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Follow organic dairy farmer Jonathan Gates as he reports weekly from his Vermont family farm. Howmars Farm 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. Check out some of the happenings on his farm and post your comments. Jonathan loves to get feedback from readers.

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Researchers at Washington State University are hard at work studying organic food and growing methods to try to determine the exact health benefits of organic food.  Preliminary research is pointing toward more antioxidants in organic food and, in fact, organic strawberries that taste better than conventionally grown ones. More research is needed, the university says.

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Thanksgiving is a great feast for natural and organic foods. What qualifies a potato or a sweet potato as organic?

Posted by: sara | November 27, 2006 at 06:27 PM

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