Events

Check these calendars for events and learning opportunities -

Feb. 23-24, 2012 MOSES conf., LaCrosse, WI. Largest gathering of sustainable farmers in USA. Just click below for details and to register.













From the Bronx to the Barn
For Farmers
This page is especially for sustainable farmers - new and experienced

Know about a good book, website or event?  Please let me know, sylvia@bronxtobarn.com
This page will be updated at least once a month. Thanks.

For Grazers
Bovine Engineering -  improving grass-fed cattle genetics
Browse and Grass Farmer Association - for all pastured animals
Grassworks - resource for grazers, out of Wisconsin
Graze - monthly newspaper
Greg Judy - his farm, setting up intensive rotational grazing operations, and custom grazing
Rockin' H Ranch/Cody Holmes - intensive rotational grazing
Stockman Grass Farmer - monthly newspaper

Sustainable farming
Local Dirt website brings food lovers together with local farmers, no matter where you live NEW
Crazy Rooster Farm pastured meats plus hands-on learning about permaculture NEW
ACRES magazine
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services - outstanding resource regionally and nationwide
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture - publications, events, field walks, resources
The Land Stewardship Project - great place to start if you're thinking about farming
Dr. Glen Dupree - Homeopathy for Animals - great information, seminars, and webinars 

Books
Alternative Treatments for Ruminant Animals, Paul Dettloff, DVM
NEW Full Time Ranching on 3 Hours a Day, Cody Holmes.
Grass-fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef, Julius Ruechel
Herd Bull Fertility, James E. Drayson
Homeopathy in Organic Livestock Production, Glen Dupree, DVM
No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land, Greg Judy
Pasture Profits with Stocker Cattle, Allan Nation
Reproduction and Animal Health, Charles Walters and Gearld Fry
Small Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-based Approach for Health, Sustainability and Profit, Carol Ekarius

TV and Radio
Death of a Dream - Twin Cities Public Television.  A one-hour documentary and associated website information about the passing of the farmhouse and farm-life as woven in American memory and legend. Also examines where the American farm is going and questions its role in American culture and economy.