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October 6, 2008 Farmland Peek-a-Boo
Loriann Signori's Painting-a-day | October 6th 2008 by Loriann Signori
Afternoon on the Prairie
Art and Reason | October 4th 2008 by Atul Pande
This is a rather fast knife painting, an approach perfectly suited to acrylic paint. The colors were mixed directly on the board and moved around only as much as needed to the shapes and light-dark contrasts. Even the colors in the tree (ultramarine read more
Topsoil Crisis: The Race to Secure Fertile Farmland
The Daily Reckoning Australia | September 24th 2008
The mainstream press focuses on issues such as population, dietary shifts and the impact of biofuels. One thing that doesn't get talked about much may be the most important thing of all: a growing shortage of quality topsoil. Call it the topsoil cris read more
Hay-bales in the Field
Visual Thoughts | September 22nd 2008 by D L Ennis
Hay-bales litter this field on a back road in Bedford County, Virginia…Blue Ridge Mountains. 2008 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs (THAT MEANS NO ADDS AND NO SELLIN read more
The Final Harvest
Visual Thoughts | September 18th 2008 by D L Ennis
The last harvest and baling of hay for the season in Bedford County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia… 2008 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs (THAT MEANS NO A read more
9 Simple Methods to Control Erosion on the Farm
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | September 5th 2008 by Alex Tiller
Erosion is the bane of every farmer, particularly those who farm in erosion-intensive environmental conditions. Aside from the relatively minor inconveniences of erosion such as fields collapsing and drainage systems getting clogged up, erosion a read more
Adams County’s One Of Pennsylvania’s Most Precious Farmland P…
The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog | September 5th 2008 by Allen Taylor
The state of Pennyslvania has announced that the 400,000th farmland preserve has been added to the state’s already huge list. In fact, Pennsylvania leads the nation in farmland preservation and we’re mighty proud of that. As one of the mo read more
NEWS AND OPINIONS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | September 4th 2008 by Tom Usher
Clones' offspring may be in food supply: FDA These greedy people are constantly testing the limits and tolerance of nature. We have seen all the pollution caused by the free market, a market without a conscience. Cloning animals is nearly brand new. read more
Russian Agriculture, The Come Back Kid?
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | September 2nd 2008 by Alex Tiller
Agriculture in Russia has a long and often tragic history. This interesting article in the New York Times (not my usual source for cutting-edge agriculture news!) talks about how the wheel has turned around – what once were individual peasant f read more
Don't call me Barbie
My Life and Other Stuff | August 29th 2008 by Scotty
(Automatic opening in a new window does not always seem to work. To view the complete photo on its Photrade page, right-click over it and open in a new window) I spent the past week on leave (using all my leave up prior to resigning from my jo... read more
Weekend Reading: Jane Jacobs, Agglomeration, Farms, NIMBY Songs
Market Urbanism | August 29th 2008 by APH
During my early college studies in Architecture and Urban Design, I became loosely familiar with the ideas of Jane Jacobs, one of the most celebrated urbanist intellectuals. Sanford Ikeda’s FEE lectures have inspired me to learn more abou read more
US Farmers Help Hungry Africans
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | August 27th 2008 by Alex Tiller
Farmers feed the world – and in the case of Amazeing Grace, a coalition of Iowa farms, businesses and churches, they feed some of the world’s poorest people. Amazeing Grace supports agricultural development programs in sub-Saharan Africa, the read more
Government, Farming, & Knowing Your Soil – Lessons Learned
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | August 23rd 2008 by Alex Tiller
There’s an interesting article about soil problems around the world in the online National Geographic. (Soil problems! Water crisis! Fuel shortages! I swear, I will find some good news to report on this month.) The author visited the Wisconsi read more
Water – For Agricultural Use, Change is Inevitable
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | August 21st 2008 by Alex Tiller
There is no solution to the water problem. Instead, there is a set of solutions and approaches that, taken together, will improve humanity’s ability to manage this most precious of commodities. Anyone who reads about the water problem quickly r read more
Cotton Pt. 2: The Broader Impact
Green Living Works! | August 20th 2008
Yesterday, we discussed the different cotton label meanings for 100 percent cotton, organic cotton, transitional cotton, and green cotton. We also learned that 100 percent cotton is very, very scary! Well, today you will learn even more of just how read more
Farming Alternative Fuels
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | August 18th 2008 by Alex Tiller
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, this is NOT the “alternative fuels” blog. But I keep finding these great information resources about the viability of ethanol and other alcohol fuels, and I really think this is something that is read more
Why Ethanol Sucks
Boom2Bust.com | August 14th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
“So ethanol is bad for taxpayers, bad for consumers, bad for the environment, and bad for the world poor. Does anyone benefit from ethanol?” Wall Street Journal Online Video Link Source: “Ethanol: Silly Senator, Corn Is for Food!” reason.tv read more
Nude Elderly Women are Celebrities
Diary of a Nudist | August 13th 2008 by nudiarist
Every once in a while a story comes along which lends me to believe that people really want to embrace the natural nude human body. The "Courthouse Girls of Farmland", in their 80s and 90s, are being featured in a documentary film about their nude ca read more
The Scattered Germans
Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary | August 12th 2008 by Scott Stiegemeyer
“Oh, if you’d study the Northern part of Indiana, you’d discover how necessary it is to send a true shepherd to us. The harvest is great, but, alas, there are no workers! But if it isn’t possible to send us a preacher, then se read more
Support for Ethanol (Not just Corn)
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | August 11th 2008 by Alex Tiller
After my last post, let’s get back onto dry land where we can get some farming done. We know that we need to move to an alcohol economy so that we can grow our own fuel instead of being dependent on hostile foreign countries for it. That’s a read more
New Painting! New Blog Look!
Adrienne Trafford Art Blog | August 1st 2008 by adrienne Trafford
Not Just Hay, but ITALIAN Hay...First, what do you think of the new look of my blog?? I'm very thrilled with it...the lovely and amazing Francesca Burras (link over on the left and please do look at her stuff because it's all incredible) whipped thi read more
Water - The Next Farm Crisis
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | July 23rd 2008 by Alex Tiller
Those alarmed by global warming call it “the other water problem” – not rising sea level, but diminishing snowfall over the western United States. Climate models indicate that snowfall levels could drop as much as 70% by the end of the 21st read more
NATIONALIZE THE U.S. OIL INDUSTRY OR MOVE TO CLEAN, NO-TOXIC-WAST…
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | July 13th 2008 by Tom Usher
The Urgent Queue...From Our Desk To Yours House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries Wednesday, Jun. 18 2008 Urgent: House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries Per Pergram-Capitol Hill House Democrats responded to President's read more
Future of Agriculture Technology - Nano Particles?
Agriculture Blog by Alex Tiller | July 9th 2008 by Alex Tiller
I have known noted speaker and author Tom Frey for several years now. A couple of months ago over lunch I asked him to share some of his insight and forethought into the future of Agriculture with me. During our discussion, he described the conce read more
The Challenge of Land Degradation / El desafio de la degradación…
The Temas Blog | July 8th 2008
I must admit that, just as was the case with deforestation, in the past I paid very little attention to the issue of land degradation. I won't bore you with the explanations and excuses as to why, just suffice it to say that it was not high enough o read more
Agricola
Visual Thoughts | June 29th 2008 by D L Ennis
This area used to be farmland when first named Agricola but these days it is horse country… © 2008 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back t read more
What is Driving Food and Oil Prices Higher?
South Asia Investor Review | June 26th 2008 by Riaz Haq
As South Asians, Americans and the rest of the world suffer the impact of doubling of the food and fuel prices in about a year, there is a strong desire around the world to understand and address the underlying causes driving this phenomenon. While c read more
Contaminants in Flood Waters Threaten Food Part I: Who is Watchin…
Planetsave | June 23rd 2008 by Lucille Chi
Farming near a river bed is a great idea until it floods. Soil near riverbeds tends to be more fertile, producing more abundant crops. But when the river beds flood and drench contiguous farm land, the water can drag unwanted contaminants to the read more
Mocha-licious (Homemade Coffee + Milo + Milk)
Miss Kelly Tan's World | June 19th 2008 by Toto-Bobo.com
How to make Mocha-licious to kick start your day? This recipe is only meant for Office Ladies (”OL”) out there. Step 1: Two tablespoons of Milo Step 2: Take a seperate mug half filled with milk (I prefer Farmland) Step 3: (a) Put your ha read more
New Corn
The Cliff Walk | June 10th 2008 by eddie
Roots by John Piller Mendota, IllinoisIt's easy to believe you can go backWhenever you desire, jump in the carAnd drive, arrive at dusk—the hour You recall most vividly—and walkAmong the buildings s read more
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