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fincalasnubes.com Sustainable Organic Farm Living
Finca Las Nubes Sustainable organic farm living
This totally private farm features hundreds of acres of indigenous forest which are enhanced by our annual planting of thousands of precious hardwood trees. Preservation and reforestation are a priority to creating an abundant future. The wildlife is healthy and protected within it. We have planted fruit orchards with dozens of varieties of citrus, mango, avocado, cashew, banana, papaya, coconut and many other exotic local fruits. We have planted coffee and cocoa. Organic vegetable gardens supply our needs. At the nursery we start from seed and cuttings all manner of fruit, and hardwood trees, ornamental plants and vegetables. We imitate nature, most farmers fight nature. Nature always wins. We make organic soil from worm castings fed from the wood shop shavings, cow and chicken manure and other organic waste. Compost and soil regeneration are key to a healthy farm. We employ mulching, composting and water saving techniques through the use of companion plantings, live and dead barriers, nitrogen fixers, organic fertilizers, organic disease control, biological pest control and plants that attract beneficials. There are chicken and turkey pens for organic eggs and meat. We have herds of cows, pigs and pelibuey (goat/sheep cross) to provide organic milk and beef. We do not intend on dying from eating chemically tainted foods. We have bee hives for honey and pollination. Oxen pull carts to move produce around the farm. Our farm crew is as family to us.
We intend to provide for all our needs. We process all of our timber for construction and our furniture in the wood shop. Our carpenters can produce any imaginable design. They frame our buildings, roof them with incredible tile and make all the cabinets and furniture designs that we can dream up. All hardware and metalwork are fashioned onsite. Almost everything is hand made onsite, butcher, baker, candlestick makerWe have a fantastic construction crew building some beautiful and very permanent buildings.
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Everdale Organic Farm
Experience sustainable lifestyle at Everdale… an organic farm where donkeys guard the chickens; a classroom for sustainable living; a model straw bale home and hands-on experience:
Farm Apprenticeships
Organic Farm Store
Weekend courses and workshops in straw bale construction, solar and wind systems and more
School programs
Educational tours
Find out more at www.thehillsofheadwaters.com
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Concerned Citizens Buy Cows to Save Organic Dairy Farm
Inspiring news story of a town’s efforts to save and re-establish an organic dairy farm. Friends of Town Farm Dairy in Simsbury, Connecticut, raised funds to purchase seven organic Jersey cows to ensure enough production for town-owned Town Farm Dairy to survive and serve the poor, a condition of the deed from the owner who willed the farm to the town in the late 19th century. Small dairy farms across America are vanishing as land prices escalate and the return on dairy farming goes down. Town Farm Dairy is bucking that trend. The news story has pretty pictures of this New England organic farm and, of course, sweet, brown-eyed cows doing what cows love to do…eat hay…lots of hay. Thank you to WTIC-TV, Fox 61 in Hartford, CT, which gave permission to upload this video.
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Organic products take off in France
organic food is really taking off in France. Forty-six percent of French people put at least one organic produce in their shopping trolly a month during 2009. In fact, the organic option has become so popular, the few farmers who’ve chosen to specialise in the area are having trouble keeping up with demand. The French government intends to more than double the amount of land currently dedicated to organic farming by 2012. With agriculture one of France’s leading economic sectors, the stakes are high if organic producers are able to stake an even bigger claim of the market. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.
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Get On the Bus – Sign The White House Organic Farm Petition Today
http://thewhofarm.org
A day-in-the-life of The White House Organic (WHO) Farm Project’s cross-country tour. The tour promotes a petition to our next President, respectfully requesting that an organic farm be planted on the grounds of The White House. Get on the Bus
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ORGANIC FARM BROTHERS
THESE BROTHERS ARE HUNKY, FUNNY AND DETERMINED TO KEEP THEIR organic farm IN THE FAMILY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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Organic Farming Farm Week TV
organic farming
Farmweek.tv takes a look round Churchtown Farm near Strangford, Co Down one of the few beef, sheep and grain farms to go organic in the last decade.
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MSU Student Organic Farm
Michigan State University’s Student organic farm provides teaching and research on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Horticulturist Dr. John Biernbaum works closely with students, who use the 10 acres on campus to grow fruits and vegetables, to keep bees and to raise poultry (for the eggs). Music is the traditional song Indian Killed a Woodcock, performed by The Weepers. … (more)
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Green Careers: Sustainable Agriculture (clip)
Sustainable agriculture strives to produce food in a way that maintains the health of the land, protects the people who work it, and benefits those who enjoy its abundance.
This program provides an inside look at an organic farm and an organic retail store and discusses the day-to-day challenges and rewards of working in this field. organic farming includes a wide range of jobs in production, marketing and distribution.
organic farming is a very competitive business, but for people with an interest in growing food, plus muscle power and brains, it can be a rewarding career. Many people in this industry grew up on farms, but there are also opportunities to start at an entry level and learn the business. It is by definition local, so there are opportunities anywhere, in both rural and urban settings. 22 minutes, color.
Jobs profiled in this program include:
Farm Manager, Retail Sales Manager, Organic Produce Buyer.
Grade Levels: 7 to Adult
direct link to purchase the DVD:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=b503bd6d-5802-4521-baab-ededddc2b1b3&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=
Duration : 0:2:42