Civil Eats
JANUARY 15, 2024
John Zander’s family has owned a stretch of land along New Jersey’s southern coast for 30 years, but he only recently dubbed the farm “Cohansey Meadows.” Meadows for the term that residents of the region use to refer to the vast marshes that create a fluid transition between solid ground and the water of the Delaware Bay.
Farmbrite
MARCH 16, 2023
How to Prevent and Treat Horse Fly Bites on Livestock Did you know that horse flies can cause serious injury to your livestock? If your livestock is already suffering from these pests, there are treatments available that can help alleviate their pain and discomfort while also preventing further damage!
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Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 6, 2023
We had grand plans to install a curated pollinator garden in the front and a vegetable garden with a managed meadow in the back. Livestock, heavy machinery and hikers along mountain paths create compaction, not just lawns. A meadow of native plants can promote healthy soil and draw in pollinators.
Civil Eats
MARCH 18, 2024
Three acres of meadows provide habitat for insects. A diversified farm that is growing vegetables and raising livestock, for example, might incorporate more perennial plants into their system to encourage carbon storage in deep roots. Long, diverse grasses blanket the ground around and between the vines.
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
And growing meat in the lab, from cultured stem cells in bioreactors will eliminate the need for raising livestock, and all the environmental havoc that goes with it. If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption.
The Lunatic Farmer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
They don’t watch TV all evening; they can tomatoes and chase fireflies in the meadow. A couple of years ago, after being besieged by questions about raising livestock on a small scale, I wrote POLYFACE MICRO: Success with Livestock on a Homestead Scale. That was my how-to contribution to this wonderful movement.
Civil Eats
MAY 6, 2024
They avoid using pesticides and heavy equipment that could compact the soil, plant flowers in their gardens to attract beneficial insects, and maintain meadows with native plants. One of the main examples is the wolf population in the American West—and you have in Montana, Idaho, and California issues with predation of livestock by predators.”
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