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1 - Sick Chickens to Blame for Salmonella Outbreak
2 - Tractors and Power Equipment: An Online Discussion
3 - The Root of Our Food Contamination Problems
4 - Randall Blue Lineback Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds
5 - Delaware Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds
6 - New Hampshire Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds
7 - Jersey Giant Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds
8 - What Skills/Knowledge Do You Need to Become a Farmer?
9 - Milking Shorthorn Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds
10 - What Would Be The Best/Cheapest Livestock to Begin Homesteading With?

1 - Sick Chickens to Blame for Salmonella Outbreak

In eggs from a healthy chicken, proteins found within the egg white control the growth of dangerous bacteria. If a chicken is infected with salmonella, the proteins can't protect you.

9/3/2010 4:22:45 PM

2 - Tractors and Power Equipment: An Online Discussion

The Tractors and Power Equipment blog is all about tractors and the equipment powered by them - loaders, graders, mowers, cultivation and logging implements and more.

9/1/2010 1:43:32 PM

3 - The Root of Our Food Contamination Problems

What's behind the food contamination issues plaguing us of late? Poop. Plain and simple. The Cornucopia Institute weighs in.

8/31/2010 8:37:21 AM

4 - Randall Blue Lineback Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds

The American-bred Randall Blue Lineback cattle are named for the Randall family who bred them for eighty years. They are good-natured and intelligent, and they're perfectly suited to alternative agriculture systems.

8/2/2010 3:10:39 PM

5 - Delaware Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds

The Delaware chicken is a very rare dual-purpose breed that matures quickly for meat production and is useful for organic and free-range farming. The breed was developed for the U.S. broiler industry but was not popular compared to hybrid crosses.

8/2/2010 2:48:32 PM

6 - New Hampshire Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds

The New Hampshire chicken began as a strain of the Rhode Island Red breed and is a dual-purpose bird. It is a medium-sized chicken with a red hue brighter than its Rhode Island counterpart.

7/30/2010 12:43:27 PM

7 - Jersey Giant Chickens: Heritage Poultry Breeds

The Jersey Giant chicken is one of the largest of all chicken breeds. It does will in cold climates and lays brown eggs. The Jersey Black Giant was developed by two brothers in New Jersey in the 1880s. There are three color varieties of Jersey Giants: black, white and blue.

7/29/2010 12:30:48 PM

8 - What Skills/Knowledge Do You Need to Become a Farmer?

Farming isn't a skill that can be easily learned from a book. Here's some advice and a collection of resources to help you decide whether you're ready to try your hand at it.

7/29/2010 11:56:56 AM

9 - Milking Shorthorn Cattle: Heritage Livestock Breeds

The Milking Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that complements the similar Beef Shorthorn breed, a divide which sprouted from Shorthorn breeders stressing importance on milk production. Its population is relatively low, but its traits include self-sufficient calving and producing milk high in protein.

7/27/2010 3:37:17 PM

10 - What Would Be The Best/Cheapest Livestock to Begin Homesteading With?

Advice from a sustainable farming expert on how to get started with livestock on a small piece of land.

7/27/2010 2:36:54 PM