July Farm Update
I have written a report on farm progress that covers June and the first couple weeks of July. Full of lots of photos so download the pdf document by clicking here. For background, the previous …
Methods
Pastured Pigs
Swine has a filthy historic connotation, and most modern industrial hog production systems are enormous polluters and the source of much animal suffering. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I have been interested …
Fern Rd Farm Update
I have written a six page update on work done at Fern Rd Farm over the past three months. Spring is very busy, and this new operation is quickly coming together. The document has several …
Oil and Larkspur
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s …
Crop Diversity Pays Off
Conventional agriculture production systems in developed countries rely heavily on fossil energy, but emerging uncertainties in energy supply indicate a need to better understand energy efficiency in conventional and alternative systems. So begins a press …