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VIDEO: Seeds for Preservation and Perseverance with Amyrose Foll

Seeds for Food Sovereignty and Cultural Resilience Food sovereignty is the right to choose what food to eat, where it comes from,…

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How to Sell Your Backyard Chicken Eggs

Most backyard chicken keepers keep just enough chickens to supply eggs for their families. However, there are a good number of us…

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How to Keep Chickens Cool in the Summer

Welcome to the dog days of summer where the weather is hot, hotter, and hottest. You might worry more about keeping your…

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How to Make a First Aid Kit for Your Coop

While I hope that you haven’t had to deal with too many traumatic issues in your coop, chicken injuries and illness are…

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New Summer Garden Salad Recipe for Your Labor Day Picnic!

The summer is coming to a close and we’re getting geared back up for schedules, school, football and all things pumpkin spice…

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Biosecurity Tips for Backyard Chickens

When I started back up with raising my current flock (I took a couple years off), I was pretty set on only…

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National Chicken Month Coloring Contest

We are going to have a coloring contest through Friday, September 17! All kids ages 12 and under are eligible to participate…

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How to Integrate Your Backyard Flock Into Orchards and Row Crops

  Put your flock back to work! This was a lesson I learned years ago when I first became interested in growing…

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Dogs and Poultry

can be a match made in heaven or a nightmare, depending on a few factors. If you want to keep backyard poultry…

Benefits of Raising Children Around Livestock

In today’s culture, over sheltering and germophobia have become commonplace. Parents cringe at the thought of their child picking up a beetle,…

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