by ddorband | Feb 18, 2012 | Livestock, Publication, Staff Blog
One of the people that I consider a hero in animal welfare is Temple Grandin. If you are not familiar with her work you might thing that it is unusual to classify a person that has spent her live working with slaughterhouses as an animal welfare activist, but her work...
by ddorband | Feb 17, 2012 | Food, Livestock, Sustainability, Video
I found this video by Harvey Ussery about raising backyard poultry in a sustainable way. Its a short video, but its worth watching. -written by...
by ddorband | Feb 16, 2012 | Intern Blog, People Profiles, Publication
Here is Part 2 of Hailee Durand’s Intern Spotlight Interview: Question: If you could give advice to your younger self, what would it be? Answer: “It’s okay to be nerdy, and a little weird. It’s who you are. Don’t fight it: embrace it.” (Yes, I’ve always been a...
by ddorband | Feb 15, 2012 | Intern Blog, People Profiles, Publication
Today, I’d like to put the spotlight on one of our outstanding interns. Her name is Hailee Durand, and she is a student at the University of Colorado in Boulder studying (get this) Math, Chemistry, and Spanish! Twice a week she drives all the way from Boulder to...
by ddorband | Feb 12, 2012 | Aquaculture, Ecology, Food, Intern Blog, Publication, Sustainability
Veta La Palma is a fish farm located in Spain and is, in my opinion, the best example of fish farming and perhaps sustainable food production in the world. Its been described as a farm that doesnt feed its animals, measures its success by the health of its predators...
by ddorband | Feb 10, 2012 | Business, Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
Last week, I accompanied Wayne Dorband (our founder and CEO) to a sustainable agriculture seminar that he gave. The audience included mostly people that were either in or wanted to get into the alpaca industry. Not all of these people On another topic, Wayne showed a...
by ddorband | Feb 9, 2012 | Ecology, Intern Blog, Publication, Sustainability
To follow up on the blog that Rachel wrote on invasive species, here is a blog about another invasive species that has made its home in the Gulf of Mexico. A new invasive species is making headlines and causing a stir in the already unstable region of the Gulf of...
by ddorband | Feb 8, 2012 | Business, Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
Do you ever wonder why certain people talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk? Here is an interesting article by Nancy Scheinder about “Bridging the Consumer gap” between what consumers say and what they actually buy. This article talks about how to...
by ddorband | Feb 7, 2012 | Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
Since the time that man first started to travel, humans have brought invasive species to foreign lands. Bacteria, viruses, plants, domesticated animals, and wild animals have all been introduced to areas that have never had to deal with them before, and sometimes this...
by ddorband | Feb 6, 2012 | Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Intern Blog, Publication, Sustainability, Urban Farming
While many Americans are beginning to to integrate urban farming into their daily lives, none have as ambitious of an idea as Christopher Toole, an ex-banker who cashed in his “six-figure salary at Sovereign Bank in 2010 to immerse himself in the principles of urban...
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