Milk Supply is Good and Increasing

March 19, 2007

Today is March 19, and we have calved in over 20 heifers/cows.  The milk supply shortage is a thing of the past.   We have forgotten how small a small jersey heifer calf can be.  All of the calves are doing well, and we have already moved 12 outside.  We had 8 born in an 18 hour stretch a couple of days ago, 3 last night and 2 today.  Wow.  Thank you for your patience and we hope you will continue to enjoy our milk!

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The Rice with Human Genes

March 9, 2007

The following information was gotten off the web from the Daily Mail on March 5, 07.
The first GM (genetically modified) food crop containing human genes is set to be approved for commercial production by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The rice’s producers, California-based Ventria Bioscience, has been given preliminary approval to grow this GM rice on more than 3,000 acres in Kansas. The company plans to harvest the proteins and use them in drinks, desserts, yoghurts and muesli bars.

Not surprisingly, the news has provoked horror among the GM critics and consumer groups on both sides of the Atlantic.

As well as the contamination fears there are serious ethical concerns about such a fundamental interference with the building blocks of life.

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Milk Shortage Re-Addressed

March 8, 2007

We have milk everyday, just not very much of it. But the heifers have started to freshen (calve) and as of today (March, we have 2 new babies. The tide is turning (albeit slowly). For those people who live farther away, I suggest getting here early, as close to 9:00 as you can make it. I’ll try to keep the blog updated on the milk supply via the baby calf count. When we hit around the 20 new babies mark, we will have plenty of milk available for everyone. Thanks for being patient!

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Current Farm News

The 3 week old chickens went out to pasture last evening. At dusk, the small chickens were picked up carefully by hand and put into our old reliable chicken crates by our good natured farm employees. Using an old flat bed wagon, we trundled them across the road and into their pasture huts. The huts are strickly for shade and shelter. The chickens were out cruising the pasture bugs and grasses by early dawns light. It's so good to see them out and about.

I ran across a good raw milk article by Mike Adams. He is the editor of a web site called Natural News. Check it out.

Organic Valley announces it will drop farmers caught selling raw milk

The Board of Directors of the CROPP Cooperative (Organic Valley) notified it's farmers the last week of June that effective January 1, 2011, any farmer/patron caught diverting milk for raw milk sales will be dropped from the cooperative. In a time of oversupply of organic milk, there are few options for the farmer to change to a different milk processor. Visit the Organic Valley web site to express your opinion.

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