Category Archives: Farm

General farming and animal husbandry items that just do not fit elsewhere.

Roundup = Poison?

Posted on 4 April 2009 by rcornish

Another one of my rants that was previously published elsewhere. In this particular case it is about Monsanto and Roundup – basically a poison and the use on genetically modified food crop seeds. Continue reading →

Posted in Farm, Record, Row-Crops | Tagged genetically modified, GMF, herbicide, industrial agriculture, industrial farming, monsanto, poison, roundup | Leave a comment

Poor Dirt Farmer…

Posted on 3 April 2009 by rcornish

Reflections about the book The Agrarian Reader and growing up on a tobacco farm. Having that dirt on your skin gets it into your blood. Continue reading →

Posted in Farm, Homestead, Row-Crops | Tagged agrarian, dirt, dirt farmer, farmer, Kingsolver, tobacco | Leave a comment

Recession Rant

Posted on 2 April 2009 by rcornish

This is a recap of rant I had about about the impending recession and it certainly can be tied into the farm world. Continue reading →

Posted in Farm, Homestead | Tagged American, economist, economy, eggs, farming, gasoline, industry, price jump, rant, recession, services | Leave a comment

A Beginning…

Posted on 1 April 2009 by rcornish

Beginning of the blog, first declaring who I am and giving some background of how this blog comes to be. Continue reading →

Posted in Farm, History | Tagged beginning, farm, farming, history, mephistos, opposites, Ray Cornish | Leave a comment