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Should Urban Farmers Be Allowed to Slaughter Backyard Animals?

October 13, 2011

An interesting post on The Atlantic questions why we aren’t getting accurate information about food options for homesteaders, and delves into the common debates and misunderstandings of producing one’s own food.

“With interest groups on both sides m…

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More Factory Farms Behind 20% Increase In Meat Consumption Over Past Decade

October 12, 2011

photo: Mike Fleming/CC BY

Many TreeHugger readers are probably aware that the amount of meat we’re eating on average is increasing, a lot. Some new research from Worldwatch Institute quantifies it, and the picture isn’t pretty. In the past 10 years, …

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Castoro Cellars: Damn Fine Eco-Friendly Wine

October 12, 2011

Photos via Castoro Cellars

Castoro Cellars, founded by the husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen in 1983, is one of Paso Robles’ oldest wineries. What started out as just a few barrels in some rented space has grown into a 25,000-case operat…

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New Arctic Ozone Hole Could Mean Reductions in Europe’s Winter Wheat Crop

October 10, 2011

You may have heard that there’s a massive new ozone hole in the Arctic–the first time there’s been one there. Well, ThinkProgress has a good rundown (tag-teaming it seems with Jeff Masters from Weather Underground) on why its really potentially ba…

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A Christian Perspective on Organic Dairy Farming and Positive Child Labor (Video)

October 10, 2011

Image credit: The Perennial Plate

“If you take a 5 year old and ask him to hold the other end of a wrench, you’ll make his day. It may be at my expense, but if I can carry that then he’ll benefit from it.”

From retiring dairy cows to asking whether …

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Can Bored Pigs Benefit From Toys Inspired by IKEA?

October 9, 2011

Image: paulidin + Stephen Fulljames/CC BY-SA 2.0

Pigs are smart. As smart animals, they can be easily bored. Bored pigs become more aggressive, posing a danger to themselves and causing losses for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) farmers,…

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How to Grow King Stropharia Mushrooms pt. II: Checking for Mycelium

October 6, 2011

Image credit: Mushroom Mountain

With the Fall coming on strong, mushrooms are starting to poke their heads out of the leaf litter once more—the most visible reminder of nature’s greatest recyclers. Earlier this year I posted a video from South …

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How to Grow King Stropharia Mushrooms pt. II: Checking for Mycelium

October 6, 2011

Image credit: Mushroom Mountain

With the Fall coming on strong, mushrooms are starting to poke their heads out of the leaf litter once more—the most visible reminder of nature’s greatest recyclers. Earlier this year I posted a video from South …

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How to Kill a Chicken (Video)

October 5, 2011

Image credit: Paul Wheaton

From visiting tiny houses to training chickens to eat slugs, I am somewhat addicted to Paul Wheaton’s permaculture-related YouTube channel. My latest discovery is likely to be a little controversial—a thoughtful two-p…

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Novel Strategies Save Both Endangered Grevy’s Zebras and Cattle Ranchers

October 4, 2011

Photo by just chaos via Flickr CC

The zebra is an icon of Africa — as important and recognizable as lions, elephants and wildebeest. But the Grevy’s Zebra, found in Kenya and Ethiopia, is endangered. In an effort to bring back numbers, the Grevy’s Z…

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