by ddorband | Mar 17, 2012 | Livestock, Publication, Staff Blog
Acres USA magazine is a great resource for anyone from novice to expert looking to learn more about environmentally friendly farming. Some may think its a little extreme, but in this day and age we really have to learn that the so called “traditional”...
by ddorband | Mar 16, 2012 | Livestock, Publication, Staff Blog
Last week I talked about caring for your horse in a more natural way. Today I want to talk about what is called the Slow Feeding Movement. This past year I have been really excited to see that this new feeding practice has been gaining popularity all over the equine...
by ddorband | Mar 14, 2012 | Livestock, Video
Whenever you are feeding livestock, you are inviting other “pest species” to come share in the bounty of free food. Whether its birds, mice, rats, squirrels, or deer these pests can dramatically increase your feed bills and harbor diseases. The best...
by ddorband | Mar 13, 2012 | Food, Sustainability, Video
Check out this great video below of Brike Baehr who is only 11 years old telling the world about all of the problems with our food system. I can just imagine what this world would be like if every 11 year old was taught these values from a young age. Way to go Birke!...
by ddorband | Mar 11, 2012 | Ecology, Food, Gardening, Intern Blog, Publication, Sustainability
Ruth Stout was an eccentric and revolutionary gardener who came up with what has since been called the Ruth Stout Method. This method involves an intensive deep mulch system that uses no chemicals and requires very little work. Born in 1884, she didn’t even begin...
by ddorband | Mar 10, 2012 | Livestock, Publication, Staff Blog
I have to warn everyone before they read this post that I am crazily passionate about horses, horse care, horse nutrition, and basically everything equine related. There will most likely be more horse posts to follow this, so if you’re a horse person you can look...
by ddorband | Mar 8, 2012 | Intern Blog, People Profiles, Publication
Time for another intern profile. This time I asked Danny Kehoe to tell us more about himself. Danny has been working with us for a couple of weeks in the business development department and has been doing really great work on our new Community Supported Agriculture...
by ddorband | Mar 6, 2012 | Ecology, Publication, Staff Blog
Check out this really cool story about a Russian scientific team drilling into an underground lake in Antarctica. The lake has been underground and isolated from the rest of the world for over 20 million years. The team is hoping to see if there could be unique...
by ddorband | Mar 5, 2012 | Business, Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
In Sweden, engineers, architects, scientists, and optimists alike have unveiled a state of the art design for the future of urban agriculture. This impressive new urban food production project was conceived of by the company Plantagon and has been in the design phase...
by ddorband | Mar 3, 2012 | Aquaculture, Food, Intern Blog, Publication
It’s no secret that consumers are becoming interested in organic foods. Concerns over disease, GMOs, pollution and contaminants are causing a bigger demand for sustainable, organic, nature friendly alternatives. However, it may be surprising to know that in...
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