Monthly Archives: February 2012

Innisfree Farm: Web roundup

Posted on February 28, 2012 by dlhitzeman

Want to know what I’m reading about agriculture, food, and sustainability? Well this periodic post is the place to find out: Kajabi on the old wise farmer Treehugger on exploding pig barns The New York times on the rise of the artisanal food producer Scientific American on the impracticality of the cheeseburger Foreign Policy Magazine on [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: Could “earthing” help us rebalance our charged modern lives?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by dlhitzeman

I’m usually skeptical of the claims of most “naturalistic” cures for things, not because I don’t believe they can work, but because history demonstrates they’re no more of a panacea than modern medicine. Yet, there are some concepts that are so logical and contain such an element of historical veracity that I can’t help but [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: Back to the start

Posted on February 13, 2012 by dlhitzeman

This is what we’re doing here at Innisfree Farm. Thank you Chipotle for supporting what farmers like us are trying to do.

Come join us by supporting your local, sustainable farmers and farmers markets.
DLH
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Innisfree Farm: Some thoughts on Punxsutawney Phil

Posted on February 3, 2012 by dlhitzeman

So yesterday was Groundhog Day, complete with its requisite trotting out of the rodent and an internet full of mocking said rodent and the people who flock to him once per year. Now, I will grant you that the whole show surrounding Groundhog Day is ridiculous and proves nothing except that people like to have [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Innisfree Farm: Good rules for rounding up wayward animals

Posted on February 1, 2012 by dlhitzeman

If you grow livestock, it is almost inevitable that eventually some of them will get out of the place you keep them. This problem could result from a poorly latched gate or from an animal’s desire to see if the grass is really greener on the other side of that fence. Either way, at that [...] Continue reading → Continue reading →

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