It is spring and at the expense of tipping off the Animal Nazi’s1 I thought I would take a minute and share with you some of latest arrivals around here.
Pigs
We are currently raising 6 piglets both for our own meat and for sale. These fellas are pasture and woodland raised and will be slaughtered in [...]

In the past few weeks there has been almost too much news to keep on top of in food & agriculture related areas.
As the USDA’s bid to implement National Animal ID strengthens at the State level, all appearances are that as more people find out about this invasive, privacy stealing plan the backlash is having [...]

Food Miles are not a new concept. You can read some of my thoughts here. But increasingly Food Miles are gaining a lot more attention. But with this attention, the idea is getting more and more criticism. Criticism which is often times heavily slanted towards the views of Corporate Argi-Business.
The distance food travels to our [...]

With the discussion of Food Miles and Global Warming taking center stage we have to ask ourselves just how much does it cost in terms of crude oil–and all its production and consumption implies–for us to eat the foods we enjoy? And is eating locally a viable option or is it just too expensive?
Author Chad [...]

I’m not sure why, but I only just saw Supersize Me for the first time last week. It wasn’t any sort of revelation for me, but it was interesting nonetheless. There are some nationally scary statistics in the film. So, it was with great interest that I stumbled on and read two related articles [...]

In Gastrocast #94 I speak of two major problems facing the fight to keep our food free from over regulation and governmental control–Giant, Corporate Polluters like Smithfield Farms who have given even small farms a bad name with their laissez-faire attitude towards hog waste and environmental contamination; and the USDA’s National Animal ID System [...]