(Marie Hawthorne) Chickens are a common first step for people looking to take control of their food supply and get into homesteading. They can be a great source of entertainment for children, as well as a worthwhile lesson in raising your own food. However, they are also an added responsibility, and between supply chain issues and severe inflation, you may be wondering how to feed them this upcoming year. How did people feed chickens before commercial chicken feed?
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CLIMATE CULT: Germany Goes “Green” by Clear-Cutting 1,000-Year-Old Forest To Build Wind Farm
(Ethan Huff) One of the most unique and biodiverse forests in the world is about to get clear-cut to make room for a massive new “wind park.”
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly About Factory Farm Eggs, Including Egg Whites
(S.D. Wells) Every day Americans eat a combined 200 million eggs, but most consumers would be shocked to find out what the corporate egg industry is hiding. Did you know that hens are genetically manipulated to lay far more eggs each year than they normally might? Instead of laying a dozen (naturally in the wild), they’re laying 250 to 300 eggs per year at the abuse-and-slaughter chicken-coop factories.
“Farmageddon”: Trump Announces More Emergency Bailouts As U.S. Farm Debt Soars To $416 Billion
(Michael Snyder) President Trump just announced yet another round of emergency bailouts for U.S. farmers. This emergency aid will be greatly welcomed by countless struggling farmers, but a few thousand dollars won’t be nearly enough to save most of the farms that are on the verge of failing.
Thriving Hemp Industry is About to Create a Jobs Boom in the US
(Emma Fiala) Thanks to a provision in the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp is no longer a federally illegal controlled substance in the Unites States. The passage of the Farm Bill allows farmers and cultivators to grow the once demonized cannabis plant and even restart long forgotten operations.
American Soil Is Being Globalized: Nearly 30 Million Acres Of US Farmland Now Owned By Foreigners
(Michael Snyder) All across America, U.S. farmland is being gobbled up by foreign interests. So when we refer to “the heartland of America”, the truth is that vast stretches of that “heartland” is now owned by foreigners, and most Americans have no idea that this is happening.