Animal rights advocate and top animal science expert, Temple Grandin, says that we are harming the dairy cow in this country.
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The Unconventional Harvest: Tantré Farm
Riding in the hot July sun I could smell basil more than a quarter mile from Tantré Farm. Excerpt 7.
Francis Thicke of Radiance Dairy (video)
Editor’s note: During the month of May 2011, Daniel Klein is “traveling from Minnesota to Louisiana to Portland to Florida and back again, once again creating weekly videos about Real Food”. This is his most recent dispatch from the road: As we set off on our Real Food Road Trip last Monday, we were excited […]
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out-2 (video)
In part 2, food writer and activist Dan Imhoff talks about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations to a Portland Friends of Family Farmers audience.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out (video)
The modern day Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) is both a crowning achievement of short-term human scientific prowess, and profound monumental hubris with terrible consequences unfolding now, and yet to unfold.
Hope Butter—Making Butter the Traditional Way
This post has been deprecated due to obsolescence. One of the only independent creameries in Minnesota, Hope Butter, is a century old business that continues to make butter the old-fashioned way. There have been strong years and slow years, but the last 10 have been increasingly successful. Featured at many of the top restaurants, at […]
Trantham’s Sustainable 12 Aprils Dairy Grazing Program
Dairy farmer, Tom Trantham, converted his conventional dairy operation to a sustainable farm, increasing his milk production while also reducing his input costs.
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 […]
Birdhouses: Using Nature to Control a Farm Pest (video)
A dairy farmer demonstrates his technique for using nature to control the fly populations on his farm.