by John Langlois | Apr 1, 2013 | Organic Farming
In honor of April Fool’s Day, we are re-publishing the following article, originally published in The Spoof. USDA takes over DEA’s Job. In what appeared to many to be a cruel irony, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was assigned the task of...
by John Langlois | Mar 29, 2013 | Organic Farming
Raising Organic Turkeys Requires a Big Effort It all began when my neighbor called to ask “Would you be willing to split a chicken order with me?” “I will get them started and bring you your half at six weeks.” I could not turn that offer down...
by John Langlois | Mar 29, 2013 | Alabama Organic Farms, Food Ideas
Cheap Food Is Not Cheap When You Count the Medical Bills It Entails One of the paradigms of American farming is that the farmer has always been grossly underpaid. The people who buy the foods produced do so on a wholesale basis. They contrive artificial ways to...
by John Langlois | Mar 27, 2013 | Farming Facts
Some People Know the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing Farm Values I received a call once from a man who wanted to buy my hay to feed his horses. I had more than I could use and was willing to sell it for not much more than it costs me to make it. He choked...
by John Langlois | Mar 23, 2013 | Food Ideas
“Sustainable farms are to today’s headlong rush toward global destruction what the monasteries were to the Dark Ages: places to preserve human skills and crafts until some semblance of common sense and common purpose returns to the public mind.” Gene...
