Check out this vice video here. A dairy farmer who is using technology to develop superior cows by increasing the rate of evolution to a hole new level. The video lays it out well, instead of one great cow a year like most farms, he gets like 100 times more amazing cows (just me doing…
An exciting company out of Kenya is making a really great looking water pump for a huge market in Africa that can really use the pump. Check out future pump here. I found out about future pump through this great article. I didn’t realize there was so much potential for irrigation in Africa.
Read this great article on how investing in agriculture has the highest impacts on reducing poverty compared to other industries. The article is loaded with interesting data and an important perspective for those investors looking for impact. Check out the article here.
Quit your day job and go graze sheep! Its fun, rewarding and can save the world from climate change. My journey started almost 5 years ago and having this book would have saved me a lot of time. We had a 65 acre farm with acres of pastures throughout. I wanted a way to use…
Definitely don’t learn social media naturally as I spend much more time outside than surfing the networks. Big take away was that social media has changed things so much that we people now expect a social element with all interactions. The narrative is convincing and easy to follow. I feel like I learned a lot…
A cool part of building an ecological farm is that you get to learn the stories of so many interesting plants. This past month I have been watch the gourds and pumpkins with great curiosity. Tied to taking in all the observations throughout the season to make sense things is also reading up and understanding…
This week was exciting for me because we scored an Allis Chalmers 72 Harvestall combine! A combine is used to harvest grains and seeds from the field, and the Allis is a classic machine that can be pulled behind the tractor. Besides the challenge of finding good equipment, the real battle is getting it…
There is lots a farmer can learn from books and, at the same time, a farmer can also learn the same stuff by spending time outside and observing nature. There is a difference though. You can learn from a book a lot easier, because some of the magic of nature only happens for short periods…
Lambing time is just around the corner, so I am trying to get the barn ready for the new lambs. This year, every month seemed to have a major challenge, but what keeps me sane is knowing that we are building systems that will save us tons of work here on the farm. I can’t…
I came across a great article on the nutritional content of food on politco.com, check it out here. I learned about this three years ago, when I started growing open pollinated corn for myself and my sheep. The farmer I bought the corn seed from was very passionate about maintaining open pollinated corn. He showed…