Zumbrota, Minnesota. Hey that rhymes! +1 point on the awesome meter. The Pros: Decent size: 100 acres, with only 10-15 …
Month: June 2012
Future Farm? – Lake City
Lake City Pros: Good size at just a tick under 100 acres. Highway 63 frontage, 2 miles outside of Lake …
Future Farm? – Pine Island
Here’s another farm we looked at during our trip. This one was outside of Pine Island, Minnesota. The Good: 137 …
Consumer Reports – Meat on Drugs
Looks like Consumer Reports is the latest organization to throw its weight behind the antibiotic-free meat. Full story here. In …
Future Farm? – Rochester, MN
Well in case you hadn’t seen my Twitter feed, I’ve been in Rochester, Minnesota for the past 4 days. We …
Scenes from Hauling Hay
It’s haying season here in the midwest. Hay mowers, rakers and balers dot the countryside. I see plenty of trucks …
Corporations, Universities, and the Future of Conventional Agriculture
I happened across this article the other day which details a report by the group Food & Water Watch on …
A Delicate Situation
As I drove up to the house today, past the broiler pen, I noticed a green tarp laying up against …
Got one!
Caught an opossum in the live trap by the broiler pen. Now if we could only get the fox that …
Farm Walk: Martz Farm
It must be farm-walk season here in the midwest because we just went to another one last night. This one …