Category — General Randomness

I was contacted by Derek Singleton who is a market analyst for softwareadvice.com mentioning that he had written this short article on distribution of local foods through regional hubs (regional is the new local?).

His article can be read here

This is something I think about a lot. I’ve said for quite some time that I think the best solution to creating a viable local economy is to first work regionally, build your infrastructure, and then focus more locally. That statement leaves a lot of room for discussion I know. The logistics to doing this effectively are very complex, especially in our modern market place.

I like that people, like Derek, are starting to look at the logistics of making sustainable food systems more sustainable- economically and logistically. I find on our own farm that organization of information is probably the single most important task we have to do well.

I’d love to hear what others think about this?

Hi there. It’s been forever since I’ve posted on WANNAFARM. Many reasons: I’ve been locked out of my dashboard for ages and all of the comments that were supposed to be forwarding to my email were going into my spam folder. So I’ve finally cleared it all up and I think we’re back.

Since farming is my full time job and this is just an added site for fun and education I didn’t have the time or energy to dig as deep as I needed to to get things back up and running. I know I’ll have to work to get any viewership back, but that’s ok. The information is still all here.

Thanks,

Chris@ Wannafarm

Our fellow farm friends in Colorado came up with this cool dibbler for making seeding go much much faster.

Good on ya Seth! Check it out:

http://weathervanebv.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/garden-carts-and-greenhouse-dibbler/

I helped our friends at Barking Moon Farm pull the plastic on this hoophouse. When I first saw the frame I was blown away on how gigantic it was. Josh said it’s around 16 feet to the peak. But now that it’s filled out with plants, it looks amazing. Something about the gigantic feel and the diffuse light make it very cathedral like. Love it.

I mounted a MaterMaac fertilizer spreader I bought from Market Farm Implement in Pennsylavania. It runs on the 12 volt DC of the tractor. You mount the control box up in the cab. The box regulates the rate of flow. Pretty simple design actually. I’ll be using this setup to spread fertilizer and rototill the beds for planting all in one pass. I’ll get some video up after I take it out on it’s maiden voyage.

Just food for thought.

Some of you might hate this. Some of you may love this. A little of both for me. What do you think?

Some fellow farmers out of Minnesota with an electric conversion of their cultivating tractor. This idea is really starting to gain a little momentum. Check out the video of them seeding with the tractoring too.

And here’s a look at their garlic digger Simple is good.

I’m starting my search around the net to see what kind of info I can start drumming up from other folks. Seems like we’re hitting a certain point that many newer farmers are blogging or at least online. Let’s get the info flowing.

Yeah I know, I haven’t posted anything for awhile. My excuse? Well, it is spring after all. We’ve been transplanting and seeding like mad, in between rain storms and my view has pretty much been this:

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Pretty decent quality video considering it’s with my phone and I’m rototilling……

Ok, so coming up is my latest equipment adventure. I’m working on making my “ground driven pull behind” fertilizer spreader into a “front mount 12 volt motor driven” fertilizer spreader.

Pictures and video to come.

I was just chatting with my friend Vince today at farmers market about grains. Many things to ponder when one sees the coming rise of fuel prices. When does it become economically viable to start producing grains for sale on a smaller scale? Commodities don’t currently allow for this to happen due to economic constraints. Some fellow farmers have gotten together a blog for such a discussion. Please check it out if this interests you.

All the folks involved do their homework on whatever topic they’re focused on. Good stuff. I’d also love to see some collaboration from outside the Oregon farmer contingency…anyone else know grains?

This site will eventually be loaded with posts of video and pictures that can be a resource for farmers to find innovative ways to be more successful at their trade.

But for now just drop by my farm’s website

www.bluefoxorganics.com