Horse Boarding: For After You’ve Given in to “Dad, I Want a Pony.”
She’s cleaned her room for a month, finished all her vegetables at every meal, played nice with her siblings, and gotten straight A’s. That’s everything you’ve asked her to do, and now you have to keep your part of the deal. She wants a pony. Problem is, you live in a small house with an even... Read More
Understanding the Lingo of Quality Beef
There are lots of reasons to be picky about the meat you eat. Quality beef is hard to find, even though all grocery stores and restaurants will try to convince you that what they are serving is the best available. So it’s important when selecting beef to understand what exactly all the terms mean.... Read More
A Scoop of Poop: Fertilizer Techniques
You are attempting a garden for the first time and are excited to watch it grow and enjoy the bounty it produces. You have prepared your plot, selected your seeds and bought those cute little flowered fabric gardening gloves. You even went to the local farm and bought a bag of fertilizer, making... Read More
Ethical Omnivorism and the Free-Range Chicken
In a Time Magazine article in 2011 entitled, “Return of the Meat-Eaters: Many Lapsed Vegetarians Become ‘Ethical Omnivores,” author Zara Kessler discusses the trend of vegetarians becoming meat-eaters again. She states that close to 75% of vegetarians eventually return to meat for health reasons,... Read More
Agritourism and the Farm Visit
Planning a family vacation? You can spend thousands of dollars on theme parks or beaches, leaving your kids with little more than souvenirs and sunburns, or you might consider something different. You can give your kids more–not just memories of fun times, but memories that may resonate with... Read More