Monthly Archives: August 2010

Egg Recall

Egg Recall

Egg RecallAnyone heard about this half billion or so eggs being recalled across the country all because one or possibly two egg farms have allowed some contaminated eggs into the production stream? If this is not yet another reason for locally produced ‘slow’ food I can not imagine what would be. In the words of Earl Pitts, “Wake up America!”

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KY State Fair

KY State Fair

KY State FairYesterday I went down to Louisville to the Kentucky State Fair. It was a very different kind of experience for me in regards to the state fair. I was there representing our new publication, the Kentucky Farm Forum. Okay, so why I am blogging about that here? Good question, so let me get to an answer for you.

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Mater Hangers

Mater Hanger

Mater HangerShould have posted this sometime back, as the summer is now mid way and then some through the summer and I should be posting a follow-up about my results instead of the beginning of the project. Well, I am little behind. After some discussion at the office with a few folks who were going to try the commercial product (that I will not name, but we have all seen the television commercials) and my more than several claims of being able to do it in a two liter soda pop bottle I decided to delve in. A little bit of quick looking on the internet told me exactly what I needed to know and so I set off on the experiment – which I am calling ‘mater hangers!

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