Archive for the 'Family Farm' Category

I must have spring fever. I keep thinking about gardens.
Now while I’m building a Square Foot Garden, just for some fresh tomatoes, some activity, and to save some money, I’m checking some other things too.
Have you heard of the AeroGarden? (See below)
It’s an “aeroponic” (as opposed to “hydroponic”) gardening system. I’m thinking of getting […]

This is from Newsmax and it’s about how to REVERSE the process. But the frightening thing is that the lack of exercise and fast food causes liver disease - in youth!
Thankfully the damage seems to be able to be reversed … at least when changes are made.
For adults and children who’ve repeatedly indulged in fast […]

From The Tennessean
As the average age of farmers hovers near 60, younger people in Tennessee have been signing on to farm apprenticeships, attending organic conferences and even enrolling in a young farmer program through the Tennessee Farm Bureau. While the federal government says 87,000 farms were lost from 1997 to 2002 — not just to […]

First it was the Locavores who wanted locally produced food. But today’s headlines shows that growing food in your spare backyard space may really help you make or at least SAVE money.
Fuel prices are causing grocery costs to skyrocket: Era of cheap food ends as prices surge this article reads. My mother in law […]

The fate of the Raw Milk Industry may hinge on these California hearings.
Family farmers can sometimes earn a good living from people wanting to buy raw milk. In some cases they can’t sell raw milk per se, but they can sell shares of a cow that produces the raw milk and shareholders can come and […]

I really didn’t believe this when I saw it because I wasn’t under the impression the cows had to adjust to Daylight Savings Time… but now that the farmers are milking earlier, they don’t like adjusting to the farmers much.
I guess cows like sleeping in too…
“From our standpoint, it gives us an extra hour […]

More power to them…
From Business Daily Africa
February 21, 2008: For a long time, models for ending extreme poverty in Africa have been laden with hand-outs. Development activists however have strongly opposed giving free money, goods or services to the poor because the cycle of poverty starts as soon as the free part of the bargain […]

This always sounded like something I’d like to learn more about.  Maybe you will too…
Do you want to learn to produce a constant supply fish and vegetables in an efficient, inexpensive smallscale system, which will prove to be an effective “helps ministry”outreach? If so, you will want to attend the Barrel Aquaponics Workshop held at […]

Sell honey from your family farm? Here’s some interesting news about the Honey business in general.
From Honey Makes A Comeback As A Disease Fighter
Called Medihoney, it is made from a highly absorbent seaweed-based material, saturated with manuka honey, a particularly potent type that experts say kills germs and speeds healing. Also called Leptospermum honey, manuka […]

As the costs of energy go up, harvesting more for with less expense  is critically important for family farms that are home businesses as well as residences. Intensive farming techniques become increasingly sought out at such times and so aquaculture is something people look to as  a possible alternative. Here’s an upcoming training seminar on […]