Updated – It's Now Legal to Drink Raw Milk in TN….
* Updated original post that mistakenly said the prescription bill had passed. In fact the prescription bill was “amended” to be the cow share bill. …if you own at least … Continue Reading →
Category: Economics
Desiring Slow Community
While I’m not really desiring community in Chinatown, PA the heart of this message on the Desiring God Blog has it right. One of the reasons we moved to the … Continue Reading →
Fresh the Movie
It is always exciting to find new encouragement in the area of farming. We recently found these trailers for a new movie call, “Fresh The Movie”. It seems to be … Continue Reading →
Factory Farms and Swine Flu
Quite a bit of information is coming out about the swine flu “pandemic”. Here’s one of the thought provoking articles I read, Mexican Lawmaker: Factory Farms Are “Breeding Grounds” of … Continue Reading →
Gardens are Growing
Even with cutting back, buying sales, and strategic meal planning and grocery shopping, many families are still seeing an increase in what they are spending on food and household supplies. … Continue Reading →
Gardening Thoughts
We have had beautiful weather the last couple of days…right before it gets cold again later this week. I am ready to get out in the garden. We still have … Continue Reading →
A lesson on monetary inflation
The game of monopoly (we have farm-opoly) can get out of hand at our house. Last week I heard them disputing and ultimately banning “bailouts”. This week I caught the kids … Continue Reading →
Barter on My Mind
A slow economy seems to make for busy times. But in the midst of the busyness one thing keeps running through my mind. How can we build an independent local … Continue Reading →
1,000 White Eggs
Last year when a restaurant told us they only wanted white eggs we reluctantly started researching white egg layers. It was not that we have anything against white egg layers, … Continue Reading →
You Can Support the Raw Milk Bill – HR 778
This is from the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF). Please see below for actions you can take today to help insure you have access to healthy milk products for your … Continue Reading →