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Farming: 1st Anniversary
The beginning of the new school year reminds me that I have reached a milestone: one year since I started farming full-time. It’s been a bumpy year, with big successes and catastrophic failures along the way. I’ve learned more in the past year than I think I have in the rest of my life put together, and […] Continue reading
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Tagged Anniversaries, Experiments, Farming, Life, revolutions, Self-sufficiency, self-sustainment
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Farming: Feeding the world
I’ve begun to wonder when the idea of feeding the world first became a moral imperative among farmers. Why is it that farmers have inherited the responsibility to feed everyone who has decided to do something else no matter what the personal cost? I think I know how this idea came into being. As scientists and governments conceived of […] Continue reading
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Tagged cost, farmers, Farming, feeding the world, food production, Morality, pondering, Self-sufficiency, self-sustainment
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Farming: Peep!
Chickens have once again arrived at the farm in the form of 50 Speckled Sussex peeps from the Mt. Healthy Hatchery. These birds are a heritage breed know for good quality in both laying and meat. Chickens are part of our overall strategy for self-susta… Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, chickens, Farming, multiculture, self-sustainment, speckled sussex
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