Join the movement for a fair farm bill.
I received the following information from my pal, Paul Tick, of the Delmar Farmers Market. Please take a minute to visit the Food and Water Watch website and sign the petition. Thank you! STOP...
View ArticleBeyond horrifying. Kill your pigs or pay $20,000 for each.
A Facebook friend shared information the other day that I didn’t really understand….until I watched this video (thank you, John M.). I am speechless, horrified, disgusted, and afraid of what the future...
View ArticleWHAT????? Not zoned for a pet rabbit? Town says TWO ACRES are required!
I’ve heard stupid things before, but this latest is at the top – THE TOP – of the list. I hope the family is granted a variance, and I REALLY hope the Town of North Haven gets its act together and...
View ArticleGuest: Cecilia Tkaczyk…farmer for senator!
I first met Teri when mutual farm friends suggested she could help me out. I was in the middle of lambing season and had a baby lamb that was rejected by her mother and needed help bottle-feeding her....
View ArticleCome On, Guilderland – Revisiting the Chicken Revolution!
I received an email the other day: “Hello Teri – I was hoping you could give me information regarding pet chickens in Guilderland. I recently moved to the area & would like to have a few as pets,...
View ArticleCanadian Gov’t to throw 85 yr old farmer off his farm.
I want to scream and cry at the same time. This video gave me such an agonizing feeling of defeat, almost like accepting the death of a loved one. This story is from Canada (be sure to watch the...
View ArticleCan someone please explain this to me? Farmer Faces $2 Million in Fines…
The story came out on FOX News last night. I am …. flabbergasted, and a little scared. Quote from the story: ”“Let me get this straight,” Steve Doocy questioned on Fox and Friends, “You are in the...
View ArticleSuburban Chickens – The Zoning Board – and…what I had to say!
A family in suburban Guilderland wants to raise a few hens – for all the right reasons: eggs, an educational tool for their children, waste for their gardens, and the simple joys that the antics of...
View ArticleWhen farming is your life….and then it’s gone.
Takes about 3 minutes to sell a cow, takes about a life time to build a herd to sell. - Ivor Jones. A few years back, I met Marianne and her daughter, Liz, in the parking lot of Tractor Supply in...
View ArticleFarmlife Summer Recap
There are so many blogs out there now, that I know I’ve been lost within the masses. I don’t write about sex, politics, murder, meat consumption, and all the rest that that suck people in….frenzy-like...
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