If you’ve been to the Muskegon Farmers Market, you may have met Julie Engel, owner of The Pasturage LLC. His farm in Montague was recently certified for the highest animal welfare standards. It is Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), which is described as the most trustedRead More →
When Danielle Pennel and Garnet Underwood sold their property at Stories Beach in Campbell River to become sheep farmers in Sayward, they couldn’t predict that rising lumber prices would disrupt their plans. Of the seven acres of land they bought in May, the Vancouver Island couple planned to build anRead More →
When Danielle Pennel and Garnet Underwood sold their property at Stories Beach in Campbell River to become sheep farmers in Sayward, they couldn’t predict that rising lumber prices would disrupt their plans. Of the seven acres of land they bought in May, the Vancouver Island couple planned to build anRead More →
Jersey cows, at Rovey Dairy in Glendale, Ariz., Crane their necks for a better view on January 22. The dairy processes 1,800 cows, twice a day, and builds a dairy with 1,200 ewes to reach other niche markets. (Photo by Rebecca Miller) GLENDALE, Arizona – There is a legacy andRead More →
BELEN, NM (KRQE) – At the gates of Terra Patre Farm in Belen, the first signs of dawn mean one thing: food. The New Mexico Dahl sheep that live there don’t look like your regular sheep and rams. They have both wool and hair, and sporting horns similar to thoseRead More →
It was always Meredith and her mother Connie’s dream to buy a farm, where they could move her childhood flock of sheep – which lived in the back of their home in Olney – and possibly have a horse. or two. That dream seemed to come true in 2011, whenRead More →
A New Zealand farmer is on a mission to bring the ‘cutest sheep of all time’ to the world after successfully raising them in New Zealand. Sally Strathdee and her husband Lindsay fell in love with the Valais Blacknose breed after discovering pictures of the fluffy creatures online. After successfullyRead More →
Federal researchers are tasked with safeguarding the genetic material of plants and animals on which the country’s food supply depends. Two ranchers from the hills of western Colorado join us in trying to secure the future of the rare Black Welsh Mountain sheep. Laura Palmisano from KVNF visits the rareRead More →
Credit Laura Palmisano / KVNFBlack Welsh Mountain sheep, a rare breed, graze at Desert Weyr, a farm near Paonia, Colo. Federal researchers are tasked with safeguarding the genetic material of plants and animals on which the country’s food supply depends. Two ranchers from the hills of western Colorado join usRead More →
Federal researchers are tasked with safeguarding the genetic material of plants and animals on which the country’s food supply depends. Two ranchers from the hills of western Colorado join us in trying to secure the future of the rare Black Welsh Mountain sheep. It’s a sunny morning at Desert Weyr,Read More →