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does anyone have experience with either of these? from what i've calculated, a 45w solar array would provide plenty of power for the VERY limited usage i'm anticipating if i go forward with my house remodel project (basically a few lights, limited tv, and laptop charging). EXCEPT, of course, for...

on the back side of our farm is a nice little "farmlette" that i've had my eye on basically my whole life. about 50 acres, well off the main road, a nice mix of forest and field, and beautifully private (it's cut off from the rest of the farm by about 2 miles of thick forest). we own the land...

so, i'm scrambling around trying to figure out this pig feed situation. since my pig was a Christmas surprise, i wasn't as informed as i would have liked. my brother brought a bag of feed home with it and i've been using it until i found a better option. well, today i was looking closely at the...

great little short film from the great folks over at the Southern Foodways Alliance about a South Carolina pig farmer video

next time someone asks you what you do everyday as a farmer, direct them to watch this short video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rLANzLP7c&feature=player_embedded this is my FAVORITE kid's show. it's so perfectly funny and informational. OFG, you'd love those bad pigs!

so.... i've been searching for a winter work coat for ages and it seems impossible. when i find coats that are well-suited to my body, they are not right for working in, especially in rain or snow. when i find coats that are right for working in, they are so unsuited to my body that they are...

this is what my brother got me for Christmas!!!!! only, he's a boy and not interested in details so he doesn't remember what kind it is. can you identify this pig? she's 7 weeks old.

This post on the Sustainable Food Jobs blog is calling for essayist to submit work to be included in a new book called Greenhorns which is going to feature essays from REAL "new" farmers. i can think of SEVERAL people on this forum that are just what they are looking for!

GREAT video from TEDxNextGeneration 11 yr old Birke Baehr talks about what's wrong with our food system

1. If someone offered a year long trip around the world to all the places I wanted to go and to do all the things I wanted to do and it was on sale for less than $5,000 (I'll be fair and not insist on $1) 2. If someone was having a Black Friday farm sale and they were practically giving away a)...

The Full Belly project is one of the 12 finalists for the World Challenge 2010. Full Belly is helping recreate impoverished communities by providing appropriate technologies that help bolster local economies. check it out on my blog here or go here to vote.

my friend Megan is a clay and glass craftswoman who has some beautiful pieces up for sale coming into the holiday seasons. you can check some of her work out here. i know a lot of you have already opted out of the insanity of industrial Christmas, but if you have people you HAVE to buy for...

not that any of this is exactly news or hard to believe, but this email came from an unexpected source (one of my parents' friends who has thought i was a bit weird) and it was pretty good

I'm ordering some electric poultrynet from Premier. i was trying to explain to my mother how much bigger this is than the fence i have now and it didn't make any sense to her, so now i've confused myself. i'm ordering 164 ft. in my head, that means a 41 ft X 41 ft square. and that equals 1,681...

in November i'm participating in a writing event called National Novel Writing Month. the goal is to start writing on November 1st and complete a 50,000 word novel by the end of the month. so, from now til November 1st, i'm compiling my research material and story outline. i'm writing a...

it's on right now, but i'm sure it'll be available on youtube or hulu soon. he's talking about all the antibiotics, organic forms of arsenic, cramped living... he even had some clips from Food, Inc (including Salatin's free-ranging egg layers)!

article here

i just posted a video and a link to the actual documents on my blog.

these were done by the Main Farmland Trust. they are all very good. i'd love to see something of the like for TN. there are 8 videos, but this was my favorite http://vimeo.com/12225749