We are becoming aware of the absurdity of our industrial/agricultural system, the acronym CAFO (Confined Animal Feed Operation) slowly gaining familiarity, even if the full horror and stupidity of such a system is not quite apparent on casual acquaintance. This morning on NPR there was a story about Saudi Dairy farms. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105381728 These make the American [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Got (Desert) Milk?
Posted in rants, tagged animal exporting, CAFOs, dairy farming, farming, saudi arabia, sustainable agriculture on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The People’s Entertainment
Posted in homesteading and lifestyles on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If one was to truly Homestead, not do the half-ass kind of stuff we’re doing, one probably wouldn’t go often to the kind of urban “festivals” you find in America these days. Why not? Because they are so anathema to the whole weltanschaung of homesteading, which is by definition all about the “home,” and decries [...]
Shearing
Posted in animal farming on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The weather’s turning warm, finally. I thought I would have to do this earlier but it has been so cool in the last few weeks that Lucy the ewe has been fine with her heavy fleece. Except, perhaps, that she takes frequent shade breaks from grazing in her shelter on sunny days. But the [...]
Early Harvest
Posted in fruit and veg on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When April comes there is a kind of frenzy. The snow has gone, but the cold remains and frosts are hard. We get everything in the soil, starting with the hoop house and cold frames. We also get wind, lots of it often all the way through May, making it difficult for the hardiest of [...]
