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Moonstruck Farms -
Tuesday February 07, 2012 - By Rowena
Moonstruck Farms CSA would like to welcome the Siebert Lamb Farm to our multi-farm CSA. The Sieberts have been in the lamb business for over 30 years, and raise Heritage Southdown and Hampshire/Suffolk crosses. They are grass and grain fed,...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Friday September 30, 2011 - By David
American
consumers are becoming aware of the practices of large commercial
farming operations and they don't like what they learn. Here's
a great example of proof. Not using sub-therapeutic antibiotics can
quickly lower the anti resistant bacterias...
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Yankee Doodle Farms -
Sunday September 18, 2011 - By Diane
I just received small shipments of Bourbon Red Turkeys, Swedish Ducks, and Ameraucana Chicks. Yes, I know it is very late in the season. And, yes, winter chores protecting these babies won't be easy but I just wasn't ready during the summer and...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Tuesday September 13, 2011 - By David
Are you gonna cut this grass? In
my never ending quest to reduce inputs from outside sources (like the
local feed mill) I have been widening my research on ways to increase
the amount of green foodstuffs I can carry through the winter for the
animals....
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Growing Clean Food -
Tuesday August 16, 2011 - By Paul
For the context of this post, read the story found here . I recently read an article on CNN Money about the USDA's recent $40 million purchase of surplus chicken from the national poultry supply. First of all, I wasn't aware that there was so much of...
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The Shire -
Friday May 06, 2011 - By Laohaire
We raise several breeds of cattle for specific purposes, Sussex for draft, Irish Moiled for milk and beef, British White for beef, Guernsey for milk, and Red Angus for beef. We also have some truly rare breeds solely for conservation. Galloway, Devon, and...
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Southern California Farmers Daughters -
Wednesday April 20, 2011 - By Aisling
During an online chat session last evening an interesting topic came up that I thought others would find interesting.
What is the difference, if any between livestock welfare and humane handling?
here are the answers that were agreed upon. If you...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Tuesday April 19, 2011 - By David
Tilling Pasture Pigs eat a lot of grass. Especially a bunch of Tamworth pigs that get fed limited amounts of grain. In order to keep our pastures full of good grass we sometimes over seed with different types of grasses. I ascribe to the saying...
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At Home in Nature -
Tuesday April 05, 2011 - By Mary
Shelving can be made into a convenient brooder by lining the outside of the shelving with chicken wire, and, using cardboard (which can be replaced periodically in good hygienic practices), lining the bottom of the shelves so that wood chips or shavings may...
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Blue Hill Farms -
Wednesday March 23, 2011 - By Kim
http://bluehillfarms.wordpress.com/
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Homestead Pantry -
Sunday March 20, 2011 - By Homestead Artisa
Today we worked on the brooder house/coop. Again. This has been an awfully long, ongoing project for the size of coop it is, but that happens when you're training your workforce as you construct, and when those happy hens keep interrupting...
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Harvest Hill Farms -
Wednesday March 16, 2011 - By Justin & Sara
Spring is right around the corner and that means baby chick time. We will be getting our first batch of chickens this week and we are really excited to have baby chicks running around again. They will be hatched on Wednesday and hopefully be here and ready to...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Tuesday March 15, 2011 - By Poly
WORK SHOP- Chickens, Eggs, Poultry, Growing, Harvesting, Building
"A Day in The Life With Chickens" workshop.
Xenia of...
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Homestead Pantry -
Saturday March 05, 2011 - By Homestead Artisa
We were very cross with Phil and all his relative groundhogs here at the homestead, and vowed to team up with our predator control partner, Gazelle, to wreak vengeance upon Puxatawny Phil and all his kin. We just did not like the weather that hit us,...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Saturday February 19, 2011 - By David
Bacterial Chicken! Poultry
are heavy consumers of antibiotics in mainstream agriculture. The
establishment has assured us for years that it is not really a health
hazard. The reside left in the chickens is harmless. Yea, right. So
I wonder why The...
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Richert/Phillips Farms -
Friday February 18, 2011 - By Michael
Most of the winter was spent running around to seminars, trade shows, and auctions. But now that the snows are melting we are really hitting the work hard. Maple sap will start running soon and we got a woods were the sap has to be pumped out every day...this...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Saturday February 12, 2011 - By Poly
Food Inc - Official Trailer [HD] - Brought to us by, VISO TRAILERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0
Release Date: 12 June 2009 Genre: Documentary Cast: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser Director: Robert Kenner Writer: Robert...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Wednesday February 09, 2011 - By Poly
Good morning! The group of university students touring co-op's and farms across the country will be here on Thursday Feb. 10th.
They are only using bicycles as a form of transportation and are a dedicated to this project. They will be visiting co-op's...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Tuesday February 08, 2011 - By Poly
An important bill, brought to our attention by our friend Katherine W.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today introduced the Equality for Women Farmers Act. She was joined by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-14), an original co-sponsor of...
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