It’s not surprising that a Mennonite farmer from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom had never heard of Temple Grandin, whose animal welfare and autism awareness work landed her a spot on Time…
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There are some afternoons when the sun casts a golden hue over Dan Marchaland’s cattle farm in Greenwich, NY. Birds of prey are gliding. Sometimes deer, coyotes, and foxes explore…
Ike Malulla built a successful career in a telecommunications firm. His brother, Dave, is an HVAC technician. But a few years back, with retirement on the horizon, they inherited their…
We’ve always tried to highlight that New England and New York is the one region in the country where the average age of farmers is declining, the size of farms…
In 1876 an MIT professor, Edward Pickering, and Charles Hitchcock of Dartmouth College, among others, invited Boston area academics to form an association for the purposes of exploring New Hampshire’s…
Prior to 1920, farmers took home upwards of 70 cents on every consumer dollar spent on meat. By the late 1930s the farmer’s share had fallen to 51 cents, but we still saw…
Grazing ruminants (animals that are meant to eat grass and grass alone, like cattle) produce methane as a bi-product of digestion. Much has been written and analyzed regarding the climate…
Everyone wants clean air and water… but the soil is just as critical to our well being. The soil is one of the world’s most important resources. It is also…
Once we’ve sealed the freezers and finished up each Friday, we gather around our shady picnic table for “beer share”. Each week, two new people bring in beer of their…
Feedlot Manure Lagoon in Tascosa Feedlot, Texas” (2013), Credit: Mishka Henner The Alternative: Rotational grazing systems to grow 100% grass-fed beef - in support of healthier soils, animals, and ultimately...
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