Spice Farm

01/17/2020

The presumption that humans must engineer pollinators to accommodate monocropping industrial food production ignores the root issue: lack of biodiversity. Healthy Eco systems are diverse, interdependent collections of creatures and plants and features, all doing their "things" sometimes in tandem, sometimes in sequence with inherent redundancies. They can rebound and adapt. We need to learn that and apply practices that encourage biodiversity that respects localized native populations. How? Cultivate local native plants that native pollinators thrive on, even backyard gardens can contribute. Suck it up and let the energy companies green wash and plant wildflowers on roadways and right of ways (I'm all for getting them to pay back for the extraordinary harm they continue to cause) Learn more at Xerces.org

Developed for use in greenhouses and to supplement collapsing honeybee colonies, managed bees like bumbles and blue orchards present problems of their own.

10/22/2019

09/20/2019

Brilliant!!

If the crops do well this fall then we won’t have to worry so much about making the bank payment. And then if we continue to have a good spring, we’ll be on a good track to pay the note off on time and then maybe once the tractor is paid for, I can think about quitting my job in town. So long as I keep my weekend job helping the neighbor farm and we don’t lose too many calves this year. Then...then we’ll be on our way.

Starting a farm from scratch is an uphill battle. Without family to rely on for help with equipment and land, getting a start as a farmer or rancher can seem impossible more days than it seems possible. It’s a cycle of working the in town job to keep the cash flow and make the bank happy, while trying to buy your assets cheap and keep everything held together with baling twine and pure determination. Some days, you wonder why you’re working so darn hard and that house in town seems pretty appealing. But only some days.

HitchPin, a new agriculture technology was created with you in mind. WIth HitchPin, you can access the equipment you need by hiring neighbors or custom crews. Or you can increase your own revenue by using equipment you have to hire out and help other farmers in your area.

What would it mean to your growing farm to have access to better equipment? To have a little extra income to help with your payments? HitchPin provides a new way of doing farm business- perfect for the new or beginning farmer. See what HitchPin can do for you.

08/20/2019

awesome!

07/26/2019