Geeky? Crafty? Got some time on your hands? Make your own boardgame pieces!
Tutorials for making
custom 3-d Settlers of Catan tiles (and gorgeous custom sets
here, and
here, although with no instructions,alas).
Agricola more your style? Grab some polymer clay and
get making resources,
more resources,
food,
sheep,
more sheep,
boars,
cattle, and (of course)
farmers,
farmers,
farmers,
farmers,
farmers, and
farmers. Don't forget
fences, tiles, and a starting player piece. Lots more in the
image gallery at BoardGameGeek.
posted by arcticwoman
on Mar 2, 2009 -
15 comments
Farmers across the US are increasingly isolated and work brutally long hours. It can be pretty hard to get a date when you work sixteen hour days and live in the middle of nowhere. Happily, now there is
farmersonly.com, a dating site for "farmers, ranchers, country folks" and the people who want to love them. As one patron
explains, "I don't want to baby-sit some city boy who is afraid of stepping in poop."
posted by onlyconnect
on Jul 20, 2006 -
26 comments
This journal is intended to share my love and appreciation for the hard work farmers and their families do to create such beautiful places and beautiful food. Tana Butler visists small farms near Santa Cruz, CA, sharing her thoughts and photographs [
farms |
farmers |
markets |
food ].
posted by 김치
on Aug 16, 2005 -
21 comments
Party like it's 1892! "Executive power and patronage have been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people, and plutocracy has thereby been enthroned upon the ruins of democracy."* In the late 1800s, the
Populist Party, or People's Party, formed to merge the Farmers Alliance message of economic empowerment for growers with the Knights of Labor's movement to check the growing power and corrupt practices of big business
(along with the Greenbacks Party critiques of monetary policy). With a strong base in the midwest and south, the party earned 9% of the 1892 popular vote,
won the presidential electoral votes of four states (not to mention electing 10 congressmen, 5 senators, 3 governors, and 1,500 state legislators). However the party's power quickly faded as the Democratic Party co-opted much of the
Populist platform while
internal disputes culminated in the Populists placing the Dems' 1896 nominee at the head of their own ticket. Nevertheless, the populist movement's influence continued to be felt through various 20th century reforms including
direct election of senators,
presidential term limits, and
abandonment of the gold standard.
posted by nakedcodemonkey
on Jan 5, 2005 -
7 comments
Bet the Farm. Friday Flash Fun! Do you have what it takes to run a modern farm? This online game pits your decision making against the forces of nature and the market in a simple, clever, educational flash game.
I made $9.33 an hour! Who will be MetaFilter's master farmer?
posted by putzface_dickman
on Nov 8, 2002 -
29 comments
This isn't about agriculture. Today, twelve prairie farmers have surrendered themselves to RCMP, rather than pay a fine for their illegal activities. Their mutual crime was choosing to export their
wheat crop independently, rather than through the
Canadian Wheat Board. Are state-run agricultural monopolies appropriate, especially when their authority is exerted unevenly throughout the country? Do you think the action taken by these farmers is justified?
posted by vesper
on Oct 31, 2002 -
17 comments
Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe reiterates his threat to re-distribute land. "One farmer, one farm policy." What this fool doesn't realize (or perhaps more terribly, really does), is that this policy will cause a devastating
famine, and bring about economic chaos: "
Commercial agriculture is Zimbabwe’s biggest private employer, providing work — and, almost invariably, accommodation — for about 350,000 people. If Mr Mugabe carries out his threat to evict 2,900 white farmers, the workers and their families — a total of 1.2 million people — will join the ranks of the dispossessed..." Not only that, but his government has been terrorizing black farm hands and others thought to have opposed him in the recent "election." What can be done about Zimbabwe? The EU seems willing to help in case of famine, but there is no guarantee their money will get past Mugabe's pockets.
posted by insomnyuk
on Aug 12, 2002 -
30 comments
Farm Subsidy Web Site Sows Discord: "Suppose you could go to a Web site, type in the names of co-workers--or maybe your boss--and find out how much money they make. Be honest--you would. And farmers, it seems, are no less curious than the rest of us. Since its public debut on Nov. 6, a new
Internet-accessible database that ranks farmers by name according to the amount of federal subsidies they receive has recorded 10.1 million searches. The payments often constitute the bulk of farmers' income, and many of the hits have been by farmers eager to know how they compare with the guy growing corn or soybeans down the road."
(Washington Post story, which C-SPAN pointed me to.)
posted by Carol Anne
on Dec 19, 2001 -
20 comments
Mugabe's secret plan to evict all whites Robert Mugabe plans to expel all white farmers from Zimbabwe before next year's elections, according to a secret document obtained by The Telegraph. [...] Entitled Operation Give up and Leave, it reads:
The operation should be thoroughly planned so that farmers are systematically harassed and mentally tortured and their farms destabilised until they give in and give up.
posted by dagny
on Aug 26, 2001 -
29 comments
Combining two freakish legends in one story ... Farm accident and self-surgery with uncoventional tools! All it needed was a little sex and it'd be CNN material fer sure. The highlight:
"He said he thinks he'll be able to continue farming, 'but not like I really want to.'"
posted by foist
on Jul 12, 2001 -
6 comments
Monsanto wins case against Canadian farmer.
Percy Schmeiser, who has attained folk-hero status, was held liable for growing genetically modified canola without paying the royalty. The decision in a federal court in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was a significant setback for farmers who fear they will be held liable if pollen from neighboring farms blows onto their fields, transmitting patented genes to their crops without their knowledge or consent.
posted by gimli
on Mar 30, 2001 -
6 comments
