The Face of America is Changing
fast and its our
belief that the small and urban farmer is the key to successful
transition to the new face of America.
As we drive across
our vast country we see endless fields of grains, we have to
wonder how crops will be planted, irrigated and harvested,
then brought to market when energy prices sky rocket and climate
changes the seasons.
The face of our
website has changed to meet the cold climate urban and small
farmers looking for information on how to best prepare for
the economical and climate changes ahead. We believe the small
urban farmer is in a key position to adjust quickly since most
are the decision makers and they have the least invested in
large scale operations. And almost 75% of the U.S. are in cold
climates.
Because farmers
are busy people, we have podcasts available to download and
listen to while working or traveling. We can only keep a limited
number of pods on our sites but we have all our past podcasts
available too. To date, our podcasts have been downloaded by
239 agricultural classes world-wide and over 105,000 urbanists
wanting to learn about integrating fuel production on a small
to medium scale and low to no energy farming. All we can say
is- Wow! we should do more. . . more research, more podcasting
and more workshops.
The current podcasts
are always free so visit often! If you missed something, the
old podcasts are available on CD. We've also added online manuals
for some of the more technical things and videos on how to
do guides. We also have tons of info on the rest of our farming
site about low energy production of food, fuel and fiber. And
as always, if you have a northern farming tip- let us know
by emailing
us - our listeners will appreciate it too.
On these pages you will find all our info on
our: animals and
the hay we make for
them. All about our Weed-Less
Water-Less, row crops and permacultured gardens
as well as Seed Saving, Food
Drying, and mushroom raising.
But be 
sure
to check out our soil page since
the only thing a farmer really has is soil!
We also have a small private dairy
On
these pages you'll find out about our experiences with northern
feed stock and storage (but its not corn based), some design
tips for the building housing the production as well as alternative
products from alcohol. We've also mentioned marketing tips
on hhow to sell alcohol based products through-out our podcasts.
An important part of farming is the buildings
for housing animals and hay so we have added info on how
to build durable buildings and basic solar heatng.
you'll find items like making baskets, managing
wool and growing fibers for linens. We also describe the
equipment needed to make items from scratch to cloth.
Online Store
In the online
store you'll find more information about all our online
products including past podcasts, videos and How-to-guides.
In Workshopsis
info about
The Face of America is Changing
fast and its
our belief that the small and urban farmer is the key to
successful transition to the new face of America.
As we drive
across our vast country we see endless fields of grains,
we have to wonder how crops will be planted, irrigated
and harvested, then brought to market when energy prices
sky rocket and climate changes the seasons.
The face of
our website has changed to meet the cold climate urban
and small farmers looking for information on how to best
prepare for the economical and climate changes ahead. We
believe the small urban farmer is in a key position to
adjust quickly since most are the decision makers and they
have the least invested in large scale operations. And
almost 75% of the U.S. are in cold climates.
Because farmers
are busy people, we have podcasts available to download
and listen to while working or traveling. We can only keep
a limited number of pods on our sites but we have all our
past podcasts available too. To date, our podcasts have
been downloaded by 239 agricultural classes world-wide
and over 105,000 urbanists wanting to learn about integrating
fuel production on a small to medium scale and low to no
energy farming. All we can say is- Wow! we should do more.
. . more research, more podcasting and more workshops.
The current
podcasts are always free so visit often! If you missed
something, the old podcasts are available on CD. We've
also added online manuals for some of the more technical
things and videos on how to do guides. We also have tons
of info on the rest of our farming site about low energy
production of food, fuel and fiber. And as always, if you
have a northern farming tip- let us know by emailing
us - our listeners will appreciate it too.
On these pages you will find all our info
on our: animals and
the hay we make
for them. All about our Weed-Less
Water-Less, row crops and permacultured gardens
as well as Seed Saving, Food
Drying, and mushroom
raising. But be sure
to check out our soil page since
the only thing a farmer really has is soil!
We also have a small private dairy
On
these pages you'll find out about our experiences with
northern feed stock and storage (but its not corn based),
some design tips for the building housing the production
as well as alternative products from alcohol. We've also
mentioned marketing tips on hhow to sell alcohol based
products through-out our podcasts.
An important part of farming is the buildings
for housing animals and hay so we have added info on
how to build durable buildings and basic solar heatng.
you'll find items like making baskets,
managing wool and growing fibers for linens. We also
describe the equipment needed to make items from scratch
to cloth.
Online
Store
In the online
store you'll find more information about all our
online products including past podcasts, videos and
How-to-guides.
In the Workshops you
can see what events are coming up and register.