Why mini cows could save the planet

Farmers in the US are getting excited about miniature cattle that are less
than a metre tall – and may be the future of sustainable beef farming

Richard Gradwohl read more

We have so many worms in our worm farm – seems like thousands. If you want some worms to start a worm farm we can help out.

All you need is a polystyrene broccoli box from the greengrocers and read more

[url=http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/earthrise/2011/10/2011102105128278189.html]Video on research on insects (grasshoppers) and mealworms as human food (protein)[/url]

Also spreading lime over their droppings in the hutch/roost will stop fly’s and stop fly’s from breeding.

We’re having a great talk about the Farm Fantastic show that was on at Caboolture last weekend.

We’re talking about getting a share in a milking goat kept in a local backyard and sharing read more

Chooks
Do you have chooks? Chooks are one of the primary foods that enable civilisations to survive. Their ability to produce nearly an egg a day is quite remarkable. These can be hatched to reproduce read more

Thanks that’s fascinating. I like the concept of aquaculture too- if fish can be raised in a pond with plants on the surface then the fish fertilise the plants and the plants oxygenate the water. read more

Could that form part of a community garden? Especially if it was attached to a school community for example?

Target 100 is an initiative by Australian cattle and sheep farmers along with the broader industry to deliver sustainable cattle and sheep farming by 2020.

It’s our commitment to take positive action read more

Problems with scrub turkeys get a lot of air-space locally among people trying to keep chooks or look after a garden.

The turkeys attack (rip their heads open or attempt to mate with) the chooks and read more