Windhorse Farm

09/10/2026

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A natural wool covering placed over 200 square metres of high-altitude Alpine ice has proved as effective at slowing summer melting as conventional synthetic tarpaulins, offering a possible biodegradable alternative to plastic sheets. Initial results from the "Keep It Wool" trial on the Tsanfleuron....

09/02/2026

RIP Wendell Berry poem, May his memory be a blessing.

The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know.

So, friends, every day do something
that won’t compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.
Give your approval to all you cannot
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man
has not encountered he has not destroyed.

Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias.
Say that your main crop is the forest
that you did not plant,
that you will not live to harvest.
Say that the leaves are harvested
when they have rotted into the mold.
Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.

Put your faith in the two inches of humus
that will build under the trees
every thousand years.
Listen to carrion – put your ear
close, and hear the faint chattering
of the songs that are to come.
Expect the end of the world. Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts.
So long as women do not go cheap
for power, please women more than men.
Ask yourself: Will this satisfy
a woman satisfied to bear a child?
Will this disturb the sleep
of a woman near to giving birth?

Go with your love to the fields.
Lie down in the shade. Rest your head
in her lap. Swear allegiance
to what is nighest your thoughts.
As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn’t go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.

—Wendell Berry

09/01/2026

Hey Virginia peeps! Birds on the Fly has an upcoming route https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593749720830

A girl with a dream of more chickens and helping others also get more chickens.

08/31/2026

08/30/2026

After much deliberation, our three-year-old fully registered KuneKune boar “Johnny Cash” (Slackwater Farm Te Whangi 1, AKKPS 44017) is up for discussion! 🐷 We love him very much (he’s got a great, friendly personality, loves to come up for treats and scritches, is solidly built, and is proven), but we feel it’s time to move him onto new pastures as we look into possibly switching our girls to a new boar, and we only have so much space currently on our property.

Breeding: PKK Te Whangi 8 x Slackwater Farm Sally 1
COI: 5.9000%

Our preference is for a breeding or pet home (with other pigs on the property), and so he is priced accordingly. Must provide own transportation for pick-up, located in central Virginia. Please PM for more information!

08/27/2026

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OvoPro, produced by The EVERY Company through a process called precision fermentation, is an egg-white protein grown by a programmed yeast called Komagataella phaffii rather than a chicken. It is already being used in protein bars, baked goods, protein powders, sauces, and dressings sold through Walmart, Target, and Amazon. The EVERY Company reports orders in the first four months of 2026 were 550% of its entire 2025 volume. A second company, Onego Bio, has also received an FDA "no questions" response for its competing product Bioalbumen. Both are on shelves now.

The FDA's clearance process for these products is not a formal approval. Both companies declared their own ingredient safe under GRAS regulations, notified the FDA, and received a letter stating the agency had "no questions." Federal law requires both products to appear on ingredient labels. The label names to look for are "egg white protein," "ovalbumin," or the brand name OvoPro. The USDA's Bioengineered Food Disclosure rules do not currently require precision-fermented proteins to carry a bioengineered disclosure, leaving most consumers entirely unaware the ingredient exists in their food.

Sources: FDA GRAS Notice 1104, The EVERY Company, Dallas Express, Snopes, Tallow.app, August 2026

08/24/2026

Several Vorwerk chicks, about 6-7 weeks old! Wonderful, friendly and dual-purpose rare breed. Located in the Charlottesville area. NPIP certified/AI clean. Parents pictured. Please PM for more information!

08/20/2026

We have a dozen Vorwerk hatching eggs 🥚 ready to 🚢 out asap! PM for more information!

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