Associate’s Degree in computing, then Stonyfield helped her return to college and earn a B.A. in Marketing. Those experiences helped her create a Consumer Relations database now used throughout Stonyfield. “People are so attached to our products,” Diana says. “They really read our labels. If we change one little thing, I get calls. Our customers want to see us do well and they want to be part of that success.”

Diana says our consumers are often surprised by the kind of personal response we give them. For a company of our size, that’s unusual, she says. Diana soon celebrates 30 years of marriage to her high school sweetheart, David, with whom she has four grown children.

We have lots of fat-free fans
Lately our loyal yogurt-eaters have been writing us letters about our fat-free line of yogurts. We love hearing from consumers! Here’s what they're saying:

I recently bought some of your fat free yogurt because I had a coupon for it. It is the first fat free yogurt I've had that doesn't taste fat free.
I just wanted to thank you for making such a great product. Your fat-free yogurts are the best that I've ever tasted!! I'm trying to loose a little weight for health reasons, and your yogurt makes me forget that I'm eating healthy!! Thanks again and keep up the good work!!
Your nonfat yogurt is the greatest thing in the store. I buy it by the dozen…and I take one with me every single morning when I leave the house…Y'all's yogurt puts all the others to shame!
I recently purchased your Stonyfield Farm All Natural Fat Free Yogurt in the Chocolate Underground flavor and could not believe how great it tasted! It was so deliciously creamy and chocolatey--it reminded me more of pudding than of yogurt! I especially like that it did not have that "yogurt" taste that I normally find in other yogurts (and do not like). My 4-year old son really enjoyed it too.

Strong Women Summit –An inspirational weekend
Bring friends and save!
We’ve just made it easier for you to attend our November Strong Women Summit. Bring a friend and save. Bring more than one friend and save even more.

Cooking with the fruits of fall
We have hundreds of recipes on our website, and now you can rate those recipes! If you try one, we’d love to hear what you think about it. Just click through to the Rate This Recipe feature on that recipe’s page to enter your rating.

Apple Spice Muffins
Moist and light, these muffins make a delicious breakfast.

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 eggs
1 cup vanilla Stonyfield Farm Yogurt
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup apples, peeled and chopped

Directions:
Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and cinnamon. In another bowl, blend eggs, yogurt and butter. Pour egg mixture into flour mixture, add apples and stir. Bake at 375ºF for 20-25 minutes.

Yields: 12 muffins

Apple and Yogurt Coffee Cake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup raisins
3 medium apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup vanilla Stonyfield Farm Yogurt

Topping:
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts

Directions:
IPreheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly grease a 9x13 pan. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars. Add the vanilla and eggs and beat together. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add raisins, apples and walnuts and toss lightly to coat. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix thoroughly. Gently fold in the yogurt until evenly mixed. Pour the batter into the baking pan.

To make the topping, mix together the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and walnuts. Sprinkle the topping over the batter. Bake the coffee cake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack before serving.

Yields: 14 Servings

Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories 230; Calories from Fat 110; Total Fat 12g; Cholesterol 45mg; Total Carbohydrates 29g; Protein 3g, Fiber 3g