Dairy Healthier When Nurtured by Nature
In the foodie circles I keep there has been a lot of talk recently on the expansion of a dairy operation in southwest Minnesota. The proposal is to expand production by building a new 11,000-cow dairy adjacent to a nearby existing facility, bringing the total number of dairy cows to 18,855, making it the largest dairy operation in the state. By all accounts it will be an efficient operation, applying the manure over more than twenty square miles of land. Cows will be kept i
Jim Chamberlin
Apr 304 min read
Headwaters Beef Cooperative - Locally Raised, Locally Grazed
Buying local beef is now even easier thanks to the online store from Headwaters Beef Cooperative.
Jim Chamberlin
Mar 123 min read
Climate on the Farm Event Illustrates Climate Impact
Recently a small group of people gathered at Island Lake Farm on a cool fall evening to talk about Climate on the Farm. Sponsored by the Climate Land Leaders and supported by Happy Dancing Turtle, the evening started with a history of the farm. We have been on our farm for thirty years and consider it to be a special place. With a half mile of shoreline on a natural wild rice lake and the headwaters for the Ripple River, we have kept conservation at the heart of our farm ope
Jim Chamberlin
Oct 31, 20254 min read