Old 99 Farm

08/10/2026

My advice: if you love feathered creatures, keeping chickens can teach you a lot about them, but you’ll do far more for this broad class of animals by creating or restoring habitat for wild birds.

07/20/2026

we have organic beef, bred and raised here, pastured here, in the freezers, also pastured roasting chickens, avg 5lb weight.

07/20/2026

“France is facing a shortage of onions and other vegetables after heatwaves decimated crops across the country.

“Shoppers have been warned to expect a drop in the amount of fresh produce in the coming weeks, after a “catastrophic year”. Some of the hardest-hit crops include onions, shallots, carrots, leeks, fennel, radishes, garlic, blueberries and strawberries, according to Vegetables of France…”

[could happen here too... let's not be too complacent]

10/24/2024

10/24/2024

Oct 24 (Reuters) - Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report on Thursday, more than twice the rise agreed to nearly a decade ago."

[btw, that's 20% increase over pre-ind average, and, over land that increase could easily be double the average. I also wonder if they have taken into account that the oceans, 70% of earth surface, are not able to absorb as much heat.]

10/24/2024

Farmers sound the alarm for our global food supply as staple crop [the potato] becomes increasingly difficult to grow.

“”The crop is sensitive to weather conditions,” Bob Leiby, an agronomist with the Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers, explained. He estimated that in the 1980s, there were 35 nights per year that were too hot for the potato crops. Now, it’s closer to 50 nights per year.”

Potatoes need cool nights to grow, and in Pennsylvania, those nights are becoming few and far between.

10/11/2024

10/09/2024

“We’re actually seeing that this next generation might be the first generation to … have a shorter lifespan than their parents due to nutrition and lifestyle factors.” A nutritious diet boosts children’s mental well-being, behavior, and academic performance, says Muhlstein, a nutritionist and instructor of “Raising Balanced Eaters.” While cutting ultra-processed foods entirely is unrealistic, Muhlstein advocates for reversing the typical 70/30 ratio of processed to whole foods, recommending an “80/20 rule”—80% whole foods like eggs, fish, and vegetables, and 20% indulgent foods like chips and ice cream.

10/04/2024

Climate Week/NYC September 22-29, 2024, is underway and expects 100,000 attendees for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and expensive rooms in NYC’s ultra-expensive hotels amidst breast-pounding speeches and promises to fix civilizations’ biggest threat to continued existence. For over 30 years, climate change conference commitments to do something constructive have been embarrassing flops.

Climate Week/NYC – Oh Well! By Robert Hunziker Climate Week/NYC September 22-29, 2024, is underway and expects 100,000 attendees for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and expensive rooms in NYC’s ultra-expensive hotels amidst breast-pounding speeches and promises to fix civilizations’ biggest threa...