At the Acres conference, I heard Jeffrey Smith talk about GMOs. He has written the book “Seeds of Deception†that documents the problems with GMOs. He is working on a second book , “Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foodsâ€. Prior to hearing his talk I had not done much [...]
Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I and some of my children spent our days at the Acres USA conference, which is basically a sustainable agriculture conference. Talks at the conference cover a large range of topics including, remineralization of the soil, composting, livestock health and livestock management, human nutrition and health issues, GMOs, and more. [...]
We’re getting stuff out of the way this week, been chilly but warming up to above freezing tomorrow, maybe. The whole turkey flock is in the freezer as of yesterday evening and there’s dreams dancing around in my head of nibbling on some good home raised smoked turkey in the weeks to [...]
Here it is December 6 in Minnesota and I still have a couple of head of cattle grazing and getting all of their feed by grazing. They are on a neighbor’s pasture where we managed to stockpile some frosted grass. Meanwhile I have been feeding hay to the cows that I have at [...]
This past Saturday night I unintentionally went deer hunting with my car. My wife and I were coming back home from visiting with my cousin and his wife, and two deer suddenly appeared on the road in front of us. On either side of the road was a swamp, with a steep ditch down [...]
A good day here today, this afternoon the wind cut down a bit making it a little more livable. That wind the last few days cut like a knife, whew! Looking for spring already, but I’d better not get any hopes up, we’ve a long ways to go and it ain’t hardly begun [...]
An interesting week around blogdom, I don’t know if it’s the season or what, shorter days, but I welcome it. On a few sites linked to by this one there’s some good stuff going on. Over at Kansas Milkmaids, she’s on a roll, and I mean it! If anyone hasn’t been there [...]