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.
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…