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Energy Independence: On Farm Biodiesel Fuel Production (video)
Roger Rainville is plowing ahead on meeting his own energy needs. His fuel costs about $1.70 per gallon to make.
Beekeeping Basics: Getting Started (video)
Glen Andresen, a Portland beekeeper for 20 years, discusses the basics of beekeeping before purchasing hives, bees, and related equipment.
Lon Rombough: Grafting Fruit Trees (video)
Horticulturist Lon Rombough takes us through his steps for grafting cuttings from fruit trees to other trees.
Trantham’s Sustainable 12 Aprils Dairy Grazing Program
Text written by SARE Tom Trantham was one of South Carolina’s top producing dairymen back in the 1980s. But he wasn’t making much money. He ran a typical confined feeding operation and his feed bill alone ate up 65 percent of his gross income. Then something happened that changed his life. One day in April [...]
Tour De Hive Honey Bees Tour in Portland (video)
Matthew Reed, who offers a range of beekeeping services, shares his expert knowledge of bee hives and honeybees.
Harvesting and Saving Seeds from the Garden, part 2 (video)
After harvesting the seeds, how do you save them for the next year?
Harvesting and Saving Seeds from the Garden (video)
An avid gardener and backyard farmer, seed harvesting and seed saving is important to Donna Smith.
Visit to an Urban Agriculture Organic Farm Supply Store (slideshow)
CUpS recently spent the day filming at Naomi’s Organic Farm Supply for an upcoming DVD series, and had the good fortune to get to know the co-founder of the company, Naomi Montacre, an expert on raising egg laying chickens in urban environments. It’s incredible the amount of information that Naomi possesses at her finger tips, [...]