An Omnivore’s Dilemma

...al rights activists on the nature of the relationship between domesticated animals and humans. I see a long historical, symbiotic, beneficial relationship cutting across almost all the peoples of the world (with some exceptions such as Hindus). Farmer Bryan Welch sums up my attitude far more eloquently than I can in an essay in Mother Earth News when he says, “I get a lot of laughs watching my animals figure out their lives and I get pretty sad wh...

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Why Urban Farm?

...g our nascent flock down to two. We decided that since chickens are social animals to add two more in case of other unforeseen problems bringing our total up to four. Such are the cycles of life and death on the new urban homestead. Bryan Welch, who raises livestock and is also the publisher and editor of the always informative Mother Earth News, wrote an editorial in the February issue called “Why I Farm” in which he says, “There’s a Buddhist wis...

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016 The Urban Bestiary with Lyanda Lynn Haupt

...e such as skunks, possums, raccoons and coytes The problem with relocating animals (except rats!) Moles and gophers Seeing raccoons during the day Root Simple’s CritterCam Possums! Preventative measures How to encourage wild animals and increase diversity by planting native plants and trees Lyanda also answers listener questions about hawks, coyotes, and feral cats. Lyanda blogs at The Tangled Nest. If you want to leave a question for the Root Sim...

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Saturday Tweets: Beasts

...ovember 15, 2018 We have created a Facebook album with images of unclaimed animals from the #CampFire that are under our care. Please visit the album for further instructions on identifying these animals – https://t.co/rfGRkzX3K4 pic.twitter.com/6NrlXmVmMY — UC Davis Vet Med (@ucdavisvetmed) November 13, 2018 Facebook’s hired PR firm is really sinking to new lows – reminds me of the era when Kuwait hired Hill & Knowlton to create fiction that Iraq...

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Saturday Linkages: Dystopian Knitwear, Green Tomatoes and Drought

Great Moments in Dystopian Knitwear http://vult.re/1nJPPwb Animals as the answer to recycling food waste: http://www.notechmagazine.com/2014/07/animals-as-the-answer-to-recycling-food-waste.html … A Food Has an Historic, Objectionable Name. Should We Change It? http://on.natgeo.com/1jFfLsY How good are we at transportation prediction? http://bit.ly/1sfTRiI Green Tomatoes: Not Just for Frying http://wp.me/p2TfI0-ex Why the modern bathroom is a was...

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