I’ve never been into Spring. In fact, were I too rank order the seasons, Spring would fall dead last. It probably has something to do with my personality, but I’d choose Fall, Summer, Winter, and the Spring. As such I’ve never particularly paid attention to the Easter celebration. It’s never played a large cultural role growing up. What I’ve […]
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It was around 2011 when I finally watched “Food Inc”. My brother Jason and I both saw it at the same time and became increasingly interested in farming. He poured himself into Acres USA magazines and gardening. I was just coming off my time in the ARMY and transitioning between army life, working as a
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(And why you should) Did you know? Did you know there are good fats? There has been so much negativity surrounding the word for so many years, that it just sounds bad. Your body actually needs healthy fats to function properly! Lard just so happens to be a healthy fat! Not only is lard a
We’ve had our first frost of the season. A reminder to us all of what is coming. With the first frost, comes the abrupt reminder that now is the time for yard/garden clean-up and winterizing our buildings. Today we’re going to focus on the yards. Before you begin your clean-up, take a look around. Is
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Donate your unused/unwanted pumpkins, apples, leaves, and acorns. Repurpose your fall cleanup by helping out your local farm! Our pigs will thank you! Not only is it a beneficial and tasty treat for our pigs, the chickens will also enjoy helping themselves to the fruits! Anything not eaten by the pigs and chickens will be
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If you have a farm, there’s a good chance you’re going to run into a rat situation at some point along the way. Mice and rats are two of the largest and most common vermin problems in the world. They are problems not just on the farm, but in homes and businesses everywhere. Before racing
Jaime from 7 Stands Farm in North Carolina is joining us today. While on vacation we were able to link up and talk farming. After an entire morning talking we finally sat down to record. The conversation was meant to be more focused on pigs, but quickly I got distracted and began asking about bees.
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Podcast #009 https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23483480/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/87A93A/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes This weeks farming thoughts are advanced courtesy of the Bayer/Monsanto President Stefan Oelich speaking at the World Health Summit Oct 2021. The section of video cited reads: “For us therefore, we’re really taking that leap , us as a company, “Bayer”. In selling gene therapies which to me is one of these
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Have you been looking for a half or whole hog purchase to fill the freezer? Lots of folks every year wish to buy half and whole pigs from us to fill the freezer. This is a great, economical way to get a lot of protein in bulk all at once. Here’s the problem with buying
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Open discussion on Vaccines, Food and Medicine, GMOs, and Organic future? I’ve got some practical and philosophical curiosities on my mind and am looking for folks to share their thoughts. Most folks I believe have some belief in Organic Principles. One of those major principles is the exclusion of GMOs or synthetic substances in favor
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