The Bovine Bugle

WHAT’S UP WITH THE COWS DOWN ON THE FARM?

It seems rather obvious to say this, but Stonyfield Farm yogurts wouldn’t be possible without cows and the farmers who tend them. Stonyfield Farm believes that family farms are a better alternative because the farmers tend to live on the land that they are stewarding and, therefore, are much more careful about the inputs to the land and their animals. Certainly certified organic family farms are better for the planet, for the cows and for you. Here at the Bovine Bugle Blog we want to introduce you to the everyday challenges facing a family trying to make an organic dairy farm work. Our farmer “reporter” Jonathan Gates will give us the daily news from Howmars Farm in Franklin, Vermont. We want you, wherever you are, to come here to visit the farms we get to visit, and to ask a lot of questions. And we hope you’ll get to know the cows.