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Edgefield Farm: August 2008
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. Whats a pet worth? Fear: the great motivator. A model for an Internet privacy policy. Tuesday, August 19, 2008. What's a pet worth? There's a couple in Vermont who will go before the state Supreme Court shortly to argue that they should be allowed to sue their veterinarians for compensation for pain and suffering relating to the death of their cats. You can get the details here. By listening to Vermont Edition. I hop...
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Edgefield Farm: December 2008
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. US sheep producers: you have a chance to right a w. Roll with me, Henry. Thursday, December 11, 2008. US sheep producers: you have a chance to right a wrong. Sometime in the next few months, sheep producers across the US will have the opportunity to end the regressive sheep production tax that was imposed on us in 2002 under the checkoff program. Has it improved your bottom line? By any objective measure, unless you ...
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Edgefield Farm: August 2010
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. Another spasm of self-rightousness. Monday, August 23, 2010. Another spasm of self-rightousness. But here are some questions that I'd like to pose to Joel Salatin and Michael Pollan. If we are going to do this egg thing right - and I think we all pretty much agree on what right means - where is the land and labor going to come from? At the farm where I work, we produce about 200 eggs per day. During the period of...
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Edgefield Farm: Quiche Cheshire
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. Monday, May 4, 2015. Quiche Lorraine is a savory egg tart that was developed in the French province of Lorraine. A true peasant food, it celebrates the seasonal bounty of eggs and the return of fresh vegetables in the spring. Makes one 9-inch quiche, serves 6 to 8. 189; pound bacon or. 188; pound ham. 1 cup whole milk. One bunch scallions or. Two or three shallots. 1/2 cup shredded cheddar or swiss cheese. Sauté onio...
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Edgefield Farm: July 2009
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. Friday, July 10, 2009. It's a sad day. The Eagle-Times was the smallest daily newspaper in New Hampshire, and its demise doesn't bode well for the future of other small New England papers and the communities they serve. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Edgefield Farm: January 2009
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. No, Im not lambing right now. Sympathy for the Devil? Today it ends. Today it begins. Be proud, eh? Referendum voting dates set. Monday, January 26, 2009. No, I'm not lambing right now. Every now and then, as I stumble through my life, I get something right. Usually not on purpose: usually I am forced into a situation where the only remaining choice is the right one. During the pre-lambing period, I had one assistant...
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Edgefield Farm: October 2008
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. A photo of me with my sheep. Monday, October 13, 2008. A new ram has joined the Edgefield flock. Henry is a six year old Ile de France ram, who will take the place of Buddy, my old Texel who is now shooting blanks. He came to me from Todd and Kelly Shuttleworth of Shuttleworth Farm. In Westfield, Vermont. He was an even trade for one of my Coopworth rams. Friday, October 10, 2008. A photo of me with my sheep.
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Edgefield Farm: January 2010
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. Wednesday, January 6, 2010. In winter lambing flocks, hypothermia and starvation of newborn lambs can account for nearly all of the pre-weaning death loss of lambs. It’s a serious problem that can often be avoided, if not eliminated entirely via management of the ewe flock and its environment. Step 1. Evaluate. Determine lamb’s age: is it more or less than five hours old? Determine lamb’s body temperature. Collect mi...
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Edgefield Farm: November 2008
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Thoughts about food, farming, life, politics, and language. The Sheep Production Forums. Where good lambs go . Good Lord, have mercy on our souls. Fiddlehead, the bottle lamb. Saturday, November 29, 2008. Where good lambs go . Foreword: This essay was originally published in the Spring 2008 edition of. A decent man who blurs the line of sight. Between our conscience and our appetite. In the meantime, bear with your local farmers as we try to deal with this critical piece of the local food infrastructure&...
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