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Occupy Wall Street: the Conscience of the Nation
December 19, 2011 04:12 -
Willie Nelson’s Long Time Bassist—Dan “Bee” Spears Dies
December 14, 2011 09:12 -
Barn Raising and Community Support Celebrated at Pete’s Greens
December 7, 2011 09:12 -
Building Worker Power for a Just and Sustainable Food System
December 4, 2011 13:12 -
Hacking the Food System In the Public Interest
November 30, 2011 10:11 -
Using Honeybees to Sniff Out Explosives
November 22, 2011 13:11 -
Farm To Fork and the Local Food Economy
November 16, 2011 19:11
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The Resilient Gardener, A Book Review
February 2, 2012 04:02 -
Announcing the Food Farmer Earth Collective
January 29, 2012 23:01 -
Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 4 (video)
January 24, 2012 04:01 -
Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections 2 (video)
January 17, 2012 04:01 -
Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections (video)
January 10, 2012 12:01 -
Farmer Don: Ode to a Small Family Farmer
January 9, 2012 04:01 -
Mother Nature’s Own Weapons of Mass Destruction
January 4, 2012 04:01
Posts Tagged ‘cows’
Total Mix Ration Feed for Dairy Cows (video)
How can Tom Trantham’s cows graze alfalfa and not be susceptible to bloat?
Duskwind Farm: Where Cows, Donkeys, Sheep, and Guinea Fowl Live (video)
Warning: this video contains graphic images that may not be suitable for children, or the squeemish. Duskwind Farm is a very special place. A farm where chickens and cows, donkeys, sheep, guinea fowl and dogs live in blissful harmony: or at least that’s my memory of it. Mirra and I went to Duskwind (in the [...]
The Unconventional Harvest: Grassland Organic Farm
Skowhegan, Maine. When I arrived at Grassland Organic Farm, I found an old and white weathered farmhouse. From a distance I witnessed a hand painted sign propped up against the front porch and in the shape of a milk jug. The sign was written in bold black lettering and read: “MILK: Organic. Fresh. Raw”. When [...]
Cheese-a-topia, American Cheese Society 2010, Seattle 2010
April 23, 2010 I just learned of the upcoming American Cheese Society annual conference (Aug. 25-28), which will be held in Seattle this year. If you’re a cheese monger/head/enthusiast (who isn’t?!), I think this is something you’d at least like to dream about attending. Registration opens May 21st – so mark your calendars! On the [...]
Organic Livestock Recieve Emancipation Proclamation from USDA
February 15, 2010 On Friday, February 12, the USDA issued its final ruling for Access to Pasture organic certification requirements for all organic livestock producers. The National Organic Program (NOP) began in October of 2002, and up until the present was designed to ensure that pasture and ruminant animals received adequate access to pasture grass, [...]
Temple Grandin: Humane Treatment of Farm Animals (video)
Dr. Temple Grandin talks about her approach to helping livestock handling facilities provide more humane treatment of farm animals.
Dairy Farmers Are There For Their Cows….24/7!
January 27, 2010 Telling it like it is: it’s Sunday, coffee in hand, but a worker isn’t able to show up. Calves need feeding, cows need tending, so a dairy goddess has to do what a dairy goddess has to do, 24/7!… Get going and tend those cows! h/t @FarmerHaley Go to Original Post and [...]
Organic Dairyman- Part 2: The Farmer (video)
Jon Bansen believes that since he converted his farm over to being organic and sustainable, he’s becomes a much better farmer, and built a better business.