by McMurray Staff | Nov 15, 2013 | Joel Salatin
Note: In his recent book, FIELDS OF FARMERS: INTERNING, MENTORING, PARTNERING, GERMINATING, Joel Salatin describes multi-generational, symbiotic farming opportunities. With the average American farmer nearing 60 years old and half of all farmland slated to change...
by McMurray Staff | Oct 28, 2013 | Joel Salatin
As a passionate advocate of pastured poultry, I have a companion protocol for people who don’t have a yard or pasture big enough to accommodate portable shelters. The answer is deep bedding. In general, in a pastured situation, laying hens need a couple of...
by McMurray Staff | Sep 30, 2013 | Joel Salatin
Today’s food and farming system is distinctly segregated. Following the local food tsunami, however, urban and back yard poultry rearing are on the upswing. City poultry ordinances are popping up everywhere, a welcome sign toward self-reliance and better food....
by McMurray Staff | Sep 16, 2013 | Chickens, Joel Salatin
What’s your idea of the perfect chicken? Do you want the fluffiest? The biggest? The smallest? The most color variety? The least color variety? The friendliest? The meanest? The fastest? The slowest? Everybody has a dream chicken — at least all Murray McMurray...
by Amy Fewell | Jan 20, 2021 | Amy Fewell, Geese, Guest Articles, Homesteading
I couldn’t wait to open the box when I got it from the post office. Guard geese — these are what I had been waiting to add to our homestead for quite some time. But because guardian geese might not be a welcome wake up call for my neighbors in my subdivision, I had to...