Why Do Farms Have Roosters: Uncovering Their Key Roles

It’s so much fun incubating chicken eggs in an incubator, and hatching chicks. Raising chickens from birth is a wonderful on farm experience.One problem...

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California Pistachios: A Rising Star

Watch out, almonds! There’s a new nut in town. Pistachios generated $3 billion...

News from the Farm | September 2, 2024

I asked if I could write the newsletter this week because I realized it would probably be my last chance, and that I hadn’t...

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Sepia — The Color of Winter —- Thursday, December 5, 2024

  As I stated earlier sprigs of green still linger.  A bit of a burst of joy in the sepia world of winter. However, we do...

The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty and TLC Cai-Cai on 2024 Friday—The Huge, GIANT Rain Event, Friday, October 18, 2024

Chapter 9, Mom Doesn’t’ Understand “TLC C-C,  What is the matter?”, Mom asked me as I came running toward her. “Did something scare you?  Look at...
What We Really Lose

What We Really Lose – People/Events

What We Really Loseby Brandt Ainsworth of Franklinville, NYMy Old Man has done some living. He was...
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A Meditation on the Land by David Salner –...

A Meditation on the Land—remembering ­­a farm foreclosure.For Darrell Ringer, 1953-93 “Thank you,” he said, while the black...
Olive pruning. Things to bear in mind

Olive pruning. Things to bear in mind

In the middle of the olive pruning campaign, we pause our tasks to provide a summary of ...
Don't Get Me Wrong...

Don’t Get Me Wrong…

The rain continues.  And though I don't have a story, per se, for you today... I am...

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Budget 2024: maintaining momentum – Farming

Credit: Smudge 9000 Farming and food security are the foundations of our economy, our communities and our environment.  The government has made it clear that its...