16 Hudson Valley Parent
n
September 2016
By JOAN MILLER
A
ccording to the Department
of Agriculture, there are
over 18,000 certified organic
operations in the U.S.
- a number
that has increased 245 percent since
2002.
Obviously, lots of people are into
buying organic products for their
families, but have you ever won-
dered what growing those organic
items is really all about?
Matthew Benson, an area organic
farmer who owns Stonegate Farm
in Newburgh, sat down to talk a bit
about what he does and why.
"Stonegate Farm is really meant
to inform and show people how
to live more harmoniously on the
The organic
'Farmer in
the Dell'
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