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 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 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 5, 2012 | Food, Publication, Staff Blog, Sustainability
I just came across a great new product for everyone out there who uses mason jars as drinking glasses and mugs. The Cuppow is a BPA free, 100% recyclable lid that converts a mason jar into a perfect mug. For anyone who routinely drinks our of wide-mouthed lids, we...
by ddorband | Jan 31, 2012 | Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Food, Staff Blog, Sustainability
Aquaponics is a great example of a symbiotic system where the living beings in the system all rely on each other. Without the plants the fish would pollute the water, without the fish the plants would be nutrient deficient, and without the bacteria the nutrients would...
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