Pastured Pigs
Swine has a filthy historic connotation, and most modern industrial hog production systems are enormous polluters and the source of much animal suffering. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I have been interested …
Swine has a filthy historic connotation, and most modern industrial hog production systems are enormous polluters and the source of much animal suffering. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I have been interested …
I wanted to highlight a recent post from Michael Bomford of Kentucky State University on his blog Energy Farms. Michael notes that USDA data show that the U.S. Food System is INCREASING its use of …
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s …
Conventional agriculture production systems in developed countries rely heavily on fossil energy, but emerging uncertainties in energy supply indicate a need to better understand energy efficiency in conventional and alternative systems. So begins a press …
I recently had the honor and pleasure of spending a weekend at a retreat that involved many great people, including Wes Jackson of The Land Institute. One of the highlights for me was when Wes displayed …