Flying Turtle Farm

01/27/2013

We have a quad-bike and a "digger" too!

A song about the state of modern farming. Animated by Greasy Moose.

06/28/2012

Baby white Highland calf born yesterday! Healthy and strong. Will try to post a photo later.

03/10/2012

They won't let your child eat a brown bag lunch, but they will feed them this:

McDonald's and Taco Bell have banned it, but now the USDA is picking up 7 million tons of beef containing ammonium hydroxide-treated ground connective tissue and meat scraps and serving it up to America's school kids. If you thought cafeteria food was gross before….

03/05/2012

The agent who arrived on the scene ordered that all the fresh, local produce and pasture-based meat that was intended for the meal be destroyed with bleach.

02/28/2012

The situation is perilous ... The question has become: What do we do about this disastrous alignment of pure profit in something so basic and fundamental to human survival?' Christopher D. Cook, AlterNet

02/28/2012

Oluf and Debra Johnson are farmers taking a stand against pesticide drift in Paynesville, MN. They’re brave, principled, hard-working and they deserve our support. Between 1998 and 2008, the Johnson’s fields were contaminated five times by pesticide drift. As a result, they lost their organic farm...

02/17/2012

Your loving government at work.

RAEFORD - All lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs must meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines. When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement the missing ones.

02/14/2012

Urges USDA to rescind approval of genetically engineered alfalfa: “In layman’s terms, it should be treated as an emergency.” By Rady Ananda Food Freedom A plant pathologist experie...

01/11/2012

“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.” -Aldo Leopold

11/27/2011

Now that our Saturdays aren't spent at the Market, it's time to build and repair fence. We're working toward enclosing two new grazing paddocks for rotational grazing, bringing our total number of paddocks up to six.