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Category Archives: Farm Philosophy

A Tale of Two Testes: The Boar Taint that Ain’t

Posted on November 13, 2013 by josh
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‘Tis the season – for pork, that is. Still following a tradition of starting piglets in the spring and early summer (raising them through the warm months, and finishing or fattening them on the abundance of fall), many local Adirondack … Continue reading →

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Small-farm “egg-onomics”

Posted on February 27, 2013 by josh
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We sometimes receive wide-eyes or raised eyebrows when we answer the question “how much are your eggs?” Our pasture-raised, free-range, organic-fed hen eggs, we reply, are five dollars per dozen. Since supermarket eggs can sometimes dip below $2 per dozen, … Continue reading →

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Weaving a Farm {Part 5}: Farming Philosophy 102: Farming (at) Woven Meadows

Posted on November 7, 2012 by josh
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So there is something Good in grazing. Which animals to graze? Cattle, sheep, and goats each have their merits, in terms of feed efficiency (yield of meat and milk in relation to amount of feed consumed), choice of forage (grasses, … Continue reading →

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Weaving a Farm {Part 4}: Farming Philosophy 101: Why we do what we do (Graze!)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by josh
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Our farming activities and decisions are driven by the questions “What ought we do?” and “How ought we do it?” This is an ethical, moral “ought,” not just an economic “ought,” one which reaches beyond ourselves and our self-interest to … Continue reading →

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Weaving a Farm {Part 3}: Working it All Out (or Not)

Posted on November 5, 2012 by josh
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So we were going to farm. So we made plans. Plans about how to shift the dairying, gradually, to more and more a pasture-based operation. Plans to introduce some other farming enterprises, like pastured poultry and a market garden, and … Continue reading →

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Weaving a Farm {Part 2}: The High Costs of Cheap Food

Posted on November 4, 2012 by josh
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Happenstance brought another glimpse into the ethics of both farming and eating. My younger brother, in his first year of college, was assigned and had read Fast Food Nation, and shared the book with Sarah and I. Reading this clarified … Continue reading →

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Weaving a Farm {Part 1}: All Work and No Play (or Pay!) Makes Josh a Dull Boy

Posted on November 3, 2012 by josh
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I grew up on a dairy farm, and I did not want to be dairy farmer. Yet that now (though in different ways) is what I’m setting out to do. My predominant childhood experience of dairy farming was of my … Continue reading →

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