Monsanto - Friend or Foe of Rural America

Unless you are a cool aide drinking member of everything the MSM passes your direction or are new to rural life you might have missed that Monsanto has been continuing to use their significant financial resources to crush American food freedom. One of the most shocking pieces of the Monsanto puzzle is there are people in smaller towns unaware of this. To help you in your journey to build more and more love for Monsanto I have included a few resources.

As of last night, a US marshall, 2 state police and a county police are all over Mr. Hixon's area, serving notices to farmers that they are being sued by Monsanto. They arrive in pairs, with two cars parked a quarter mile and half mile down the road. They've served 3 so far and said "a bunch more are coming." No telling how many will be served since Hixon has between 200-400 farmers he cleans seeds for and these farmers have been repeatedly threatened by Monsanto thugs for the last two months, getting "visits," letters, and calls daily.
source: Monsanto Investigator in Illinois Laughs They Are Doing 'Rural Cleansing'

Their business motto - “We can’t afford to lose one dollar of business.”

Buy Trees In Bulk - CHEAP

If you don't mind buying 1 year old trees and like to buy them extremely cheap then this is your post. We found out from a new friend that owns a Christmas Tree Farm that we could buy them through him using his supplier.

We got approx. 600 pine trees about 24 inches long from tap room to tip for ~$60. He said they have ones you can buy that are older and obviously cost more and he is also going to bring us their catalog so we can order some of their other trees next year. We're probably going to plant about 300 of them and give the rest to some neighbors down the road.

Contaminated Milk

Remember this next time you think about starting to raise more of your own food but keep procrastinating.

Former chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu Group testified in court on Wednesday that she knew in May that her dairy firm's products were contaminated but notified the authorities only in August.
source: Sanlu ex-boss was aware of tainted milk

Poulty Plans for Coops, Nesting Boxes ...

Recently I discovered this website by the North Dakota State University Extension Office which has PDFs for Chicken & Turkey Coops, Feed Racks and the list goes on.

Enjoy.

Debunking Agrarianism

Franklin Sanders' has created another wonderful article with The Leaven Community & The Agrarian Ideal: Debunking Agrarianism. It is an easy read and from our short few years in the country covers things well.