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"My yard is actually so full of feathers, I wish I had an outdoor vacuum or something. "----------I went outside one day and thought at first a hawk must have gotten one of the ladies. Mother Nature played a dirty trick on chickens, having them molt in cold weather. Marie Essipoff wrote in...

The article did mention using glass lids w/ rubber rings. We see those in antique shops. It's almost like going back in time. It's scary what goes into our children from birth. I guess we just have to do the best we can.

It's beautiful--what a lucky daughter!

I haven't canned meat but I plan to try it with venison. My Mirromatic pressure cooker only holds 7 pints and I will go by the instructions in the manual. I wouldn't water bath meat but I would feel safe eating canned meat. Now I'm wondering if the BPA on the lids gets in the food during the...

Anyone else read the column in Organic Gardening magazine about canning lids that have bisphenol-A in the process? I wonder if BPA is the same chemical that was recently warned about microwaving baby bottles. According to the article bisphenol-A is an industrial chemical used to make...

About 1970 we lived near Kent, WA and used to buy the most delicious raw milk. The owner said that raw milk had to have a lower bacteria count than other milk. At that time, two big commercial dairies constantly tried to change a law to outlaw raw milk--competition. We later had three dairy...

I haven't read all the posts but the ones I read are great. I save all vegetable water and left over gravy, meat bits in a tub in the freezer. I made a pot of soup a couple of days ago and added cooked venison and about 10 vegetables from the freezer. It was like free meals. Our neighbor...

freemotion, you are so right. Common sense is dead. The article also said that the 1980 U. S. Supreme Court ruled: ... can patent a life form on the basis of genetic coding. Anyone who grows a patented and genetically modified variety without holding a license from the patent holder can be...

Hi, I'm new to this site--great site! I have been following this subject for quite awhile. Logic tells me that if an organic farmer has his fields contaminated with GM crops, he should sue Monsanto, not the other way around. The organic farmer has spent years and money to be organic. Not...

When I heard that the loose garlic was from China, I started buying the two-in-a-package from California and Mexico. I prefer only California. Also disturbing is that I heard that pork imports from China would drop 30%. I didn't know I was buying pork from China! I called Field's to ask if...