Published Sep 9, 2018
Despite the fact that there is near-guaranteed job security, thanks to booming population growth, many beginning farmers face seemingly insurmountable obstacles to bringing a product to market. In this article, we’re going to cover how young farmers can start from the ground up, even if they don’t come from a family of farmers. Informing this subject is Jason Silverman, the Massachusetts Field Agent of Land For Good, and Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farm. Jason’s experience as a first generation farmer, and as an agent connecting farmers with resources, balances well with Joel’s, who took over the family farm, and has since mentored scores of intern cohorts... By not “getting in over their heads at first, even if it means a backyard garden and a flock of chickens,” beginning farmers can continue to grow their skills and work towards a future of farming...
Categories: Agribusiness
Published Jun 4, 2018
Traditional agricultural skills that made civilization possible are still alive and in use today. At the same time, hundreds of farm technician job listings across the US, and the rise of precision agriculture and software, clearly evidence the need for technologically-savvy farm technicians in the 21st century agricultural industry. It’s no surprise that tech-friendly millennials interested in farming are encouraged by these developments, which may make farming less labor intensive than in generations past... Compost still grows grass; chickens still like fly larvae... At Polyface Farms, Joel will “take the guy who can move 5,000 chickens in 60 minutes with nothing more than a hand dolly over the technocrat...
Published May 12, 2018
The Keenans were up to their elbows in infrastructure projects, animal husbandry, and a burgeoning farmstay business, and needed help in a bad way. Balancing a post and beam, lime plaster home construction project against caretaking goats and chickens, while juggling four human kids to boot, left the Keenans with little time for their personal lives. So, the family turned to the outside world for help. As a recent college grad excited about farming, I responded to their advertisement, and soon found my way to the delightful Keenan homestead. For eight hours a day (tea breaks aside - we were in The Wirral, afterall), I helped the Keenans build their future home, steward their livestock, and even watched their children...
Categories: Agribusiness, Marketing, Specialty
Published Aug 17, 2018
In 1611, William Aldred took his neighbor to court. Thomas Benton was being sued for “erecting a hogstye so near the house of the plaintiff that the air thereof was corrupted. ” In common language, the pigs stank, making it impossible for Aldred to enjoy his home which, in his words, had become “unbearable to live in... If a person moves next door to an existing farm, and after a few months, determines they can’t stand the smell of chickens then they are unable to bring a suit... Many people live their lives never setting foot on a farm to see what it takes for a farmer to raise the cows, chickens and pigs...
Categories: Hogs
By Jenny Hoo
Published Sep 21, 2019
Application of blockchain technologyThe term blockchain has yielded much attention in many industries in the last 10 years. The emergence of blockchain is due to the lack of trusted system in the market. It has been used in various industries such as finance, logistics, retail, energy, health, education and more. However, the common use of blockchain is found in the finance sector. In short, blockchain is a system linked in a peer-to-peer network maintained across several computers that records transaction made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency...
Categories: Agribusiness, Precision Ag
Business Title: Delicious Cluckers
About: I raise chickens & quail. I write a blog looking to learn and make more friends.
Interests:
Corn, Peanuts, Wheat, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Irrigation, Marketing
About: We are a small family farm. We have been gardening for years and this year branched out to include chickens and bees. Currently looking into expanding with goats as well.
Interests:
Corn, Peanuts, Specialty/Vegetable, Dairy, Poultry, Cover Crops, Organic
Business Title: Bear Butte Boers
About: Retired military. Raising goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, maybe a pig or three, and other edible animals and vegetation, too. We also have horses in case we run out of things to do.
Interests:
Poultry, Cover Crops, Irrigation, Grass, Meat Goat
Public
A group for poultry farmers to discuss all aspects of raising chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, etc.
Interest:
Poultry
Business Title: Delicious Cluckers
About: I raise chickens & quail. I write a blog looking to learn and make more friends.
Interests:
Corn, Peanuts, Wheat, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Irrigation, Marketing
About: We are a small family farm. We have been gardening for years and this year branched out to include chickens and bees. Currently looking into expanding with goats as well.
Interests:
Corn, Peanuts, Specialty/Vegetable, Dairy, Poultry, Cover Crops, Organic
Business Title: Bear Butte Boers
About: Retired military. Raising goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, maybe a pig or three, and other edible animals and vegetation, too. We also have horses in case we run out of things to do.
Interests:
Poultry, Cover Crops, Irrigation, Grass, Meat Goat
Public
A group for poultry farmers to discuss all aspects of raising chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, etc.
Interest:
Poultry
Published Sep 9, 2018
Despite the fact that there is near-guaranteed job security, thanks to booming population growth, many beginning farmers face seemingly insurmountable obstacles to bringing a product to market. In this article, we’re going to cover how young farmers can start from the ground up, even if they don’t come from a family of farmers. Informing this subject is Jason Silverman, the Massachusetts Field Agent of Land For Good, and Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farm. Jason’s experience as a first generation farmer, and as an agent connecting farmers with resources, balances well with Joel’s, who took over the family farm, and has since mentored scores of intern cohorts... By not “getting in over their heads at first, even if it means a backyard garden and a flock of chickens,” beginning farmers can continue to grow their skills and work towards a future of farming...
Categories: Agribusiness
Published Jun 4, 2018
Traditional agricultural skills that made civilization possible are still alive and in use today. At the same time, hundreds of farm technician job listings across the US, and the rise of precision agriculture and software, clearly evidence the need for technologically-savvy farm technicians in the 21st century agricultural industry. It’s no surprise that tech-friendly millennials interested in farming are encouraged by these developments, which may make farming less labor intensive than in generations past... Compost still grows grass; chickens still like fly larvae... At Polyface Farms, Joel will “take the guy who can move 5,000 chickens in 60 minutes with nothing more than a hand dolly over the technocrat...
Published May 12, 2018
The Keenans were up to their elbows in infrastructure projects, animal husbandry, and a burgeoning farmstay business, and needed help in a bad way. Balancing a post and beam, lime plaster home construction project against caretaking goats and chickens, while juggling four human kids to boot, left the Keenans with little time for their personal lives. So, the family turned to the outside world for help. As a recent college grad excited about farming, I responded to their advertisement, and soon found my way to the delightful Keenan homestead. For eight hours a day (tea breaks aside - we were in The Wirral, afterall), I helped the Keenans build their future home, steward their livestock, and even watched their children...
Categories: Agribusiness, Marketing, Specialty
Published Aug 17, 2018
In 1611, William Aldred took his neighbor to court. Thomas Benton was being sued for “erecting a hogstye so near the house of the plaintiff that the air thereof was corrupted. ” In common language, the pigs stank, making it impossible for Aldred to enjoy his home which, in his words, had become “unbearable to live in... If a person moves next door to an existing farm, and after a few months, determines they can’t stand the smell of chickens then they are unable to bring a suit... Many people live their lives never setting foot on a farm to see what it takes for a farmer to raise the cows, chickens and pigs...
Categories: Hogs
By Jenny Hoo
Published Sep 21, 2019
Application of blockchain technologyThe term blockchain has yielded much attention in many industries in the last 10 years. The emergence of blockchain is due to the lack of trusted system in the market. It has been used in various industries such as finance, logistics, retail, energy, health, education and more. However, the common use of blockchain is found in the finance sector. In short, blockchain is a system linked in a peer-to-peer network maintained across several computers that records transaction made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency...
Categories: Agribusiness, Precision Ag
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