This winter has brought consistently colder temperatures than most recent ones, or at least, it sure seems like it. Perhaps we are just more aware of the colder temps because of our concerns about our animals out in the barn and coop. Regardless of whether the cold is “normal” or not, though, we have plenty […]
(Please excuse me if this post seems unusual; it is my first of hopefully many.) There are two links that I’ve read today that got me thinking: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/04/will-food-safety-law-be-toothless-without-funding/ http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/01/06/harkin-says-republican-block-of-food-safety-bill-may-be-a-bluff/ Is the food supply really that bad? Are thousands of people in Iowa really getting sick every year from food poisoning? How has this not been […]
I’ve been reading Joel Salatin lately, starting with his book Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front, and I’m currently absorbed in You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise. Probably, it will come as no surprise that I recommend both, and really, […]