Earlier this week I bought the first three pigs for our new farm. They weren’t exactly the heritage breed hogs …
Tag: Pigs
The $200 Pig Challenge
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. I’m beginning to believe it. After looking around at other …
Pigs!
Penny & Cinco greet the new arrivals. It seemed like a long car ride back from Owatonna (about 40 miles …
Horse barn redux
So I’ve been thinking pretty hard about getting some pigs. The problem is don’t exactly have a place to put …
Farm Walk: Green Acres Farm
Last Sunday I headed up to Pine City, Minnesota to visit Wayne Bontjes of Green Acres Farm. Pine City is …
A walk around the farm and a mystery building
I went out for another walk around the farm today…. These walks are getting pretty frequent thanks to a certian …
Young Farmers Potluck – August 2012
I headed out to Bill and Brittany Sullivan’s farm last Sunday afternoon for the August Young Farmers Potluck. Bill and …
The Pitfalls of Animal Feed
In the past few days I came across a few posts that I’ve mentally bookmarked as case-studies in how farming …
Consumer Reports – Meat on Drugs
Looks like Consumer Reports is the latest organization to throw its weight behind the antibiotic-free meat. Full story here. In …
Radio Rant
On yesterdays Intersection program on KBIA, our local public radio station, there was an interesting discussion of farm and food …