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Old 12-17-2008, 04:39 PM   #38 (permalink)
IndyIan
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Parachute - '03 Chevrolet Tracker LX
90 day: 28.55 mpg (US)

Peon - '95 Plymouth Neon Highline baby!
90 day: 31.39 mpg (US)

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No, its not my farm, its actually Joel Salatin's farm. Polyface, Inc.
We pretty much subscribe to his farming practices though, his ideas make the most sense of any sustainable farming and food production system I've ever heard of. Right now we have 12 goats and 80 chickens but we are planning to get a bit bigger every year, trying to farm like Joel does.

The first picture is our pasture area a few years ago before we built the house, the grass is a bit shorter now and there is some electric fencing but it pretty much looks the same. Second picture has Q(big goat), Peggy(little goat), and Suzie, one of our livestock guardian dogs, and me in the "barn yard" two years ago.
Ian

p.s. I should add that its entirely possible to support local food systems being a vegan, you won't be eating synthetic "meat" but probably much better food for you and your landscape. I'm just saying that if you are a factory farm vegan, you aren't quite as earth friendly as could be and maybe less earth friendly than some omnivores.
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