Meet the Guinea Hog
Welcome to Book of the Week – a weekly feature of an Acres U.S.A. published title offering you a glimpse between the pages! This week’s Book of the Week feature is Saving the Guinea Hogs: The Recovery of the American Homestead Breed, by Cathy R. Payne.
Rethinking Pests, Invasive Species, and Other Paradigms
Welcome to Book of the Week – offering you a glimpse between the pages! Get the Book of the Week email newsletter delivered directly to your in box! This week’s Book of the Week feature is Farming on the Wild Side, by Nancy and John Hayden.
Transitional Strategy and Agroforestry
For the practitioner of restoration agriculture, agroforestry represents the transitional forms that help a farmer or rancher transform his or her operation from an annual system to a more perennial system. Agroforestry practices allow a farmer to continue to do what they are doing today while they install the perennials that will be the mainstay of their future.
Finding the Right Heritage Chicken for your Farm
Someone outside the world of chickens might think their only differences are in the color of their feathers and egg shells. But over the last few decades, with the explosion of pastured poultry, homesteading and backyard chicken raising, more people are discovering the truth as general interest in chickens has grown. Not only are there differences amongst the chickens themselves but also how best to manage them. Your location, the resources you have at hand, and the other activities that are part of your setup, no matter its size, all impact just how to best manage your flock, and just what kind of flock it should be.
