Posted in Backyard Chickens, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies, Oh Say Can You CSA!, Real Time Farms blog on May 10, 2012
Transition Challenge Month, yup. Brought to you by the Transition United States, yup. Clearer now? Until I was asked to teach a Backyard Chicken class for a Reskilling Festival co-hosted by Transition Ann Arbor, I did not know either. Nor had I heard the phrases “peak oil” or “energy descent”. But in my humble opinion, [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork on December 15, 2010
David Beemer, of OmniUnum Farm, decided he wanted more control over his food supply. In lieu of purchasing Michigan peat and compost, Beemer decided to raise poultry for their manure, a nutrient-rich and accessible fertilizer. Beemer choose Muscovy ducks as his poultry of choice after being served it at Paul Bocuse’s restaurant in Lyons, France. [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Health on December 15, 2010
You never know who you are going to sit next to at FridayMorning@Selmas, or in my case, who will sit on you. I sat next to David Beemer, of OmniUnum Farm, and Antoinette Benjamin, of Food for all Seasons Catering. As they spoke to me about the world of the Muscovy duck – two day [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Growing Goodies on May 10, 2010
I spent three days devouring the world’s best-selling book on permaculture, Toby Hemenway’s “Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture.” Through the efforts of the Southeastern Michigan Permaculture Guild and Food Gatherers, Hemenway will be coming to Matthaei Botanical Gardens on May 22-23 to share with us practical tips on how to turn our landscape [...]
