This is what the kids and I did today:
\nlet the chickens out, filled their feed troughs, broke the ice in their water dishes
\ncovered the greens with remay
\nfixed a deer fence
\ncollected firewood & split kindling
\nharvested usnia and tree lungwort from the fallen Willow warrior tree
\nmade gods’ eyes for the winter fair
\nplayed lego
\nread a book
\nmade tea
\nwent on a beach walk
\nwashed & cartooned eggs
\nwatched Dogs with Jobs videos
\nstewed chili and baked bread for dinner
\n…while Steve was away for the weekend on a Solar Engineering course<\/p>\n
Canadian farmer Daniel Schneider voices his concern<\/a> about the end of family farming. Death by a thousand legislations. He says we need to preserve the family farm if we want to make sure food is produced ethically in the future. <\/p>\n If we want to make sure that ethics and morals and values stay inside farming, we need to make sure that families stay inside farming.<\/em> Take a listen to Does Canada Need Family Farms?<\/a> on CBC The 180.<\/p>\n And give this a read: Grapes of Wrath, Travails of a Produce Farmer in Wine Country<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is what the kids and I did today: let the chickens out, filled their feed troughs, broke the ice in their water dishes covered the greens with remay fixed a deer fence collected firewood & split kindling harvested usnia … Continue reading
\n– Daniel Schneider<\/p>\n