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Articles by Ulla Kjarval

How Farmers Are Using Social Media
December 27, 2009 – 10:46 am | 6 Comments
How Farmers Are Using Social Media

Farming full time is a lot of physical labor, and I enjoy social media for the short breaks I can take. I don’t watch television and I spend so much of my life either outside or in the kitchen. I rarely see people, speak mostly to animals, and social media gives me a little human contact.

A CAFO Grows in New York?
December 21, 2009 – 2:31 pm | No Comment
A CAFO Grows in New York?

Bion Environmental Technology, Inc. is proposing to develop a cattle finishing facility that would hold over 72, 000 cows. The project has the town’s board approval. If built, Bion’s Beef finishing facility would be the largest of it’s kind east of the Mississippi River and would bring the trend toward consolidated feeding operations to New York’s back yard. It is no surprise that the town board of Schroeppel, NY has been receptive to the project as Oswego County is one of the most economically depressed counties in New York State.