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Cheap Meat: An Accident Waiting to Happen

Spring Hill Farms   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By David_8

You might remember a few years ago the big scare with tainted pet foods. Many animals died and practically every kind of dog food you could think of was pulled of the shelves until it could be sorted out. It turned out to be a poison called melamine was...

Hurricane Farm on Fox 61 (CT)

Hurricane Farm   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Chris

Just stumbled across this clip from FOX-61 CT.  The chefs from "Hell's Kitchen" seem to really like our heirloom tomatoes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUOoGiVle4 We'll be back at the Coventry Regional Farmer's (Winter)...

A new year of growth way beyond myself

Peaceful Acres Lavender Farm   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Mike

Here we all are.. we have stepped into another new year.. we have been through another full cycle of another beautiful year. This however, is a year so different than any year any of us here on earth now have ever experienced. I know this, and I can feel...

Milk Thistle: Food and Medicine

Morgan Botanicals   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Jessica_7

Milk thistle is one of my favorite plants, but then again I am drawn to any of the thistles. Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the Asteraceae family. These prickles...

2011 Chicken CSA

Walnut Hill Farm at Elm Springs, LLC   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Jeff_1

Walnut Hill Farm 2011 Chicken CSA For the 2011 Farmer’s Market season, Walnut Hill Farm is offering a chicken CSA.CSA commonly stands for Community Supported Agriculture, where the farmer and consumer share the risk while providing the farmer some much...

New Year's weekend

Walnut Hill Farm at Elm Springs, LLC   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Jeff_1

The New Year weekend was full of activity here on the farm. First the American Milking Devon’s were moved from the leased farm to the home farm for the winter.Now would be a great time to come by the farm to see some truly unique and rare heritage breed cows....

Happy New Year!

Pine Needle Farm   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Ann_2

Well, it's hard to believe 2011 is here already.  2010 went by in the blink of an eye, it seems.  Lots of things happened last year.  Not the least, me getting my dream come true, a cashmere dehairing machine!   I am out there almost...

DIY – Grow your own fish for food at home

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Poly

DIY – Grow your own fish for food at home by Marshall Brain |  Looking for something to do with that extra space in your basement, garage or backyard? Aquaculture is one option. You raise fist to eat in tanks. Here’s a small tank in the...

Catfish and tilapia: Healthy or harmful?

Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Jan 04, 2011 - By Poly

§ Catfish and tilapia: Healthy or harmful? By Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D. There's an interesting discussion in this month's "Journal of the American Dietetic Association." What it boils down to is...

How to grow an Organic Community Garden?Where to s...

Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL   -   Jan 03, 2011 - By Tony_1

Here in S.Florida Sandy soil is king.Challenges are plenty to mention the least:Finding a home for a community garden.That's where you need to start . From my horticultural  education and hands on farming experience, more than twenty years ,of...