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Read it here: http://www.jandjacres.net/2013/12/23/garden-preparation/ Here in East-Central Mississippi it is already time to start thinking about our next planting season! A week or so ago I asked a group on Facebook if they thought I could plant another crop of Turnips, and they advised not to. However, I was also told that in January I should be planting English Peas and Potatoes! So, it is off to the planning board! Winter Garden Some things have managed to live and grow through the cold. Our own Black Seeded Simpson Lettuces (grown from our own seed we harvested this last summer) are growing extremely slowly, but are growing. One of the Red Romaine Lettuces is still growing as well. The Bunching Onion is doing just fine too - plump for the eating, but not growing any. I hope that they might bolt in spring so we can save some seed from them! I also have another plant growing - though of course my previously poor record keeping has my scratching my head. I think it is a cabbage, but darn if I know! Vegetable Garden Preparation I spent some time pulling out the old plants and raking the wood chips around in order to pull out some weeds. The wood chips seem well decomposed as there is only a light covering of visible wood chips any longer. We will now start laying down more rabbit manure over the next month to help build the nutrients back up before we sow the seeds. We are also going to plant some potatoes, but those will be planted in a large tub. I was so frustrated with the grubs getting to our potatoes last year that I want to grow them in a more controlled environment this year. Not using any insecticides or herbicides can be daunting, but it is worth it. Vegetable Garden Planning I really want a larger garden this year, but for now it is time to focus on the next plantings. Rabbit manure needs to be laid, wood needs to be chipped and spread. But most importantly a trellis of some sort needs to be built for the peas to grow on. Thankfully we are already in a nice sunny area that runs from East to West, so there should not be any problems with location. The hardest thing for me is to remain focused on this season of growing and not try to build a trellis big enough to feed the county. We still plan to use wood chips as a covering, Back to Eden style. So stay tuned for the 2014 version of our garden! (And cross your fingers that come the end of the season our fruit trees decide to give us a little fruit for the first time as well!)

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so what, exactly, is in your food? how about crushed beetle fetuses? beaver anal glands? sound appetizing? watch the sixth of a series of small nuggets about veganism. be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on the next nugget! For more info, helpful links, and a free pamphlet download: http://www.bitesizevegan.com/ this vid in a "nugget-shell": we don't always know what the ingredients in our food really are (nor how to pronounce them)! here we take a look inside, starting with what our food animals eat. this wonderful array of ingredients includes, but is not limited to, roadkill, dead pets, diseased animals, rejected parts, and poop. then there is the poop actually in your food. the majority of beef contains feces, now termed a "cosmetic blemish" and allowed by the USDA. poultry in the US particularly, is bloated with "fecal soup," basically shit-contaminated water absorbed by the bird carcasses as they cool in a massive tank. then there are the drugs: antibiotics, steroids, growth hormones, etc. and how about the pus in milk? rethinking that mustache? we also look into natural and artificial flavors and additives, both of which are nowhere near "natural." this is where we find our crushed beetle fetuses, ammoniated beef (pink slime), bacteriaphages, beaver anal glands (castoreum) and more! and ps- this video totally was under 5 minutes in iMovie. i don't know what youtube's deal is ;)

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via NY Times: "It turns out that arsenic has routinely been fed to poultry (and sometimes hogs) because it reduces infections and makes flesh an appetizing shade of pink. There's no evidence that such low levels of arsenic harm either chickens or the people eating them, but still..." Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss some of the other chemicals in our food. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/opinion/kristof-arsenic-in-our-chicken.html Subscribe to The Young Turks: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i The Largest Online New Show in the World. Google+: http://www.gplus.to/TheYoungTurks Facebook: Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyoungturks

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Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates Donate at http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsdonation DESCRIPTION: Clostridium difficile is another "superbug" found in the U.S. meat supply. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/toxic-megacolon-superbug/ and I'll try to answer it! For some context, please check out my associated blog posts Talking Turkey: 9 out of 10 retail turkey samples contaminated with fecal bacteria (http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/11/21/talking-turkey-9-out-of-10-retail-turkey-samples-contaminated-with-fecal-bacteria/) and Bowel Movements: The Scoop on Poop (http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/09/29/bowel-movements-the-scoop-on-poop/)

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With information on building soil fertility, replacing purchased feed, and working with poultry in the garden. The most comprehensive and definitive guide to date on raising all-natural poultry, for homesteaders or farmers seeking to close their loop, The Small-Scale Poultry Flock offers a practical and integrative model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl, based entirely on natural systems. Including extensive information on: Formulating and making your own feed How to breed and brood the flock (for breed improvement and for genetic conservation), including the most complete guide to working with broody hens available anywhere Providing more of the flock's feed from sources grown or self-foraged on the home place, including production of live protein feeds using earthworms and soldier grubs Using poultry to increase soil fertility, control crop-damaging insects, and tmake compost—including systems for pasturing and tillage of cover crops and weeds Step-by-step butchering—one of the best guides available—complete with extensive illustrative photos. No other book on raising poultry takes an entirely whole-systems approach, nor discusses producing homegrown feed and breeding in such detail. This is a truly invaluable and groundbreaking guide that will lead farmers and homesteaders into a new world of self-reliance and enjoyment.

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Is chicken good for you? Is the chicken that you buy healthy? Are the chickens that you eating healthy? Bryan Marcel goes out to a pastured chicken farm, then goes into a major chicken grower's chicken coop. The chicken that you buy from any of the big names: Pilgrim's Pride, Tyson or Perdue were raised just like the conventional chickens in the video (This video was filmed at one of their growers). The American people have no idea that antibiotics, growth stimulants and arsenic is added to the food (GMO corn) that the chickens are fed. The chicken's food is medicated. The arsenic that is added to the chickens food is passed on to you through the chickens meat. The label "natural" means next to nothing. Natural chicken applies to how the chicken was processed. A Nautural chicken is fed the same food that a regular chicken is fed. It's all marketing. Organic chickens are not fed these additives. Organic chicken is a step in the right direction. Pastured poultry (pastured chicken) is the gold standard of how chickens should be raised. Pastured poultry (pastured chicken) truely is natural chicken. Pastured poultry (pastured chicken) tastes better and has more nutrition than a regular conventional chicken. There is a reason why the conventional chicken that you buy at your grocery store is cheap. That reason will harm your health. You are what you eat. http://www.BryanMarcel.com

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www.JLMissouri.com Lewis Family Farm Rough list of materials and fitting suppliers is free on my website on the chicken page. Built with PVC Conduit, Vinyl sheats and light weight wood siding. Has an automatic watering system, food dishes are elevated and fenced in to prevent contamination. The food bowls rest on a platform, so they come with the coop when moved. Coop has an axle on the back and rolls easily to move. Bottom is open for sanitation and to use a deep litter system in the winter. This coop has cut chicken care time by 3/4, and keeps everything cleaner and healthier. Automatic watering bucket for sale $26.99 Ebay Item: Chicken Bucket Waterer, Seller JLMissouri Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111103143282&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_521wt_1091

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Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The level of multi-drug antibiotic resistant bacteria contamination is compared between meat from animals raised conventionally and certified organic meat from animals raised without being fed antibiotics. I addressed this issue previously in videos such as: • Past the Age of Miracles: Facing a Post-Antibiotic Age (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/past-the-age-of-miracles-facing-a-post-antibiotic-age/) • Lowering Dietary Antibiotic Intake (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lowering-dietary-antibiotic-intake/) • More Antibiotics In White Meat or Dark Meat? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/more-antibiotics-in-white-meat-or-dark-meat/) • Meat Mythcrushers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-mythcrushers/) • Drug Residues in Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/drug-residues-in-meat/) Isn't it illegal to sell meat contaminated with dangerous bacteria? Unfortunately no. See why in my video Salmonella in Chicken & Turkey: Deadly But Not Illegal (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/). Reminds me of the case I wrote about in Supreme Court case: meat industry sues to keep downed animals in food supply (http://nutritionfacts.org/2011/11/03/supreme-court-case-meat-industry-sues-to-keep-downed-animals-in-food-supply/). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/superbugs-in-conventional-vs-organic-chicken/ and he'll try to answer it!

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How to use an old salvaged shopping cart/trolley to make a homemade trap that actually works. The materials were entirely free and it took maybe three hours. We really like foxes (as we really like all the wildlife we are lucky enough to have around us) but one of the local ones has learned how to get over the fence of our hen run. We've lost a few, and of course we have a responsibility to our hens too. We don't have a gun, and we won't use poison or snares (for reasons which should be obvious if you watch this video), so that only left a trap as a possible solution. Fox traps are expensive to buy (and how often do you need one?) so this is my really simple homemade design. The bait we used were bones, sausages, cat food, and finally a dead hen. The biggest problem was the rats -- they would eat the bait and not set off the trap, or the trap would spring but they'd just walk away. So it seems the hen is the only thing that will work. You might notice that I have not included the 'B' word in the title, description or tags -- I don't want anyone looking up how to catch these wonderful animals. We have re-set the trap and if we catch anything else we'll let you know.. TAGS: how to, make, fox, live, trap, live-trap, trapping, shopping, trolley, cart, catch, salvaged, homemade, foxes, wildlife, hens, chickens, run, gun, poison, snares, design, bait, bones, sausages, cat food, dead, set off, spring, sprung, drop-door, recycled, earth, soil, self-sufficiency, organic, smallholding, homesteading, permaculture, sustainability, life, natural living, blow-in, blog, way out west, DIY, poultry, coop, GIY, rural, expat, farming, country, vlog, free-range, back to, nature, home grown, small scale, down to earth, hands on, animal husbandry, west, cork, Ireland, Irish, mixed, healthy, traditional, skills, small farm, harvest, home, produce, garden, gardening, growing, crops, vegetables, wild,

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Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Foster Farms chicken may have infected and sickened more than 10,000 people due to contamination of the meat with fecal material. Salmonella contamination is also a problem in the U.S. egg supply, sickening more than 100,000 people every year. See my video Total Recall (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/total-recall/). Other pathogens in meat include Yersinia enterocolitica in pork (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/yersinia-in-pork/), Staphylococcus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/u-s-meat-supply-flying-at-half-staph/), MRSA (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mrsa-in-u-s-retail-meat/), Hepatitis E (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hepatitis-e-virus-in-pork/), bladder-infecting E coli (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/avoiding-chicken-to-avoid-bladder-infections/), Clostridium difficile (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/toxic-megacolon-superbug/), and Campylobacter, the most common bacterial chicken pathogen (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/poultry-and-paralysis/). Poultry appears to cause the most outbreaks, but is all chicken to blame equally? See my video Superbugs in Conventional Chicken vs. Organic Chicken (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/superbugs-in-conventional-vs-organic-chicken/). How is it legal for Foster Farms to continue to ship our meat known to be contaminated with a dangerous pathogen? See my previous video: Why is Selling Salmonella Tainted Chicken Still Legal? (http://nutritionfacts.org/2013/10/01/why-is-selling-salmonella-tainted-chicken-still-legal/). And my next video: Chicken Salmonella Thanks to Meat Industry Lawsuit (http://nutritionfacts.org/2014/01/10/chicken-salmonella-thanks-to-meat-industry-lawsuit/). Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/foster-farms-responds-to-chicken-salmonella-outbreaks/ and he'll try to answer it!

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CLF teamed up with the Video and Film Arts Department at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) to produce Out to Pasture: The Future of Farming? films in 2010, which explore important issues in our food system. CLF and MICA also collaborated to produce a film about sustainable food animal production entitled Out to Pasture: The Future of Farming? (34 minutes) CLF's Leo Horrigan plays the role of producer for Out to Pasture and Allen Moore, a MICA professor and independent filmmaker, directs the film. Out to Pasture contrasts industrial-style confined animal production with farms that raise food animals outdoors in diversified operations, striving to be sustainable. Several of these pasture-based farmers are profiled and they tell their own vibrant stories of bucking the trends in farming. They discuss how they got started in farming (three transitioned from confinement operations), what's important about their farming methods, how their conventional-farm neighbors view them, how to keep young people on the farm, the future of the food system, and other compelling topics. The film also features Robert Lawrence, director of CLF; and John Ikerd, a leading thinker on sustainable agriculture issues. http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/news_events/multimedia/out_of_pastore.html

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Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: The oxidation of high-fat and cholesterol-rich foods in our stomachs may help explain why eating antioxidant packed foods appears to reduce heart attack and stroke risk. What about antioxidants and cancer? That was the subject of my last video Food Antioxidants and Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-and-cancer). Which foods have the highest antioxidant content? See: • Anti-up on the Veggies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-up-on-the-veggies/) • Antioxidants in a Pinch (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidants-in-a-pinch/) • Best Berries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-berries/) • Better Than Goji Berries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/better-than-goji-berries/) • Better Than Green Tea? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/better-than-green-tea/) • The Best Apple (http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/the-best-apple/) • The Best Beans (http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/the-best-bean-2/) • The Best Nuts (http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/the-best-nut-2/) • The Fruit Whose Juice is Healthier (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-fruit-whose-juice-is-healthier/) • The Healthiest Herbal Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-healthiest-herbal-tea/) It's the heme iron in chicken blood that may be contributing to fat oxidation in the stomach. That's one of the targets of the Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-additives-to-diminish-toxicity/). More on reducing stroke risk can be found in my videos Preventing Strokes with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-strokes-with-diet/) and Whole Grains May Work As Well As Drugs (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whole-grains-may-work-as-well-as-drugs/). I have more than 150 videos on heart disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/heart-disease). Heart Disease Starts in Childhood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heart-disease-starts-in-childhood/) and One in a Thousand Ending the Heart Disease Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/one-in-a-thousand-ending-the-heart-disease-epidemic/) are among two of the most recent. Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-stroke-and-heart-disease/ and he'll try to answer it!

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Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates Donate at http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsdonation DESCRIPTION: The poultry industry feeds their birds millions of pounds of arsenic-containing drugs every year. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/arsenic-in-chicken/ and I'll try to answer it! And check out the other videos on chicken (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/chicken/). Also, there are 1,449 other subjects (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/) covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them as well!

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UKAg - Kentucky AgrAblity Project Meet Donnie Appelman, a Kentucky farmer who with the help of the AgrAblity Project can help his brothers work the family farm. For more on Kentucky AgrAblity: http://www2.ca.uky.edu/ANR/Agrability/NewAgrabilityWebsite/ Since 1993, the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service has received funding from the US Department of Agriculture to provide education and technical assistance to agriculture operators and farm families who face the challenges of a disability. Farm families may feel that an injury or disability may make it too difficult to continue farming activities. But with our help, they can! Kentucky AgrAbility assists rural and farm families in overcoming limitations. Kentucky AgrAbility is part of the National AgrAbility Project and exists as a partnership between the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Please explore our pages to learn more about what we do. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/ANR/Agrability/NewAgrabilityWebsite/

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Can deciphering the label on an egg carton help consumers change the food system? David Evans and Alexis Koefoed think so. These poultry farmers explain the real story behind such catchphrases as "cage free", "free range" and "pasture raised" so that consumers can make informed decisions when they go to their local supermarket. This excerpt is from the film "The Lexicon of Sustainability." Credits: Producer/ Director: Douglas Gayeton Co-Producer: Laura Howard-Gayeton The Story of an Egg is a Rumplefarm production, funded and presented by ITVS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information visit: http://itvs.org/films/lexicon-of-sustainability http://www.lexiconofsustainability.com/ For more great stories, subscribe to The I Files: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theifilestv Like The I Files on Facebook: http://fb.com/theifiles Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ifiles Reblog us on Tumblr: http://theifiles.tumblr.com Repin us on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/theifiles +1 us on Google+: http://gplus.to/ifiles

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