Image by Moosicorn These Dorkings are our broiler (meat) chickens. We’d been raising them indoors in a brooder until today. They are fully feathered and ready to romp around outside. And thank goodness because they were stinking up the workshop! This is their new outdoor enclosure. This 24 by 70 foot area will double as […]
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April 16, 2012 John Buchanan Senior Director, Food Security, Conservation International Beth Keck Senior Director of Sustainability, Walmart • Healthy ecosystems are essential to food production. Nature provides food as well as ecosystem services, such as freshwater, pollination, and fertile soil, which are essential to long-term food security. • Today we face serious challenges related […]
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Image by mlhradio Berclair School, Bee County, Texas. In an open field in front of the Berclair Mansion sits an abandoned schoolhouse, filled with faded and broken memories of decades past. If there is one thing I have learned about Texas, it’s that Texas is filled with abandoned schoolhouses. I’ve run across all sorts of […]
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Image by nateswartphoto Question by HOTTMEW: Can you feed chickens medicated chicken food and wormier the same day? You are supposed to worm your chicken at least 4 times a year Feel free to answer in the comment section below
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Wind power is one of the fastest growing forms of alternative energy in the world. More and more, wind power mills are seen in the countryside, in large wind farms and for the most part, away from city life. But a new form of wind power is now designed to work in an urban environment. […]
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Image by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent) Question by : What could I use frozen goat milk for? I now know I can’t use it for cheese. How about yogurt? any suggestions? Think maybe a need a few more goats to get enough milk at once. Feel free to answer in the comment section below
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Image by CGIAR Climate In the picture: Prof. Sir John Beddington, Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT). Please credit appropriately. In connection to the UNFCC COP 17 conference in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, CCAFS and several other partners organized an Agriculture and Rural Development Day […]
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Image by kidmissile We don’t get points for presentation, but this was delicious. We had a goat milk ice cream sandwich at American Harvest Eatery last week, featuring ingredients from several local farmers. So we wanted to recreate it for our anniversary dinner. -goat milk ice cream -lemon olive oil cookies, modified from a saffron […]
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Hi Everyone! This is a different type of video but I think it may be useful to someone out there…it works for me everytime when it’s a heavy Gnat season. Remember, the vinegar needs to be apple cider vinegar! “White” vinegar won’t work. Red wine can be a substitute. Thanks for watching!
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Image by Oxfam International Here, goats are being rounded up for a vaccination program run by Oxfam. Saraf, Guera province, Chad. In 2012, countries across the Sahel are once again facing a serious food crisis as the rains have failed to come. This ecologically fragile region is becoming even more vunerable as grazing areas for […]
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