Articles: animals
A Guide to Feeding Animals On Your Farm
One of the most essential parts of raising livestock is feeding your animals the right foods to keep them healthy…
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Human and Animal Alliances: A Mutual Partnership
When humans and animals interact, both parties benefit in some way from the exchange. While individuals may receive resources and…
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The Power of Traditional Herding & Grazing: Bringing Back Balance
Hoofprints on the Land by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, a fascinating and lyrical book exploring the deep and ancient working partnerships between people…
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Rewilding: Restoration by Letting Go
When it comes to revitalizing the environment, sometimes the best thing we can do is take a step back and…
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Rewilding Your Land
Having a picture-perfect farm may be aesthetically pleasing, but those farms are likely lacking in biodiversity—a necessity for an operating…
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All Hail the Beaver, Mighty Linchpin of the Natural World
Ben Goldfarb and Derek Gow have the conversation you didn’t know you needed. This interview originally appeared on Literary Hub.…
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A Man, a Mission, and a Grumpy Beaver
Derek Gow knows a thing or two about beavers; as a farmer-turned-ecologist, he has spent close to 20 years reintroducing…
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Owning Livestock: 7 Reads To Get You Started
Owning livestock is no small task, but the work certainly pays off. To help you out, we’ve rounded up 7…
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The Science Behind Food Preferences: More Than a Matter of Taste
You might remember being a little kid and refusing to eat the broccoli that was put on your plate. But…
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Feeding Your Pigs: Tips and Techniques
Feeding your animals is a daily and time-consuming activity on a farm. You need to take into consideration the types…
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Raising Piglets on Your Farm: Piglet Management
Groups of piglets running around a farm seems like a dream come true. When it comes to making sure each…
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Gulls, Humans, and the Environment
Nowadays gulls are trash birds, the subnatural inhabitants of drosscapes. Their coming among us has lowered their sea-bird status. Today…
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How Beavers Can Save the World from Environmental Ruin
If you’re a loyal Chelsea Green customer, and haven’t been living in a dam for the last year, the likelihood…
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Composting with Animals: Common Applications
When you think of a typical farm, you probably think of going out to feed the animals with a bucket…
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Happy National Wildlife Day!
Furry friends, ecological heroes, and wild beasts—we celebrate them all. In honor of wildlife and all there is to learn…
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The Wild in Us and Us in the Wild
In the following Q&A, Martin Lee Mueller, author of Being Salmon, Being Human, discusses the importance of rethinking the human-Earth…
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