WEST BEND, Wisc.—Frank Falter remembers working alongside his father and siblings, planting the fields, harvesting hay, mucking the stalls, feeding, and milking the cows on what was once his father’s 120-acre farm near West Bend, Wisconsin. These childhood chores led to a lifetime of farming until Falter, 93, Falter retired this year. Falter joins a decades-long…
Mildura Emerges as Australia’s Richest Farming Region
Mildura, a regional city in Victoria’s northwest with a population of just under 56,000, has emerged as Australia’s richest farming region, according to figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). According to the ABS, total agriculture production within the Mildura Rural City Council was worth $1.13 billion (US$911 million) in 2020-21, making it the…
‘Cow Whisperer’ Quits Job and Devotes His Life to Rescuing Farm Animals
The sweetest thing about cows you will see today! (Video courtesy of Joar Berge) …
Towards Zero Fatalities: Aussie Farmers Urged to Be Mindful of Safety During Farm Safety Week
Farm Safety Week, which runs from July 18-24, aims to address issues on Australian farms that will reduce workplace injury and fatalities—particularly as farmers work to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Themed “Recipe for Averting Disaster,” Farmsafe Australia will focus on the intangible risks and hazards that make Australian farms “one of the…
Farming Guru Joel Salatin on Teaching the Next Generation to Respect the Land that Feeds Us
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth.” —Thomas Jefferson Polyface Farm lies gently among the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, near Little North Mountain and Elliott Knob, in Augusta County. This land beneath the mountains is a beautiful patchwork quilt of fine pastures and forests, and…
Meet an Alabama Farm That is Partnering with Local Schools to Make Learning Fun
Outside Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, the typical scenery is there: cars filling the parking lot, made from tons of concrete, and cars going for miles on a highway of asphalt. What is atypical nearby, is a vast patch of collard greens. The farm adjacent to the school is loaded with greens and vegetables. The…
4 Young Friends Spent Their Life Savings to Buy a Farm and Live Their Dream
They now supply hundreds of families in the community with fresh, organic vegetables and fruits.
3-Year-Old Canadian Farm Boy Forms Friendship With Donkey—And Their Sweet Bond Is Too Cute
Snickers the donkey loves attention and cuddles from everyone on the farm—but from one special little person in particular. Ever since Snickers came to live with the Koppert family on their alpaca farm, the donkey took straightaway to their 3-year-old son, Gunnar. Now firm friends, donkey keeps watch over his young charge like a protective…
Among the Ashes
Regenerative farmers Robert and Jodi Bronner stood on a charred hillside in Enterprise, Utah, holding hands in the early morning sun. The smell of charred earth lingered in the cool, damp air. Though they usually began work when the sun came up, they started late on that summer day. They were exhausted. The hills to…
High Pathogenic Avian Influenza on NL Exhibition Farm, Area Under Quarantine: CFIA
Canada’s food safety watchdog says it has confirmed cases of high pathogenic Avian Influenza at an exhibition farm in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release Wednesday that the farm on the Avalon Peninsula does not produce birds for sale. The agency says as the birds infected with H5N1 were…
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