By Grant Miller, DVM From the Horse.com You are driving on a country road and pass a picturesque scene of several horses grazing in an open field. You notice one horse standing away from the group. Without being able to see much detail, it appears to you that this horse…
From the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Anaerobic manure digesters (also called methane digesters) collect manure and convert the energy stored in its organic matter into methane, which is used to produce energy (gas or electricity) for on-farm or off-farm use. The conversion to methane is the result of anaerobic digestion—a…
By Nancy Lofholm First appeared in the Denver Post KEBLER PASS —There’s a new town in Colorado. It has about 50 buildings, including a saloon, a church, a jail, a firehouse, a livery and a train station. Soon, it will have a mansion on a hill so the town’s founder…
A small band of activists and scientists believe that farming done the right way can remove carbon from the atmosphere. It doesn’t matter if you think global warming is caused by humans or not, we just need to stop it and this seems like a win-win solution. We actually know…
I’m a strong supporter of programs that use horses and cow work to help returning veterans gain confidence and new skills. Kathy and I are supporters of Heroes for Horses here in Santa Fe. Here’s another group called Operation Silver Spurs that is based in Conifer, Colorado. Run by Brad…
