Showing posts with label Cows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cows. Show all posts

Friday, September 04, 2009

Good Life Aficionado visits Walnut Hills Farm

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Introduction to Doug Bagwell of Walnut Hills Farm



What kind of cows and goats do you have?


What are some of the benefits of buying locally?


Are shoppers looking for local foods?


Is there a season to raising cattle and being at the Farmers Market?


Should you ask questions when buying locally grown food?


Visit the Walnut Hills Farm website to learn more about them. http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M23158

Boer Goats at Walnut Hills Farm

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Farm subsidies are going to universities and institutions



As the sun prepares to set over the ridge that borders his Speedwell farm, Freddie Wells quickly wraps up afternoon chores. It's the same set of tasks his grandfather did before his father did.

Dairy farming is not only a living for Wells, it's his way of life.

"Freedom," he said. "I like the freedom. Not having to answer to someone."

In East Tennessee and the country, he's become part of a dying breed. According to the University of Tennessee, dairy farmers are getting rid of their operations like spoiled milk.

In 1995, there were about 1300 dairy farms in the Volunteer State. Today, there are fewer than 600.

"The guy looks at it like, 'Man, I could sell the property and have a whole lot more money than I'm going to make,'" Wells said.

Read the rest of the story at WBIR.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Hooters girls show their teats in Las Vegas


Read the story by Doug Elfman in the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Check out the story and see some nice pictures of some lovely ladies in Las Vegas.

Here is the man behind the story....Doug Elfman.