February 13th, 2008 — Farms, Gardening, News, Poultry, Reference, Seeds, Soil
Acres U.S.A. is North America’s oldest, largest magazine covering commercial-scale organic and sustainable farming. It has a wealth of information inside with selected articles that can be read online.
This magazine is available at the EMR library, but some might want to look at the website which also has books that can be ordered. Make sure to check out the toobox for additional materials.
Link to: Acres U.S.A. Thanks Joanne
February 13th, 2008 — Farms, Gardening
Raising food in cities improves urban landscapes and residents’ diets
using urban-generated waste.
Urban agriculture can convert wastes into resources, put vacant and under-utilized areas into productive use, and conserve natural resources in rural areas while improving the environment for urban living.
by Jac Smit and Joe Nasr. Thanks Joanne.
Link to: Farming In Cities
February 10th, 2008 — Farms, Gardening, Poultry, Seeds, Soil
Eliot Coleman has nearly 40 years of experience in all aspects of organic farming, including field vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, rotational grazing of cattle and sheep, and range poultry.
Barbara Damrosch has worked professionally in the field of horticulture since 1977. She currently writes a weekly column in The Washington Post called A Cooks Garden. It appears every Thursday in the Home section.
Link to: Four Season Farm
February 9th, 2008 — Farms, News, Poultry
The outcome of the Meat Inspection Regulation in this region has been to reduce custom slaughter capacity and make North Okanagan Regional District an under-served area both for poultry and red meat custom slaughter. Summary Report January, 2008.
Link to:Impact of meat regulations in the Okanagan (PDF file)
February 9th, 2008 — Farms, News, Poultry, Reference, Seeds
Community activists from across Canada and from the USA who participated in the Beyond Factory Farming conference held in Saskatoon in November 2002 decided to form a national coalition of the same name to promote our common vision and mission:
* Livestock Production for Health and Social Justice
* To promote livestock production that supports food sovereignty, ecological, human and animal health as well as local sustainability and community viability and informed citizen/consumer choice.
Link to: Beyond Factory Farming
February 9th, 2008 — Farmers markets, Farms, Poultry, Seeds
Fill your senses with the fragrance, taste, texture and display of our wide range of culinary herbs, edible flowers, and fabulous salads and greens – all raised using all-natural growing conditions and sustainable agriculture methods.
Whether you visit our farm, meet us at the market, or order produce from us, you have our commitment to unique products, superb quality, and exceptional service.
Link to: Inspired Market Gardens
February 9th, 2008 — Farms, Poultry
Our Pastured Poultry is raised in the summer months, outdoors in roomy moveable pens, so the chickens and ducks always have access to fresh grass, fresh air and sunshine. In winter months we raise our birds in warm and dry roomy barns with lots of natural light. We never use antibiotics or animal byproducts in our feed and our birds are always raised with the natural length of daylight. We raise our birds more slowly than the larger commercial growers do, – this gives the flavour in the poultry time to mature. We also have our poultry processed in a fully inspected facility using the European air chill method, which really brings out the exceptional flavour inherent in our chicken and duck, – why would you want to settle for anything less?
Link to: Cowichan Bay Farm
February 9th, 2008 — Farms, Poultry
Polyface, Inc. is a family owned, multi-generational, pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm and informational outreach in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
We are in the redemption business: healing the land, healing the food, healing the economy, and healing the culture. Writing, speaking, and farm tours offer various message venues.
Link to: Polyface farm