Warm weather days

We invited a group of living lawn-mowers into our front yard. Foreground is a single strand of hot wire to keep them off the porch. Shanti keeps the lawn-mowers company during a mowing break.

Small farm distribution networks

A great article was posted recently from the NY Times on big vs. little agriculture. It is good reading that offers some hopeful alternatives amidst the growing global food crisis and bland products consumers have been putting up with for years.

As the NY Times article discusses, distribution networks are key for small farms. For people in Eugene, check out the Eugene Local Foods site. This is a brand new website that lets folks order produce, dried goods, meats, and dairy from local farms online. This site is operating at just the right scale to truly support small, local farms while offering a tasty, wholesome product to the community.

There is more to the story of burping cows

Shannon Hayes, farmer and host of grassfedcooking.com, has posted an excellent article on greenhouse gas emissions, and grassfed vs. grainfed beef. She explores the differences of grassfed ruminants to their grainfed counterparts living in feedlots, and what this means for health, greenhouse gas emissions, and local economies. I very much recommend reading the story, which can be found at: http://grassfedcooking.com/articles/aboutribeyes.html


Quiz! Which one of the animals in the picture above is NOT a ruminant?