The Beginning Farmer

The Journey of a Beginning Farmer :: As a child I spent most of my life in town living with my mom, but whenever I visited my Dad and his side of the family it was on the farm. From my earliest memories I have always wanted to be a farmer (except when I wanted to be a cowboy). Now, I am trying to fulfill that dream. This will be a journal of that journey :: my research, my joys, my frustrations, and all of the things that go along with the beginning farmer.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

What is Sustainable Agirculture?

There are a lot of buzz words flying around the alternative agricultural world today ... you know words like: small scale, cottage farmer, s...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

"Fatal Harvest"

**I am so sorry! I can't believe I did this, but I forgot to put up my post today. I wrote it last night, but didn't remember to g...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Eight...TEEN is Enough?

The past couple of days have been pretty eventful around here. Well, I guess they haven't been as eventful around here as it the past c...

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Value of Discussion in Learning

Some of the great discussions that have popped up in the past couple of weeks have really made me think about why this I started this blog. ...

Monday, February 25, 2008

Wow, Farming is Tough!

I have always been interested in farming news. When many of my other peers in middle school and high school were listening to the latest an...

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Writing for the Epi-log...

Well, I'm two weeks into writing for the epicurious.com "epi-log" . It was a pretty cool opportunity that became available to...

Friday, February 22, 2008

The Joy of Work...

"Work should be satisfying and enjoyable to us, then doing less or how hard it is will not be on our mind," writes Bud Williams in...

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Paying Your 2008 Food Bill

According to an article I read in the February 13, 2008 issue of the "Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman" if you are an average American y...

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Making Your Small Farm Profitable :: Chapter 7 Book Report

Chapter 7 of Ron Macher's book, "Making Your Small Farm Profitable" is on what I believe is one of the most important aspects ...

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Iowa's Young Farmers

I must admit that I am appreciating the issues of the "Farm Bureau Spokesman" that my father-in-law has been saving for me. They ...

Monday, February 18, 2008

143 Million Pounds of Beef Recalled

So, do your children ever eat school lunches? How about school lunches that contain beef? Or maybe your family has eaten a hamburger from ...

Saturday, February 16, 2008

How Much Land Do You Need?

The question of how much land is needed to farm/hobby farm/homestead came up in a post on the Homesteading Today forums came up this week. ...

Friday, February 15, 2008

Meat Goats ... Are They an Option?

Meat goats are something that I just haven't put too much thought into to be perfectly honest. I have seen plenty of articles and posts...

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Eating Local ... What is Local ... Why Even Try?

Writing over at the epi-log is kind of a new experience for me, and hopefully it will be a chance to discuss and promote local eating. For...

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Big News for The Beginning Farmer...

Check out "The Beginning Farmer" on "the epi-log" . I have been holding on to this big news for quite awhile now as I wa...

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Best of Times To Start Farming...

Actually the quote by Fred Kirschenmann was, "It's the best of times and the worst of times to start farming". I just decided...

Monday, February 11, 2008

Money ... Spending ... Saving ... And Farming

Last week I received my latest issue of " The Stockman Grassfarmer ". I've been a subscriber for a few months now and I enjoy...

Saturday, February 09, 2008

A Few Photos

It's been a busy week around here so today I will just post a few photos from Stonyfield. With a foot of snow on the ground, we can'...

Friday, February 08, 2008

Introducing ... RAD's Naomi!

Well, I can't really say that I had time to do it ... but, today we took a few free moments and took off to the farm to see the latest a...

Thursday, February 07, 2008

National Animal Identification System

Lately I have a couple readers write and tell me that I should write a post about the proposed Nation Animal Identification System. Up unti...

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