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Women as Farmers

Blog: L'Ecuyer Gardens   -   Saturday February 11, 2012   -   By Twilya

I was in Wichita yesterday at the Women Managing the Farm Conference and it is always good to visit with other Agra Women.  I was invited as a speaker and shared some information about a I project I have worked in over the past three years that looked at...

Walkers Fresh Veggies CSA February 2012 Newsletter

Blog: Walkers Fresh Veggies   -   Tuesday January 31, 2012   -   By Mark & Carolyn

Walkers Fresh Veggies - CSA  February 2012 Newsletter Hi Everyone! I just did an inventory of seeds I have on hand left over from last year and found I have the following seeds available to plant (these are additional crops not listed in my previous...

Will LEGAL Immigrants /Refugees be the alternative...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday October 12, 2011   -   By Tony

The future is set on Legal Immigrants Farmers to replace the Illegal Migrant Farmers.There is an EXODUS of illegal migrant farmers here in the US , goung back back home to Mexico and central and south America. The immigration laws set by the STAES like...

Will LRGAL Immigrants /Refugees be the alternative...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday October 12, 2011   -   By Tony

The future is set on Legal Immigrants Farmers to replace the Illegal Migrant Farmers.There is an EXODUS of illegal migrant farmers here in the US back home. The immigration laws set by the STAES like Arizona,Alabama,California,Georgia etc..are encouraging...

700,000 miles in 3 1/2 hours

Blog: Johnson's Family Farm   -   Saturday September 24, 2011   -   By Bill

Hello Cyberworld, today I am going to reflect on a little adventure I went on last week, while making my 3 1/2 hr trip into the gold mine. It was Wednesday evening and I had just called in sick the night before and was still feeling pretty ill. this...

What A Day, What A Day!!

Blog: Prairie Pride Farm of Minnesota   -   Thursday September 22, 2011   -   By Dawn, past 4-H member

On Sept 2nd we had the first fire on the farm that I know of.  Roger had just been outside doing morning chores then came in the office of the house to make a few phone calls and a neighbor starting pounding on the kitchen door.  "Do you...

Learning HOW to GARDEN the ORGANIC WAY .Grow a GAR...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Friday September 16, 2011   -   By Tony

Organically speaking , in order to learn HOW to grow your own food NATURALLY, you must first shift your mind ,body and spirit into the ORGANIC gear mode! Nature grows fruits and vegetables in a PROCESS.So , you need to slow down and be patient...

QUEEN OF THE MEADOW, QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE, MEADOW ...

Blog: Spices and Herbs by Elaynn   -   Wednesday August 10, 2011   -   By Elaynn

  I see a lot on the web where Queen of the Meadow is being used interchangeably with Meadow Sweet. Even some of my herb books do this. For instance the famous Mrs. Grieves in A Modern Herbal does not appear to distinguish one from the other. There...

How small farmers markets are going to dodge the ...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Friday July 22, 2011   -   By Tony

There are so many speculations and hypothesis now bidding for a financial collapse  if the US dollar falls.The Farmers financial market is showing a distress signal as the heat and draught harvest the crops and more of the grain goes to produce the green...

How the "Farmer's Market"will reactto the DEFAULT...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Friday July 15, 2011   -   By Tony

During the GREAT DEPRESSION the worst who were hit were the farmers and the factory workers.So far the GREAT DEEP RECESSION of our days is keeping us in a safe HAVEN altogether protected by trillions of DEBTS and virtually healthy market if you only read/watch...

Are CSA's Worth It?

Blog: Victory Acres Farm and CSA   -   Sunday June 05, 2011   -   By Farmer Eric

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The new agricultural paradigm: New hardy zones to...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Tuesday May 31, 2011   -   By Tony

The supreme court UPHOLDS  an Arizona 2007 law to hire only legal status employees.Check oput the New York Times front page headlines of today.Fourteen restaurants were raided and the owner fined 10 million for hiring illegal immigrants.Learn more...

IL folks - Please voice support for SB840 - Cottag...

Blog: IICFA   -   Monday May 16, 2011   -   By GrannySue

The Human Services Committee in the House is discussing SB840 this Wednesday - May 18 at 9 am. If they recommend it to pass, it will go for a second floor reading, and possibly the third and the floor vote. Remember, our regular session ends May...

A Horse, A Pig, An Armadillo And A Dog

Blog: Dark Water Ranch   -   Friday May 06, 2011   -   By shepherd

God must have thought that I needed a laugh today. Here is my story of what happened on the farm today, I went out to start to feed, surprise, surprise a pig ran out from the wooded area and ran a circle around my feet and took off for the pig pen. Okay, so...

Animal Farm Abuse in the News...Check it out ...ve...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Thursday April 14, 2011   -   By Tony

I was reading the NYT of today and I was shocked to read an article about the abuse of animals at the farms...here is an excerpt, I qoute the NYT: "States Look to Ban Efforts to Reveal Farm Abuse By A. G. SULZBERGER Published:...

Community living and farming while being DIFFERENT...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday April 13, 2011   -   By Tony

I am naive about the way humans treat each others in this INFORMATION past industrial age..not to mention being an URBAN farmer living in a Southern city .   Most of us do not know how to communicate well without the F and M F rich vocabilary of...

What is in common between farmers and the Roman Em...

Blog: Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Wednesday March 30, 2011   -   By Tony

The Roman Empire  did good things, excluding  conquerring other countries and trading and using slaves ,  to remember like for example: Introducing canals  systems for irrigation. One other thing that most of us do not know was...

Gearing Up For the Plant Sale!

Blog: Debbie's Garden   -   Saturday March 26, 2011   -   By Chickadee1

As some of you know my garden and I will be moving to Dallas, Georgia, about 20 minutes from where I am now.  I've been furiously dividing plants and getting ready for a huge PLANT SALE, which is set for April 23. Today my plans for more...

The FRUIT in My HEART :)

Blog: The Rawfully Organic Co-op   -   Wednesday March 23, 2011   -   By Kristina

Hello Everyone! This weekend has been unbelievable! The weather has been truly memorable and delicious to say the very least! Spring Break is officially over, and Spring has begun! Everyone will be coming back this week, and I will be excited to...

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