Goat's-eye view Fencing is what I spend the most time doing (and thinking about) on the farm. That's probably why I bore our readers with posts about fencing so frequently. My time is split between so many different things that saying one thing dominates another is hard to do, but...
Since we started putting the goats out on pasture we’ve received a surprising amount of interest about the method we’re using. I certainly don’t think it’s the best method, but it works for us right now and over time I’m sure it will change a lot. In fact, we’ve already...
Farming Eco-Farm, An Acres U.S.A. Primer Whoa, this book goes into a lot of detail about soil. From the tiniest molecules to the largest building blocks. It's penned as a great book for beginners, but a lot of it still went over my head. Nevertheless, it's still a...
Memoirs This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Highly recommended for any farmer, young or new. Melissa Coleman details the life of a farmer from a child’s perspective. As the daughter of Eliot Coleman, Melissa was in the “limelight” of organic...
Fun/Informational The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Widely considered the "gateway book" to caring and knowing about where your food comes from, Omnivore's Dilemma has been an inspiration for millions consumers worldwide. Michael Pollan follows four food chains (industrial, organic, and foraged) from the source...
Books When your fiancee buys you a bookshelf for Valentine's Day, you know you've got a reading problem! I guess that's what happens when you're a city person transitioning into farming... Here's a list of books we've found especially helpful
Image courtesy of André Ford and www.we-make-money-not-art.com We read a thought-provoking article the other day about what might be the next era of industrial farming. A student at The Royal College of Art in the UK put up an installation detailing the potential “progress” that could be made in the...
"We need more young people farming". I hear you Palmerino! Since starting down the path of farming my reading materials have transitioned from finance and Wall St Journal-related to substantially all farming-related. It even goes so far as to subscribing to multiple monthly magazines. I’m not talking ad-laden, glossy covered,...
