So, what say you get that little 5, 10, or 20 acres out in the country … not too far from a city or college town. How are you going to protect your critters? Coyotes, Raccoons, skunks and snakes are all predators capable of wreaking havoc on your chickens, goats, sheep and calves.
Enter: The Farm [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 21, 2008
The Farm Dog
November 19, 2008
Heritage Turkeys: Better Bird, Better Tasting = Better Profit
A small “hobby” or “truck” farmer cannot expect to make all his or her livelihood just growing vegetables. The best cases I’ve seen so far are married couples with few or no children and who have the smarts to do their “Market Research” before they step into a pair of work boots and grab a [...]
November 13, 2008
Faces On Today’s Black Farms
“We need to make sure African-American farmers are visible because for a long time we’ve been invisible. We, as people, have played a tremendous part in agriculture throughout the United States. This is one last-ditch effort to say we do exist, even if it is in a small number,” said Fresno, California Black Farmer Will [...]
