Norwegian Fjord horses. 2010. Wikimedia. A roundup of agricultural-related news from around the Web. . . 1) Farming with Draft Horses in Vermont: Anne Raver for the NYTs wrote a lovely article about a couple who farm with draft horses in Vermont — as do 400,000 other farming operations in North America. The reasons are [...]
Island of Ikaria. Photo source: Flickr CC via ForsterFoto From time to time, we’ve all read and marveled at those reports of isolated pockets around the globe where people tend to have greater than normal longevity. Such regions include Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; and the Seventh Day Adventists in Loma [...]
I took the above photo of a wooden aqueduct near Las Trampas, New Mexico on the High Road to Taos. The aqueduct spans a deep gorge at an approximate elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. What a peaceful place, a pleasant sight and sound in the high desert during the growing season! July 2012. [...]
