Farmer Blog
The Farmer Blog features outstanding writing by some of our favorite EcoFarmers. Through sharing these entertaining and informative essays, we hope to promote important voices to a wider audience, create a platform for interactive dialogues on important issues and increase communication among diverse groups. The farmer blog focuses on successful examples of sustainable agriculture and food systems initiatives, creates opportunities for farmers to promote their farms and their work. If you are a farmer writing on food and farming issues, and interested in contributing, please email us for more information.
LIVING WITHOUT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS IS NOT THE BEST REASON TO MOVE TO HAWAII
Posted on March 29, 2010 in the Farmer Blog
There’s Hanelei Bay, and Pikala, and all the country spots on the leeward side of Kauai, as well as the papayas, the local honey and the sense that you can survive fairly well even though the place is in constant economic turmoil.
Silicon Valley investors place bets on sustainable ag 7
Posted on March 29, 2010 in the Farmer Blog
Welcome to Agriculture 2.0
A maverick geneticist may be poised to launch a revolution in agriculture
Posted on February 25, 2010 in the Farmer Blog
A maverick geneticist, whose countenance evokes that of bison from the Kansas prairie to which he is native, may be poised to launch a revolution in agriculture like no other since the inception of cultivation itself ten millennia past.
Mary’s Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks
Posted on January 28, 2010 in the Farmer Blog
FORAGER: What you feel like on the farm in the winter when a vegetable gets scary scarce
Posted on January 6, 2010 in the Farmer Blog
A few folks are new to the CSA so I should be more businesslike and informative. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
Flowers vs. Those Who Eat Their Young
Posted on December 17, 2009 in the Farmer Blog
Animals eating seed, the grains in our daily bread included, is not exactly in the best interest of plants, which produce them for the purpose of reproduction.
Farther Afield
Posted on December 9, 2009 in the Farmer Blog
Farm implement dealers across the rural south relish selling a $100,000 tractor or $300,000 combine or picker, but the field tool in greatest demand from them this season was a $25 long handled hoe.
Calling All Small Farmers: EcoFarm Pre-Conference Focuses on the Business Side of Sustainability
Posted on November 23, 2009 in the Farmer Blog
My husband Jim and I have been farming intently for about five years now, at TLC Ranch near Santa Cruz. Our business has grown by an astonishing 3,500% in 5 years — ridiculous, I know! — but somehow we have yet to see a net profit at the end of the year.
