{"status":"success","farmers":[{"uid":"976","farm_name":"Sunny Cove Farm","city":"Alfred Station","state":"NY","zip":"14803","membership_year":"2006","sustain_programs":[],"profile_url":"http:\/\/www.organicvalley.coop\/who-is-your-farmer\/index\/farmer\/976\/","distance":0,"full_profile_url":"http:\/\/www.organicvalley.coop\/who-is-your-farmer\/northeast\/snyder-ny\/page-1\/","profile":{"name":"NY - Snyder","description":"Jerry and Dotty Snyder didn't certify their farm until 2002, but Sunny Cove has always been maintained organically. \"We never saw the necessity for chemicals,\" Jerry says. \"We grow grass and hay that we fertilize with manure. That's all we need. I learned early on to use my head and work with the land.\"\r\n\r\nAlong with the milk from 45 Holstein-Jersey crosses, the Snyders and their 8 children cultivate an organic apple orchard and operate a sugarbush for maple syruping. Every aspect of the farm is managed in such a way that is not only self-sustaining for the farm itself, but that benefits and supports the community and builds a future for the Snyder's children.","photos":[{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder2.jpg","caption":"The Snyder family at the holidays"},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder1.jpg","caption":"Jerry Snyder likens Sunny Cove to Shelburne Farms, VT."},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder3.jpg","caption":"Mama cow and her calf"},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder4.jpg","caption":"The cows have plenty of pasture on this 400-acre farm"},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder5.jpg","caption":"Last year the kids hung 1,000 maple sap buckets"},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder6.jpg","caption":"Jerry by Sunny Cove's \"Dairy of Distinction\" plaque"},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder8.jpg","caption":"Putting up hay allows for grass feeding year-round."},{"photo":"http:\/\/ovfm.ov.coop\/fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/mw\/Snyder7.jpg","caption":"Farm store and barn in winter"}]},"pools":["Dairy"]}]}