My brother-in-law describes Hedgebrook Farm as “the perfect farm.” This is where my husband and I chose to volunteer our time on Christmas Eve.
Jenny, an aging cow, reclaims her health with the love of Laura, her new owner. This is a beautiful story of how tender animal husbandry can renew an animal’s life.
At a time when the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) is channeling money to outside contractors with no experience in organic agriculture to write production standards, why would it invent reasons to fire the most experienced regulatory rule writer on its staff?
This is where we take a stand. When the goverment says a clean farm stinks and a stinky farm is clean–consumers need to scream, “NOOOOO!”
Small farmers were dismayed when Issue 2 passed in Ohio this past November. Blogger, Augie gives his perspective on the animal care standards board the measure established.
Small Farms and The Environment Will Bear the Cost of NAIS In a statement released to the press on Tuesday, Past President and current Board member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Taaron Meikle says that NAIS , the USDA’s National Animal ID System is being implemented to benefit Confined Animal Feeding Operations at the [...]
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Check this out, an excellent article with videos about what we can do to make farms safe for animals, and food safe for humans!
I wish I had HBO, but in a way, maybe I’m glad I don’t. Tomorrow night, Monday, March 16th at 10:00pm, HBO is airing a documentary about an animal rights activist who goes undercover to expose farm animal abuses. His name is Pete
My husband and I own 2/26ths of a cow named Aster. She lives on a 100 year old farm and provides us milk every week. We love our cow, and it is so nice to know exactly where our milk comes from, and how she is treated.
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