I highly recomend this article by Gearld Fry, titled “Intelligent husbandry of primary heritage breeds could be our key to more-sustainable farming and food”. There is a lot of wisdom in Mr. Fry’s writing, most of his observations I have seen first hand growing up in the dairy business.
One thing Fry points out is […]
Heres some good news for a change. It seems Pennsylvania has changed its mind about outlawing labels that make TRUE claims about milk. Pretty big of them, I’d say.
Allen Shropshire has started a weblog called Promised Land, which I am enjoying very much. His Latest Post is very well done and should be read by all who wonder why their hometown churches are passing away. In a sence, we agrarians are doing things the way we are becouse we already know […]
Leah and I took the once a month trip to town again. Leah needed to stop at some fabric/sewing type store and I went in with her (for some reason). At the cash register, the lady said “Oh, you guys smell so good.” Now the wife and I look behind us and […]
So long as the industrialist remains in the saddle there must be a money crop to pay him taxes, but let it occupy second place. Any man who grows his own food, kills his own meat, takes wool from his lambs and cotton from his stalks and makes them into clothes, plants corn and hay […]
I recently watched, with my wife, Anna and Elizabeth Botkin’s film The Return of the Daughters. I suppose the film will be shocking to most moderns, a call to return to a normal family will seem bizzare to many people. After watching it, I got to thinking that this film will unintentionally bring folks […]
Well, we’ve had a chilly start to the new year. Its 1 above outside with a stiff wind that seems to suck the wood right up the stove pipe before it can burn and produce any heat. If the wind doesen’t blow its not hard to keep the shack warm, but when the […]
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