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Mobile Chicken Coop

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 3 hours ago: from: zwire.com “One subtle example of this movement is Stone Wall Farm’s perambulating … more →

Tags: Chicken, DIY coop, mobile coop, organic, Pasture, Poultry

Innovation in agribusiness takes a village

maverickag wrote 15 hours ago: I’m looking forward to stretching my legs in the coming months (after the fall harvest, especi … more →

Tags: Agribusiness, Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Innovation, agricultural innovation, cotton gin trash, cow ponch, Soil, Sun, whey

mmmmmm manure1 comment

theblargosphere wrote 20 hours ago: First on the job list this morning was turning one of the compost piles. The organic certification i … more →

Tags: Compost, organic, farming, Interns, Princess Bride, mulch, Earth

This tea tastes like sh!t2 comments

diddydoer wrote 4 days ago: We all know everyone who shops at Whole Foods already think they’re better than everyone els … more →

Tags: Northern VA, Grocery Store, Springfield, Whole Foods, Compost, Tea, organic, healthy

Levon Helm v Kraftwerk9 comments

Mark Gisleson wrote 5 days ago: Too much posting for a Saturday, I know, but otherwise the links pile up. Emptywheel has more on the … more →

Tags: linkcetera, rants, ODS, ::The Family::, War crimes

Day 2 on Glen Valley Farm Organic Co-operative or Manure Happens

rowenahopkins wrote 1 week ago: I Wwoof, not in exchange for food and accommodation (although these are a given) but for the experie … more →

Tags: Farmer's Market, Goats

Increase The Value Of Your Livestock Manure

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 week ago: from: farmgate.uiuc.edu “Manure. Every livestock operation deals with it and depending upon th … more →

Tags: Environment, anaerobic digester, Fertilizer, Farm Bill, Energy, Bioenergy

What is a tumblebug?

askpari wrote 1 week ago: Did you ever see a bug that could tumble?  The tumblebug can! “Tumblebug” is the name of a beetle th … more →

Tags: Famous Scarab Beetle, Large Balls, Peculiar Habit of Rolling, perfect ball, ancient egyptians, Babu Tumblebug, ball, beetle, Carves Out

Anaerobic Decomposition2 comments

flyingtomato wrote 1 week ago: Fill one raised bed with animal manure and bedding mined from a foot-deep deposit in an old barn, hi … more →

Tags: farming & gardening, Home & Gardening, market farming, anaerobic decomposition, c/n ratio, Compost, gardening when it counts, Raised beds, Steve Solomon

Bed Spreading

briarcroft wrote 2 weeks ago: When I glanced out the  window and saw the large shavings truck pull up to our barn to dump its loa … more →

Tags: barn, farm, farm life, horses, Manure, Shavings, Barn, rural life, shavings

Last Work Day at Mystic Ridge Farm

rowenahopkins wrote 2 weeks ago: Bonnie was rushed off her feet today because this weekend is the Arts Fest (more to follow) and Bo … more →

Tags: B.C., Lasqueti, Rabbits

Soap or shit? Which is worse for our lakes?

The Sconz wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s good to see that another environmental cause will be advanced this legislative session, a … more →

Tags: State Politics, Environment, Phosphorus, wisconsin assembly

Wild Turkey Causes Manure truck Accident

alindenauer wrote 3 weeks ago: A wild turkey landed inside the cab of a manure-hauling tractor trailer, startling the driver and se … more →

Tags: Accidents, turkey

Knight Errant

zxvasdf wrote 3 weeks ago: “Varlet!” cried the rastaknight as he placed his hempen boot upon the sword boy’s … more →

Tags: Vignettes, Hemp, death, Marijuana, weed, Knight, Blade, sword boy, Kill!

The Proof is in the Pudding2 comments

curiousfarmer wrote 4 weeks ago: Large hogs enjoying their last days on an alfalfa/grass pasture.  Are you purchasing pastured meats … more →

Tags: Curious direct-market, Curious meat, Curious hogs, Pork, Beef, Direct Market, Education, pastured meat

Widow of Murdered Fly Speaks Out

DangerB wrote 4 weeks ago: Widow of Murdered Fly Seeks White House Apology, Shit Source: IowaHawk The widow of the housefly mu … more →

Tags: Barack Hussein Obama, lulz, apology, Fly, Murdered, Widow, Wrongful Death, CNBC, mourning

Pig Poop Helps Power Netherlands (VIDEO)

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 month ago: from: news.nationalgeographic.com “Methane-rich pig excrement on a large Netherlands farm is b … more →

Tags: Pork, Methane, Swine, Digesters, anaerobic, Energy, Power

"Rotline" Question of the Week: My worms ate all of the coconut fiber bedding. What should I do?

solanacentercomposter wrote 1 month ago: Wriggly Wranch Worm Bins come with a brick of coconut fiber bedding to get your worm bin started. It … more →

Tags: "Rotline" Question of the Week, bedding, coconut fiber, leaves, red wigglers, red worms, shredded paper, Solana Center, vermicomposting

Chicken manure transforms from environmental threat to treat

purdueorganicandalternative wrote 1 month ago: from: capitalpress.com “Our CSA is in its 10th season,” said Breneman. “We farm or … more →

Tags: Poultry, Chicken, litter, Compost, Fertilizer