Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Stonyfield Farm Earth Day Giveaway

We are huge Stonyfield Farm fans in my house. Right now in our fridge you will find YoBaby 3-in-1 Meals, YoKids Yogurt and Super Smoothie drinkable yogurt. In fact, you can always find those 3 things in my fridge. My kids have not met a Stonyfield product that they didn't gobble up!Currently I am on a dairy free diet due to my nursing baby's milk protein intolerance. But if I wasn't dairy free I'd be eating their probiotic yogurt. I'd also love to try out their Oikos line of Greek yogurt. I have never tried Greek yogurt before but I heard its delicious plus is great to use in many recipes.

What is great about Stonyfield is not only do they make tasty organic products but they are truly a green company. They use clean renewable energy to help power their facility and they provide tremendous support for organic farms


We feel that healthy food can only come from a healthy planet – and through our organic ingredient purchases we have kept over 100,000 farm acres free of toxic, persistent pesticides and chemical fertilizers that can contaminate soil, rivers and drinking water.
For the past few months, Stonyfield has been following the daily life of organic farmer Guy Choiniere through his video diaries. Watching these is a great way to learn what happens on an organic farm. You can watch one videoe below and be sure to check out more on Stonyfield's FarmCam.







Giveaway!!
In celebration of Earth Day, Stonyfield Farm is giving one lucky reader a prize package that includes (1) reusable Stonyfield shopping bag, (1) Girls Gone Green book, (1) Terracycle seed starter kit, (1) Why Eat Organic DVD, (4) 5.3 oz Oikos coupons and (1) free 16 oz Oikos coupon.


Mandatory Entry
Watch the Down To Earth video posted above then comment on one thing you learned or one thing that inspired you from the video.

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This giveaway is open to US Residents 18+ only and will end on Wednesday, May 5 at 11:59pm EST. One winner will be chosen at random using Random.org and will be posted on the Winner's Announcement Page. Winner has 48 hours to claim his/her prize otherwise a new winner will be picked. You must leave your e-mail address in all of your comment(s) so I can contact you. I will not share your e-mail address with anyone, it will strictly be used to notify you if you win. Good luck!

Please note that the opinions and views expressed here are my own and based on my personal experience with the products. You may encounter a different experience with this than I did. Stonyfield Farm is providing the prize pack for this giveaway and will be sending me one as well.





128 comments:

  1. they are a 3rd generation farm family!

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  2. I really loved the quote "The soil knows what to do. Let the soil do the work". That was so awesome. And I loved the fact that the other organic farmers had time to talk with them, where as the other farmers were too hectic to stop and talk. I think that says so much.

    Thanks for a chance to win.

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  3. I really enjoyed learning about how much healthier the family has been since they went organic. Great! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  4. I thought it was amazing that they have 42 different pads of land, and are able to switch their cows to a different grazing pad each day.

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  12. I love the comment "the soil knows what to do". I learned that really good soil is the basis for everything.
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  17. I learned that they were a family operation from day one and now it's in its 3rd generation!
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  18. I love the comment on the video about food and empty nutrition. Made me think more about justifying organic now as a needed thing!

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  19. I am like many of the others, I loved the part about the soil. Healthy soil will grow healthy plants which leads to healthy animals.....a wonderful allusion to the circle of life!!!!!!!

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  22. I learned that organic farms aren't as "hectic" as conventional farms. Thank you.

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  24. I like that the one farmer told him to "let the soil do the work".

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  26. I am inspired to think more carefully about what I buy and put into my body- what we eat affects the environment. I love that by buying stonyfield products, we are supporting an ethical process of food production.
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    THERE IS A LOT OF HARD WORK IN FARMING AND DAIRYING

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  28. They have 42 pads of land they switch their cows on!
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  30. This was a very inspiring video! I learned that Guy Coiniere visited other organic farms to learn how to become organic, and one farmer finally told him, "The soil knows that to do!" It was great to see his family (son, wife, and father) involved in the day to day farming life.
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  31. I liked the comment about the soil. Rich soil is so important to healthy plants.

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  33. I learned that organic farms are not as hectic as conventional farms.
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  35. I love that the organic farmers took the time to talk with them when the regular farmers were too busy to deal with their questions.

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  36. HEALTHY SOIL MAKES FOR A HEALTHY END PRODUCT. ORGANIC IS HEALTHIER.
    ORGANIC FARMING IS LESS HECTIC. QUALTY IS MUCH MRE IMPORTANT THAN SIZE.

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  38. I like the "the soil knows what to do" part. That's sort of my mantra around our house for talking my husband into natural yard care.garden options.
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  39. thaty the soil tell them what to do, they look healthy,the family is hardly ever sick
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  40. Making the switch to organic farming seems to have created a better lifestyle for Guy and his family, in addition to creating a healthier product for us. Kudos!

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  41. I was impressed by his learning and understanding that nature really gives you all the tools you need. basically, you just need to get out of the way and let nature do its work.

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  42. I liked that the family wanted to continue farming and researched alternative methods (organic) to sustain the whole family.

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  43. To me, the most important statement in the video is "the soil knows what to do."

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  44. Interesting he said "the soil knows what to do". So is the farm profitable now?

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  45. I never thought that going with organic foods could make such a huge difference!

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  47. He mentioned letting the soil do the work is the key to organic farming.

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  49. The "The the soil do the work" quote is awesome. I can see the truth of that in my own backyard. The previous owners of our house used icky pesticides to "care" for their lawn, and we are going with an environmentally friendly company. In only one year, the flooding issue that we had had when we first moved in is much better, and our lawn looks just as healthy as our next door neighbor who goes the pesticide route.

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  52. I learned to, "Let the soil do the work." I like that phrase.

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  55. I learned that the farm was bought by the grandfather in 1945

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  62. I learned how organic farming and eating improves health dramatically.

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  65. I learned that they used to be a conventional farm, but then they changed to an organic farm.

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  67. i noticed that the conventional farmers seemed to want to avoid being interviewed like the plague... gee i wonder why?!? thank you for the chance!

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  69. I like how he rotates the cows through 42 different pastures, one per day for 42 days, to give the cows access to fresh pasture every day and to allow the pasture time to recover before the cows are put on it again. Great system! A very inspiring video too!

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  70. Healthier soil makes for healthier pastures for animals to graze on.

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  77. I like how they learned to make their farm organic. Thanks!

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  78. I learned that rich soil is vital to healthy plants

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  81. I learned that if you keep the Animals healthy , you'll keep yourself healthy the organic farmer was saying.

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  92. the movie was interesting. i like that you have to have good quality food and that their is a huge diffence in the food quality in stores.


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  93. The transition was tough at first — soils needed to be rebuilt, and the cows needed a fresh paddock to graze every day. Guy was still on the run.

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  94. I found it interested that they found that when they went organic they became healthier and I also liked that he said as he visited organic farmers, they were able sit and talk because the soil does what it needs to do.

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  98. When I gardened, I always tried to do it the 'natural' way- no pesticides, plenty of compost. So I can really relate to their talking about the healthy soil - that really is the foundation for everything else!

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  103. I learned that small changes lead to big changes.

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  104. I like how the cows are rotated to fresh spots.

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