MetaFilter posts tagged with farm

Loser has to keep America clean!

jeremy b — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:38:06 -0800

Family Guy Corn Maze. Walk among the rows with Brian and Stewie.

Almost had fight at school.

cashman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:35:39 -0800

This is the real line-a-day diary of a young farmgirl in 1937. Mr. Mark Patterson killed himself with a shot-gun. Dad went to town. Vernon Gardin came over this evening. Dad went to town. Made a cake. Wasn't any good. Fred Johnson's pretty sick. Went back to school to-day. Fred Johnson has pneumonia in both lungs. Got two new scalers today.

Let's Eat!

Eekacat — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:11:42 -0800

Will Allen, the founder of Growing Power, an urban farm in Milwaukee, has won a MacArthur Genius grant. Growing Power uses aquaculture, vermiculture, and sustainable agriculture to raise food in an urban environment. Chefs of the region have taken notice, but that's not Growing Power's main purpose. Congratulations to only the second farmer to win a Genius Grant. I liked this urban grass roots story of someone trying to make a difference, and glad to see him rewarded for his effort.

A Shed By Any Other Name...

amyms — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:55:41 -0800

"As a great architect once said, 'Buildings should look like what they are'." John Jessop became so frustrated with the red tape required for his company to get permission to build a farm shed, he submitted a sarcastic application . Read his full "Planning Application for Erection of Agricultural Implement Shed" here [pdf, 3 pages]. No word yet on whether the shed was approved. Via.

An ironic infestation of Japanese beetles

Toekneesan — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:53:09 -0800

Young Americans are leaving the city to return to the land, and the New York Times is on it, well the Style section is covering the trend. Is this just some fashion trend or are these the young Americans Emerson was looking for? Other young farmers Farm Bureau Seventh Generation FFA The Grange 4H and a gratuitous link to a 1978 Time feature about farming.

Get your damn fruits and vegetables off my lawn.

Toekneesan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:21:22 -0800

I’ve discovered that typically, a farmer who grows the forbidden fruits and vegetables on corn acreage not only has to give up his subsidy for the year on that acreage, he is also penalized the market value of the illicit crop, and runs the risk that those acres will be permanently ineligible for any subsidies in the future. (The penalties apply only to fruits and vegetables — if the farmer decides to grow another commodity crop, or even nothing at all, there’s no problem.) If you can't stop demand, curtail production. One farmer's view on the power of commodity crops. See also: Joel Salatin & Polyface Farm. Everything I want to do is Illeagal (Amazon) Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Amazon ) Barbra Kingslover's Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year in Food (Amazon)

Eat to live to eat.

dersins — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:02:43 -0800

"Find Good Food Near You. Want fresh, locally grown food, but don't know where to find it? The LocalHarvest community level map makes it easy to find sustainable farmers, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) in your area."

Horse Power

homunculus — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:15:27 -0800

Horse Power: A practical suggestion that would transform the way we live.

It Takes a Tough Man...Poultry Processing

Miko — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:27:22 -0800

This is Our Slaughterhouse "I never thought of making a documentary. It took a friend to convince me that not everyone grew up working in a slaughterhouse. I realized the slaughterhouse I had worked in all those years was bizarrely entertaining enough that it might make an interesting documentary..." 22-minute short film on a small-scale poultry processing plant.

Less Talk, More Donkey!

homunculus — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:13:22 -0800

Nice Ass! Jon Katz describes why he owns and loves his donkeys. Follow-up: what happened when Lulu fell during an ice storm.

100-Mile Diet

Miko — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:56:42 -0800

How Much Fossil Fuel Does Your Dinner Burn? Ingredients for the average American meal travel well over 1500 miles to reach your plate. Our food might be inexpensive, but it's costing the planet a lot (and doesn't taste so hot either, since it's bred to withstand shipping and have long shelf life rather than to taste good). So what happens when people reject the large-scale industrial food system? One recent development in the growing localism movement is the 100-Mile Diet, originated by a Canadian couple who spent a full year eating only foods grown or raised within 100 miles of their home. They'll even give you a road map to having a 100-Mile Thanksgiving. For other variations on the eat-local idea, check out ideas like the Eat Local Challenge, Slow Food, and Locavores encourage you to rediscover your place on earth, build community, and enjoy the Local Harvest.

Farmadelphia

stbalbach — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:21:16 -0800

Farmadeliphication (fahr'muh'deli'fi'kay'shun), n. 1. The process of turning all of Philadelphia's vacant and abandoned lots into urban farms. n. 2. An entry in the UrbanVoids international design competition to redo Philadelphia's inner city.

May the Farm be with you.

PossumCowboy — Mon, 09 May 2005 01:15:10 -0800

I found this and wanted to share. It reminds me of Hardware Wars from the late seventies (mentioned here). Check out the organic trade association for more for-real information.

Concerning crops

gunthersghost — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:13:23 -0800

Concerning crops. Pesticides are good and/or bad. Organic is good and/or bad. And what about organic pesticides? Maybe organic might not even mean what you think it means. Let's strap on our pesticide gear and grow something--or die trying! (headlice.org, what a nice resource!)

Grain farming pushed back 10000 years

stbalbach — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:46:22 -0800

Farming origins gain 10,000 years. Humans made their first tentative steps towards farming 23,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. Stone Age people in Israel collected the seeds of wild grasses some 10,000 years earlier than previously recognised, say experts.

Harvesting Desolation

jonson — Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:18:50 -0800

Bleak photography of deserted farms in Iceland (farms? Iceland?) is what photographer Nokkvi Eliasson specializes in, and this gallery (one of two - here's the other) showcases some of his best stuff.

kingmissile — Sat, 31 Aug 2002 14:22:32 -0800

You think your neighbors are bad? Try living with a lady who kept cows in her upstairs apartment.

heimkonsole — Wed, 05 Dec 2001 02:41:07 -0800

Fashion & Farm Sex Benneton Group company Sisley is well known for ...well, uhm... different images in advertising campaigns. Right now they're using cute animals and evil girls... What do you think about that?

Mocata — Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:57:14 -0800

The report emphasised... that there had been no deliberate intention by ministers or Whitehall to deceive or protect farming interests at the expense of consumers. Yeah, right.