I ran across Ruth Stout last year when a friend of mine (Thanks, Sherry) apologizing gave me a video about Ruth Stout. I say apologizing because Ruth Stout was a bit quirky and odd in some of her thinking and practices. Despite that fact, there is a wealth of gardening knowledge that one can gain [...]
The HVP Recall Ramifications Continue – 750 Tons of Meat Recalled
Windsor Foods, with operations in Lampasas, Texas, and Oakland, Miss., is recalling approximately 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that may be contaminated with salmonella.
The packages of beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products contain as an ingredient the specific Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP), which was previously recalled, USDA’s Food [...]
HVP Recall: Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Recall and Food Safety Concerns
If you google Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, you will be overwhelmed with the amount of articles that show up about the recent recall of a additive, not a food! This recall is reported to be heading in the direction of the largest food recall in U.S. history. It’s not the spinach and it’s not the peanuts. [...]
Are You Eating Moldy Tomatoes?
Moldy tomatoes from Kraft, Frito-Lay, B&G Foods, and Safeway could be in your pantry because of a basic weakness in the industrialized food system. The NY Times reported that SK Foods, one of the nations largest tomato processors, was bribing large corporate buyers to push their rotten tomatoes into your pantry!
Over the last 14 months, Mr. [...]
Pulling a Breech Lamb
If your not interested in hearing about our experience with pulling a breech lamb, you should just skip this post.
Our 12 year old has a thriving herd of 12 sheep. He bought 4 sheep 2 years ago. We’ve already butchered 2 and and lost 2 babies. Overall, we love the Katahdin sheep. They have been [...]
10 Reasons Monsanto Should Not Develop GMO Wheat
These points are taken from a press release from WORC. If you have not looked into the technology behind the GMO “movement” let me recommend a quick view of, “The Future of Food“. When someone tells you that we need GMO seeds for some lame excuse like “our wheat production is down”, you can refer [...]
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Industrial Food Supply
More HVP Food Recall: Kroger Recalls, Trader Joes Recalls and more
Many of you have been following the HVP food recall or Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein recall that has been coming out in the news this week. Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) paste and powder distributed by Basic Food Flavors, Inc was contaminated with Salmonella and has caused a nation wide recall on a variety of snack food items, [...]
Industrial Food Supply
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Food Recall
I ran across this news article today. It’s another food recall except this time it’s a bit more complicated! How about Salmonella found in a widespread common food additive!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) March 5, 2010– U.S. food regulators announced a voluntary recall on Thursday of food made with a common flavoring that could be contaminated with salmonella [...]
Agrarian Life
Seeing Spring Around the Corner
We are starting to see spring around the corner. Sure, it’s 30 degrees outside now….but the sun was out today and it warmed up enough to send the kids outside in a coat to run around. We’ve had a long, cold winter and we are very ready to thaw out a bit.
I’ve been aching to [...]
Agrarian Life
Tennessee Organic Growers Association Conference, Nashville, March 5-6
I just found out about this great conference going on in our backyard this weekend, March 5 -6 by TOGA (Tennessee Organic Growers Association). (Thanks Donna for letting me know!!!!)
It sounds like a wonderful conference if you are in the area. Saturday has a full line up of great speakers. Joel Salatin is on [...]
Agrarian Life
Albino Deer Photographed
Odocoileus virginianus – Albino Whitetail Deer
How often do you get to see an albino deer in the wild? Depending on where you find the statistics on the web, you have somewhere between 1 and a million to 1 and 100,000 chance that you will see one.
But the real question is how often will you [...]
Raw Milk
Farm-to-Consumer Sues FDA Over Raw Milk Policies
Going on the offensive, the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is bringing suit against the FDA. Some may think, I’ve been a little hard on the government with my constant ranting against the “Raw Milk Nazis”. But, I don’t know what else you call an organization that persecutes small farmers trying to make a living and [...]
Agriculture Around the World
The NAIS is Not Dead – Say no to Animal Identification by Any Name
As my friend Justin posted here, the NAIS is not dead. I was just reminded that I did not post his post when I came across the following article verifying some of the details. This is from Brian Allmer’s article found here.
NAFB – Now that USDA is scrapping the National Animal Identification System, the [...]
Agrarian Life
The Slow Food Movement is Too Fast
One of the reasons we moved to the farm was in search of a slower paced life that allowed time for “one another”. It was seeking meaningful relationships and finding the time to invest in other people’s lives. In short it was looking for community. Not the old Cheers theme of community, you know the one, “Sometimes [...]
Raw Milk
Milk Nazis Appeal Raw Milk Ruling
A Toast to Michael Schmidt as he continues the Good Fight.
(picture by DAVID COOPER/TORONTO STAR)
Some governments don’t know when to stop. Ah, but that is what we call tyranny isn’t it? Citing that Judge “Kowarsky “erred in law” in ruling the public can opt out of provisions in the acts “through a private contractual [...]
Healthy Natural Food
5 Tips to Cooking Grass Fed Beef
I’ve had a lot of folks tell me that they did not like grass fed beef; that it was too tough, or didn’t taste right. To be honest, in my experience, there have been several steaks I have cooked where I agreed with them. But at the same time, there were some that were out [...]
Agrarian Life
Monsanto Re-engages in Development of GMO Wheat
This report, by Stephanie Dearing, discusses Monsanto’s intent to re-engage in the research and production of GMO wheat:
After Monsanto announced its plan to revisit gm wheat last year, having received the support of an international farmer’s coalition, a worldwide movement opposing the yet-to-be developed grain product is growing…
Monsanto spent under $5 million developing its gm round-up [...]
Agriculture Around the World
Bulgarian Environment and Water Committee Backs Five Year Ban on GMOs
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=113066
The Bulgarian Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Water has adopted the proposed changes to the GMO Act including the 5-year ban on GM Crop cultivation.
The decision was backed by the 11 MPs on the Committee and will be voted on next week in the second hearing of the Act in the Bulgarian Parliament. It was passed [...]
Economics
Enslaving Third World Countries Through Dairy Stimulus – Part II
The Borrower is a slave to the lender
The last post discussed this article touting the salvation of the Crudaros (Dairy farmers) in Uruguay, by stimulus money. We will discuss where that money is coming from in the next edition and who is gaining control by loaning the money. But first, we need to understand that [...]
Economics
Enslaving Third World Countries Through Dairy Stimulus – Part I
The Borrower is a slave to the lender
This is going to be a little complicated, but bare with me and let me attempt to explain my thoughts on this article from Poverty News Blog, which quotes this source article, URUGUAY: Pulling Small Dairy Farmers Out of Poverty. Let me get a few quotes to give you an [...]
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