The Sun Magazine | The High Heart

Here is a good short story from The Sun Magazine | The High Heart

Polyface Farm Pt.1

Meet the farmer: Joel Salatin: The preacher of Pastured Poultry and Pig Profits.

How Joel Salatin Nets 60k/year on 20 Acres of Rented Land!

Joel Salatin's lecture on making money through farming innovation.  He is a wealth of knowledge.

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photo from Nat. Geo. article on Sustainable Agriculture

Starting a Farm / North Central SARE Event Calendar / North Central SARE Event Calendar / Events / North Central SARE - North Central SARE



Free Webinar on starting a farm. Preregistration is required. I am a fan of these webinars, and this one addresses a very important aspect of farming. How does an individual go about starting a farm?  I think the most valuable part of this webinar will be the discussion of acquiring land, which is a huge obstacle for most beginning farmers in rural or urban areas.


For more information and to register, check out http://www.farmcommons.org/webinars.

Farm to Table: Building Local and Regional Food Systems

Farm to Table: Building Local and Regional Food Systems  follow this link to SARE.



I have been a fan of SARE(Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education for a long time, as it holds

a plethora of free information concerning food, farming, and innovative practices associated with both of these topics, among many other topics. It is a useful site for educator, farmers, consumers, and anyone else interested in sustainable agricultural practices. Check it out, and let me know what you think!

10 Websites Like TextBroker: great list of sites for writing and making some $$$$$$$$$$$$

10 Websites Like TextBroker

MIT OCW- free MIT course materials online!

I am reviewing MIT's list of courses they provide for free via their OCW site. I first became aware of this site last year, and used and cited some of the material in my writing classes.
Descriptions of MIT's open courses, and the list of courses, which is very extensive, is listed at the following link: MIT OCW courses

Here is a brief overview of this free service from MIT's site:
"“The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone.”
Dick K.P. Yue, Professor, MIT School of Engineering
Unlocking Knowledge


MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
View a list of our most visited courses
Empowering Minds


Through OCW, educators improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them succeed; and independent learners enrich their lives and use the content to tackle some of our world’s most difficult challenges, including sustainable development, climate change, and cancer eradication.
Read more about how our materials are making a difference"

Textbroker: content writing freelance site for newbies with video

I just registered for textbroker.com, and complete their first online writing diagnostics. I have heard many positive reviews of textbroker.com from a number of friends. I always ask the textbroker.com author's the most important question, "But do you get paid?".  The answer is yes, and for the emerging content writer, with many interests, textbroker.com registration is free, so what do I have to lose?
Once my writing diagnostic is evaluated (week or less according to site), I will be able to find some content writing mini gigs, and will be sure keep my blog readers posted on making money with textbroker.com.
Here is a short video tutorial on completing your first order from textbroker.com:

Human Powered RV

This is a brilliant looking recreational vehicle. It would only be applicable in subtropical climates but it would look sweet and draw the attention of other rver's fo sho!

Ice houses made from truck sleepers, fishing shanty pictures

I am still looking for ideas on building a new icehouse. Here are some of my favorite designs, and they reuse truck sleepers, which is really innovative.  The sleeper already have doors, and look to be very easy to convert into ice houses.  I have found a few on craigslist in this area for cheap $50-$200, by doing a search for "truck sleepers":

truck sleeper ice house