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Ecological farmers may not agree on everything, but one thing we all agree on these days are these 5 essential elements: 1. The devastation among Florida’s orange groves and the diseases attacking coffee trees are symptomatic of one thing: violating all of the above ecological pillars. Let’s go to the heart of the matter.
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Are you interested in how to have a more ecologically and economically enriching grass farming experience? Every species is different, and he’ll address cattle, hogs, and poultry transport and movement. Three of our urban patrons will talk about why they buy pastured meat and poultry. I’ll answer that.
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