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At Home in Nature -
Saturday June 04, 2011 - By Mary
Though the names of Roosevelt, Mills, Muir, Thoreau are known in the United States as advocates for conservation of natural resources, the first time natural resources were conserved by a government was during the reign of the Emperor Ashoka I of what is today...
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At Home in Nature -
Sunday May 29, 2011 - By Mary
Sometimes a glance back at the origins of a science are as enlightening as the most recent research. So little has changed fundamentally since its beginning, while so much detail and understanding has been gained! Nutritional science, pioneered...
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Bautista Creek Local Produce -
Sunday May 22, 2011 - By Susan
Our farm was recently visited by David Karp, a researcher at University of California Riverside and "Market Watch columnist for the L.A. Times. The article came out on line on Friday, May 20th and will be in the paper the following Friday. ...
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At Home in Nature -
Monday March 14, 2011 - By Mary
Spring is the time when what we harvest in autumn is determined. Planting is half the game, tending is the other. Good forethought in both allows success. For those of us planting wheat and other small grains this year, we should not...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Monday December 20, 2010 - By David
Tamworth Boar circa 1914 The
Tamworth is probably the purest of the modern breeds of swine, it
having been improved more largely by selection and care than by the
introduction of the blood of other breeds. One historian claims
...
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Boulder Belt Eco-Farm -
Tuesday November 09, 2010 - By Lucy
Greenings and Saladations, We have just two weeks left in the season which makes me happy and sad (I guess one could call that bittersweet). I am happy to be through what turned out to be one of the hardest seasons we have ever had. But not...
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West Brookfield Farmers Market -
Sunday August 15, 2010 - By Amy
The following excerpts taken From The Old Farmer’s Almanac by Robert B. Thomas, No. 86, 1860.
Then honor him who tills the soil,As well as those who rear our domes; For both leave monuments of toil Which point to many happy homes.
Sound...
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Five Mountain Farm (formerly Lent's Organics) -
Wednesday April 14, 2010 - By Christopher
Five Mountain Farm Shickshinny, PA
We are a small family farm in McKendree Village, about 5 miles outside of Shickshinny, PA. Our farm is 120 acres, with a diverse landscape of woodlands, wetlands, pastures and meadows. Our hemlocks are...
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Barbra Flores -
Thursday March 04, 2010 - By Andrea
My name is Andrea DeJesus. My mother is Barba Flores, hence the name Barbra's Farm.
A little Family History. My grandfather started farming long ago around the Junction City Area. As time went on he purchased property on Eureka...
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Emma's Family Farm in Maine -
Wednesday February 24, 2010 - By Rose and Steve
Just this morning, Gertie the goose laid her first egg of the season. She is one of our "up front" residents here, Gertie along with her mate Henry live where they are visible from both the road and the driveway.
Henry has been with us since Rose came home...
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What's the Buzz? -
Wednesday January 27, 2010 - By Marcie
I don't know how it all began, really....this connection to the bees. I remember being a toddler in West Hempstead, NY and my best (and only friend) Eddy McGrath and I ran around my yard with little baggies playing Jungle Boy and Jungle Girl....trying to catch...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Sunday December 13, 2009 - By Emily
One of the great things about our farm is the sense of history you get just by being here. Not just because we choose to farm with horses and use antique equipment, but the very buildings are antiques too! One of my long-term goals is to research...
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MM Livestock Co -
Tuesday June 16, 2009 - By Megan
This is an excerpt from "A History of Shelby County Iowa 1915"
Perry McDowell born May 17,1866
"Poets often tell the truth and the old song which contains the refrain "The farmer feeds them all" states a very fundamental economic truth. Without the farmer...
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Re Rustica -
Wednesday March 18, 2009 - By fullofbeans
Saws and axes are still good enough for thinning trees. Shovels are still good enough for planting trees. And, it turns out, tents are still good enough for living in!
We love trees. Who doesn’t? Yet we cut down a big one - almost 4 feet across. Then we...
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Bloom Where You're Planted Farm -
Friday March 13, 2009 - By Teresa
I love old barns. I photograph them on vacations and use a barn in our farm's logo. I really love our old barn. Not because it has any particularly flashy architecture or stands out amongst other barns -- I just love it because it...
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Re Rustica -
Saturday February 14, 2009 - By fullofbeans
The word “acre” is derived from Old English æcer (originally meaning “open field”, cognate to west coast Norwegian language “ækre” and Swedish “åker”, German Acker, Latin ager and Greek ????? (agros). -Wikipedia
An acre is 43,560 Square Feet, but why?...
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Campbell Trinity C Ranch -
Thursday January 29, 2009 - By Steve and Debra
The North American Devon Association has just completed a very good video on the history of Red Devon cattle dating back 2000 years. It can be viewed here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnq_AA_KdY
I hope you find it informative and...
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Bloom Where You're Planted Farm -
Friday January 23, 2009 - By Teresa
I always seem to get reflective and nostaligc this time of year. My grandma, who lived on this farm for over 55 years, passed away two years ago this week at the age of 92. Her name was Florence (Meisinger) Brandt, and she and my grandfather...
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Sage Hill Farms -
Wednesday December 03, 2008 - By Bea
The middle of winter has always been a time of celebrations. Even Pagan celebrations were a ritual born of beliefs that followed the only spiritual guideline available. Long before the arrival of the man called Jesus, early Europeans celebrated light and...
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