thought for the day: organic = sustainable
what customers are saying: I left Countryside for cheaper, "All-Natural" feed. When my customers started COMPLAINING about the taste of my eggs I came back to Countryside!
— Better Feed Makes Better Eggs, Better Eggs Make Happier Customers
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By Bill, on October 17th, 2011
Our friend John has some new, hard-working tools over at Way Cool Tools. Check out his press release:
Small farmers and gardeners will benefit from The Dynamic Trio: Over the past few years we’ve had requests from our customers for a better broad fork. Well, we’re happy to say…. It’s Here!
Our new broad [...]
By Bill, on October 17th, 2011
An Herbal Ley is a foraging mix comprised of multiple grasses, herbs and clovers. It should produce a well-balanced forage that reduces fertilizer inputs and provide increased levels of vitamins and minerals to livestock. Additionally, it should build and restore soil fertility. The higher initial cost of Herbal Leys are offset by improved animal [...]
By Bill, on October 17th, 2011
News21 is a program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to foster in-depth, interactive and innovative investigative journalism at journalism schools across the country. It is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
Check out their [...]
By Bill, on October 12th, 2011
Here is a useful YouTube video on the growing practice of marketing “natural” products to organic buyers at organic prices. Natural, used as a marketing term, means only two very specific things. It means that it contains no artificial flavors and no artificial colors. That is it. It doesn’t mean that it is Non-GMO. [...]
By Bill, on October 6th, 2011
Right to Know March
Frankencornfish Car.
Obama Promised to Label GMOs
World Food Day is October 16th
By Bill, on September 29th, 2011
It’s all here, courtesy of Rodale.
By Bill, on September 28th, 2011
We have Harvey Ussery’s new book in the store and in stock. It’s a great book. Great photography. Very readable. Great all round chicken resource. Available on line or in our Waynesboro, VA store for $29.95.
By Bill, on September 13th, 2011
Here is an excerpt from a rodale.com Roundup story, “Pesticide-exposure expert Warren Porter, PhD, professor of environmental toxicity and zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, did the math. He took the air exposure numbers from the USGS study and found some reason for concern. His calculations showed that the levels found in the [...]
By Bill, on August 19th, 2011
Kids are heading back to school. What will they be learning next?
College organic, sustainability programs growing
Food for Thought
Leadership by Example – Bringing Local Foods to the Dining Halls
David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Organic Agriculture Progam – Oregon State University
Buy Fresh, Buy Local, [...]
By Bill, on July 25th, 2011
We have a bunch of new stuff from St. Gabriel Organics of Orange, Virginia. St. Gabriel Organics manufacture an extensive line of natural and organic lawn care, household, pest and insect products. St. Gabriel Organics is dedicated to bringing to market quality products that don’t harm people, children or pets.
Stink Bug Killer. Fly [...]
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what customers are saying: I would just like to say that I am extremely satisfied with the
quality of your soy-free organic chicken feeds. My laying hens have been raised on it since birth and are now healthy and productive. I know that what I am feeding them is good for the Earth, good for the chickens, and good for myself, and free from herbicides, pesticides, and the hormones in soy. Everyone who has tried my eggs has commented on how much better they taste than supermarket eggs. Plus, the feed is always shipped fast so I can order a new bag a few days before I run out and have the new feed on time.
— Max Z., Massachusetts
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