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Turning Pumpkins Into Milk & Eggs
Jack-o-lanterns have another use. Continue reading
Posted in animal relations, autumn, chickens, farming, photos, rural life
Tagged animal relations, autumn, cow and cat, farm photos, farming, uses for pumpkins
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Oh Honeybees, We Hardly Knew Ye
Beekeepers report 78% percent increase in bee loss over the winter. Continue reading
Posted in agribusiness, beekeeping, farming
Tagged 78% bee losses, agribusiness, bee death, beekeeping, farming
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Saving A Neighbor’s Farm
Can crowdfunding save a neighbor’s farm? Continue reading
Posted in challenges, compassion, elders, farming, grassfed
Tagged compassion, converting to grassfed, elders, farm crowdfunding, farming, grassfed, helping neighbors, save Ron's cows
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Isabelle’s Life: Gently Raising Dairy Cows
The life every cow deserves. That’s Isabelle’s life. Read about her life on Bit of Earth Farm. Continue reading
The Queen’s Gift, Gone
What we found when checking the beehives after a long winter. Continue reading
Posted in beekeeping, challenges, farming, rural life
Tagged beekeeping, challenges, farming, is beekeeping worth it, losing bees, requiem for honeybees
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Up Close & Personal Introduction To Fracking
It looks like fracking is coming right next to our little farm. Continue reading
5 Steps You Can Take To Save Honeybees
94% of US corn crop is treated with bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides Continue reading
Posted in agribusiness, beekeeping, farming, GMO, seeds, sustainability
Tagged agribusiness, Bayer, beekeeping, farming, GMO, honeybees, Monsanto, neonicotinoid pesticides, seeds, sustainability
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What Kids Learn On The Farm
What can children learn on the farm? Continue reading
Posted in children, farming, learning, parenting, rural life, self-reliance
Tagged children, farming, learning, parenting, self-reliance
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Small Farms Create More Jobs
excerpt: “All the ways being proposed to increase jobs right now are the same old methods that do not face the real cause of the dilemma. The awful truth is that we have created an economy that can’t afford people … Continue reading
Posted in agribusiness, economy, farming, great turning, local food
Tagged agribusiness, economy, farming, great turning, local food
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Neighborhood Cows and Pigs: Real Food Sovereignty
The more we bring responsibility for food back to our households, neighborhoods, and local regions the more we free ourselves from international market forces that affect our food supply. Continue reading
Posted in agribusiness, cattle, community, economy, elders, farming, local food, sustainability, tradition
Tagged agribusiness, community, economy, elders, farming, food sovereignty, local food, sustainability, tradition
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