About Goats

General Information The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family...

Bitter Melon (Bitter Gourd)

Nutrition Information And Facts Bitter melon is one of the best vegetable-fruit that helps improve diabetic and toxemia conditions. (Juicing for Health) The bitter melon (also known as bitter gourd...

High-tech agriculture: The extraordinary profits of hydroponic vegetable farming

Through this technique, farmers can get between 450 and 550 tons of vegetables per acre, compared to the average yield of 15 tons per acre from traditional farming, according to Fareed Farmhouse...

Quick Tips for Urban Beekeepers

These tips I got from Linkedin regarding urban beekeeping One of the major issues in urban beekeeping is swarming. Careful monitoring of the hive is essential. Many cities and small towns do have...

How to Tube Feed a Weak Kid

By Sue ReithCarmelitaToggsDairy goat Journal The prospect of tubing a weak kid probably sounds pretty frightening if you have never tried it. Perhaps it's because I have been doing it for so long,...

Synthetic vs. Organic Fertilizers: Can Plants Tell the Difference?

Plants Can Indeed Tell The Difference A 15-5-10 synthetic fertilizer is the classic 3-1-2 ratio high-nitrogen, synthetic fertilizer – the kind that the other guys recommend. These numbers...

Top 12 Reasons to Go Organic

. Organic Is the Only Alternative Delivering Meaningful Health Results. It is hard to miss the problems arising in the wake of the conventional food system – toxic exposures, birth defects, learning...

Ways Organic Farms Outperform Conventional Farms

Sustainable, organic farming practices are the best way to feed the future…!!!! It is a testament to human ingenuity that the mechanics of farming has managed to keep pace with an ever-expanding...

Six Step to Mushroom Farming

Mushroom farming consists of six steps, and although the divisions are somewhat arbitrary, these steps identify what is needed to form a production system. The six steps are Phase I composting, Phase...