Author Archives: Stan Beck

Encouragement to Buy Eggs Locally

I ran across this video put out by the Cornucopia Institute which talks about the games that are being played in the organic egg industry. According to the video, 80% of the market is cornered by large, profit-only corporations who give only lip service to  what’s intended by the words ‘cage-free’ and ‘pastured’.  They produced… Continue Reading

Just Added an Eggs Page

By popular demand, we’ve just broken ground on an egg provider section.  This category takes a little longer to populate because there are many egg farmers tucked away in neighborhoods with signs in their front yards – in other words, most of them are only known to their local neighbors.  We’re finding a few of… Continue Reading

New Honey Category

New Honey Category

With the addition of more honey (and bee byproducts) providers, it makes sense to give honey it’s own section (previously in the ‘Farms’ area. If you are currently buying your honey from a retail outlet, why not consider throwing some business directly with one of these suppliers. My wife and I, last year, did a… Continue Reading

Updates and Additions

Updates and Additions

New Livestock Feed Page We created the Livestock Feed Page this morning to highlight livestock feed providers that we recommend and those that we don’t. When talking with different farmers this morning, when asking them about their feed choices for their livestock, I kept hearing Purina and Onate. I called Onate this morning and asked… Continue Reading