September 2010 Blog Posts (10)

What happens when you’re just not smart enough? As an entrepreneur, I used to worry a great deal that I wouldn’t have all the answers in my said area of expertise. Nearly a decade later, I’ve come to realize that’s not only arrogant, it’s a disservice to the people I serve in the agrifood business. I'm still not smart enough to have the answers, but I know a lot of smart people. And if they don’t have the answer – they usually know someone who does. That’s the power of community – especially in… Continue

hello everyone!

i'm new to the site, and to farming, and i've been chronicling my journey as an apprentice on my own site...www.imhighoncooking.com

we raise grassfed beef, pigs, and chickens as well as organic veggies that we supply to our own two restaurants: farm255 in athens ga, and farm burger in atlanta.

i thought ya'll might enjoy!

-jared

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Well, things aren't looking too good for our mammal skills. We managed to lose both female rabbits within days of each other. The cause of death isn't really clear, though both ladies were about 3 to 4 years old. Now our next task is finding another female NZ or Cali to take their place.



Our Americauna is no longer with us. He picked on our daughter one too many times and very quickly and somewhat messily ended up in a soup pot. His replacement is so far a much better animal around… Continue

Food is served on a variety of plates today; plastic, china, big, small, and even fast food wrappers. So you might be wondering why I’m asking about the shape of your food plate. As a cook and a bit of a “foodie”, I love a beautiful presentation on the cool square plates and the look of the ovals.

However, as an agriculturist, I’m firmly convinced our food plate needs to remain round so that we can have…

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Society has shifted in an era of 500 million Facebook users, 50 million tweets, 450 million people on mobile internet and 68 million bloggers - whether you accept new media or not. We’re bombarded by 13,000 marketing messages each day, now largely due to new media. Watch the Evolution of Online Agvocacy if you want to see more. All of…

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In the first year of farming last year we had record yield, historically high basis, and an avearge cash price of corn 5.50/bushel and beans 11.20/bu. When I was writing my second half rent check to dad in late fall I told him I should probably quit farming now. It wont get any better than this....

Fast rorward to this year

It doesnt rain from July 4 to Aug 15th......

Our first corn field cut this year went 152bu dry which is…

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Our family raises animals. Our family eats animals. Our family believes our faith is an important part of our life. Can those three go hand-in-hand?

Not according to recent accusations by animal rights activists. After all, how can you possibly eat an animal if you love animals? Wouldn’t that make you a hypocrite, according to messaging by…

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Just wondering how other areas are fairing with corn yields and test wieghts and how about stalk rot diease,ear rot etc.

Just in time for harvest, don’t miss out on the latest additions to our Farmall/ International Harvester shirts, they are durable, comfortable and of course show off your country roots.

Farmall Genuine Parts T-Shirt

International Harvester Tractor Graphic…

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