Have you ever wondered what the dimensions are of a home-made cattle chute? A head gate? So much is manufactured today that the idea of making these things from scratch is hardly on anyone's agenda. But if you have a template, you can bootstrap a lot of things that otherwise would cost thousands of dollars.
Read MoreUniversity of Virginia researcher Eyleen O'Rourke features prominently in a recent Charlottesville Daily Progress article about how diet and gut microbes influence pharmaceutical activity. For those of us versed in nature's awesome complexity this is a ho-hum piece that shouldn't even make the news. But for the medical research community, this is jaw-dropping stuff.
Read MoreI can't help it, folks. I have to step into the coronavirus situation; it's been too long and I've been accumulating stuff from real people, not news organizations. Many front line health workers come to the farm and I always engage them to find out their perspective. Folks, it's universally opposite the daily news feed. I haven't met a single one that trusts the numbers.
Read MoreIt's Friday and time for another teaser on my book with former apprentice Chris Slattery titled POLYFACE DESIGNS.
Read MoreTwo senators have gotten some big media play proposing a bi-partisan cure for alleged cattle price manipulation by the big packers. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jon Testor (D-Montana) have teamed up to write a mandate that the big four beef processors must purchase half their supply from what is known as the spot market.
Read MoreThose of you who follow this blog fairly religiously know that we went through roughly a year of being unable to get our beef livers back from the slaughterhouse because a new inspector unacquainted with the green sheen on grass finished beef livers condemned them as inedible.
Read MoreThese days I do half a dozen guest podcasts a week. Someone asked me recently if I had my own podcast, and while numerous folks have asked me to do one, I'm not sure the world needs another podcast. I'm too old for something that novel. This blog is about as modern as I can handle, and if it weren't for Wendy, I couldn't do this either.
Read MoreIn keeping with the Friday teasers introducing my collaborative new book titled POLYFACE DESIGNS with guru engineer and former apprentice Chris Slattery, today I want to focus on some of the ancillary material.
Read MoreSince Covid-19, apartment rents in San Francisco have dropped nearly 10 percent. That means just a few months ago, a one bedroom apartment in San Francisco averaged nearly $4,000 a month. Just call it $45,000 a year.
**Thank you Kate Simon Photography for use of your image!!
Read MoreI've purposely stayed away from coronavirus for more than a week, but things eventually accumulate so today I'm thinking about alternatives.
Read MoreSaturday I went to a nearby farm estate auction. Normally as the season begins to break we have one of these in our area almost every Saturday, but with the coronavirus, this is one of the myriad activities put on hiatus.
Read MoreUntil it's actually printed in late August, my new book POLYFACE DESIGNS with engineer and former apprentice Chris Slattery will continue to be teased on these Friday blogs.
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