I’ve only been blogging a few weeks, but one of my main concerns was how to reach out to people who aren’t involved in ag but want to know more about where their food, fuel, and fiber come from. Over the past few days I’ve read a few tweets saying we need to put ourselves […]
Not just with the farm, but any type of gadget or tech, I always want the newest and the best. Since I worked off the farm for six years I think I can look at our operation from somewhat of an outsider’s perspective. Maybe the most valuable thing I learned working away from the farm […]
There are those who would have the general population believe biotech crops are grown solely with profits in mind with total disregard for the surrounding environment. What you might not hear about are the things farmers must do to protect the pests that rob them of those profitable yields. I’m talking about refuge acres. Let’s […]
Here I am summer of 2009 on our 1956 John Deere 70 diesel pulling a 3 bottom plow. We took the plow out into a wheat field after harvest for fun and to shine the plow up a little bit. I was born in 1980 and this was the first and still only time I […]
Update November 13, 2013 What’s become of Dr. Huber and his claim of a new organism that causes trouble for seemingly every living thing on the planet in the nearly three years since I published this post? The latest news is from Dr. Kevin Folta who I’ve had the privelage of meeting over dinner while […]
Here we are on a recent family trip to visit relatives in Hawaii. They have a 20 acre farm growing lettuce, romaine, cabbage, and onions. It’s only 20 acres, but there is a lot of hand labor involved especially at harvest which is done 3-4 days per week 52 weeks a year. Everything is loaded […]