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And Buster scores again. Got this setup on Sunday for $900. Not a great price, but it will look good at my place and certainly do the job. Besides, it came from one of the sustainable broiler pioneers of Oklahoma, so it has a strong legacy and will be put to good use. Pickwick plucker ($8,885...

Partly, anyway. =============================================================== CLF Researchers Find Evidence of Banned Antibiotics in Poultry Products Analysis of Feather Meal Suggests Continued Use of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Despite 2005 FDA Ban In a joint study, researchers at the...

A friend of mine who was a former Polyface Farm apprentices has had a difficult time in Oklahoma due to last year's heat and drought and a fire the burned 2/3 of his ranch. Well, an opportunity came up he couldn't resist. One of Joel Salatin's rental farms has become available and Joel invited...

FRESH, the movie is now available on YouTube. I don't know how it got there, or if it has the producer's blessings, but this excellent documentary on where our food comes from and the alternatives in sustainable agriculture is now on YouTube in an 8 part series. Someone on BYC was kind enough...

When is it too early to sell mama goat? A friend is coming by to purchase most of my goats, but I want to keep a few of the doe kids. They range between 7 and 11 weeks old. So, where would you put the cutoff for the keepers? I'm keeping the three legged mama and her triplets, but the other...

As predicted... http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/food-safety/134447-in-sunday-evening-surprise-senate-passes-food-safety-bill-by-unanimous-consent Even my Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn caved.

October 20 at 1:00 PM Eastern time. www.attra.ncat.org/webinars2010/grassbeef From the site (god I hate the term "niche" for sustainable ag)... =================================================== Grass-finished beef is part of a growing niche market of farm products that can command higher...

"Dispensing antibiotics to healthy animals is routine on the large, concentrated farms that now dominate American agriculture. But the practice is increasingly condemned by medical experts who say it contributes to a growing scourge of modern medicine: the emergence of antibiotic-resistant...

Hey, y'all! What breed of goat is this, or if a mutt, what breed does he have in him? Guy I bought him from doesn't know... Thanks in advance.

So my neighbor's hog gets loose last night and onto my property. I rounded him up and DW called my neighbor to let him know. Several times. Late in the evening here comes my neighbor and his daughter, so I go to let the pig out of pen so we could chase him home. Except he isn't in the pen. He...

Last week goats, this week, chickens. My friend Grady shown processing birds in this video, is going to show me the Salatin style of poultry processing tomorrow. We will be processing some 100 broilers first thing in the morning. I generally dread processing day, but I am oddly excited this...

Well, I feel I have taken one more step toward self sufficiency. A friend took me with him to butcher a goat at a local goat farm. He is devout Muslim and so must slaughter his meat himself, lacking any acceptable slaughter houses within 100 miles. It was quite an experience. The farmer sells...

Okay, I'm in a discussion on another board about this issue and don't think I am making sense to people or making much headway. So, I will ask you, because maybe I really am crazy. Do you believe that by living a self sufficient lifestyle, you are living a more ecologically sustainable one? In...

Since there are a few Joel Salatin fans on here, I thought some of you might be interested. ============================================== Polyface Intensive Discovery Seminars Spending two long days with Joel Salatin and family to learn their farming systems is a rare opportunity. The new...

When you can grow your meat in a lab? ================================================ Scientists aim to create pork in a petri dish January 19, 2010 Call it pork in a petri dish - a technique to turn pig stem cells into strips of meat that scientists say could one day offer a green...