Jonathan Gates reports from Howmars Farm in Franklin, Vermont. Howmars is a certified organic dairy farm, one of many Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative farmer members who supply the milk that goes into making Stonyfield's yogurts and smoothies. The entire family pitches in on this third-generation farm. Jonathan and his father, Howard, converted the farm from conventional dairy farming to organic 9 years ago. Meet Jonathan. He farms with his wife Karen, sons Benjamin, Justin, and Noah, and Jonathan's parents, Howard and Mary.
Bovine Bugle on break, but we won't leave you out in the cold
To all our loyal readers:
We're trying to make The Bovine Bugle even better! This requires some "down time" on our end. We'll be back to you the minute we're up and running. In the meantime, why not take a moment to scroll through our older posts, by clicking on the month under the "Archive" heading to your left? Or take a second look at these videos of a new calf making her debut at Howmars Farm last August. Life on the farm is never dull!
October 10, 2005 Myrtle's new calf meets the herdmates
Myrtle's new calf, her first, was born a few weeks ago. Farmer Jonathan captured the moment when Myrtle's herdmates decided to come check out the new arrival. Myrtle's doing a lot of bellowing in this video, simply because she's got new-mom jitters--she's just not too sure what she's supposed to be doing with this new little girl. Just press on the big arrow in the center to play the video.
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Posted by Blogger Chris at January 18, 2006 07:07 PM
Jonathan Gates reports from Howmars Farm in Franklin, Vermont.
To all our loyal readers: