How to Avoid Making a Pig's Ear of Your Farm Eatery

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How to Avoid Making a Pig's Ear of Your Farm Eatery

Today's farmers find that they need to constantly look for ways to make money. Simply finding retailers for their products often doesn't cut it anymore. One of the options many consider is opening up their farm to the public. You might choose to do this by running a petting zoo, hiring out land or running events. Some farmers decide that opening a cafe or restaurant on site is the best option. You can't get more "farm-to-table" than an eatery right on the farm. However, it can take a lot of work to attract people to the farm and to make the cafe or restaurant successful. So what do you need to do to make it work?

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The Modern-Day Tech That Keeps Farms Working

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The Modern-Day Tech That Keeps Farms Working

In the Digital Age, most businesses use technology to help in their day-to-day tasks. Whether it’s automated processes or simple time-savers, businesses everywhere have vast computing power. And, farms are no different. Modern farms use a host of different technologies to keep themselves running. In extremes, tech is used to keep operations going for 24 hours a day. Or, in less severe cases, it may just be to save a little bit of effort. This post will take you through some of the ways that modern farms will operate with technology.

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Make Sure Your Agriculture Business Rocks

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Make Sure Your Agriculture Business Rocks

Running an agriculture business is about understanding the process and having the right tools for the job. There are a lot of things involved in running a farming business, and the landscape has changed considerably these days. So, you have to put yourself in a good position to succeed in the modern era of agriculture. And this means thinking hard about what it takes to be a modern farmer, and what obstacles you have to face.

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Can Your Farm Help with Renewable Energy?

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Can Your Farm Help with Renewable Energy?

When we talk about farms and being environmentally-friendly, we usually think of a bunch of changes you can make. In fact, the suggestions can often become quite obvious. We know we should preserve water to the best of our ability. And we’ve written before about protecting animals instead of using them for produce. This is something that definitely helps with your carbon footprint. But what if your farm could do something more? What if you did something on your farm that could actually help not just your farm, but the community around you?

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The Most Important News From Nov. 8 Wasn't About the American Election

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The Most Important News From Nov. 8 Wasn't About the American Election

PLANETARY STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN POLITICS.

There is one issue it's really time for everyone to embrace regardless of politics. Because this issue transcends opinion: It's based in fact, it affects everything and everyone here, and we are literally destroying our opportunity to maintain this way of life if we continue to ignore the catastrophic damage we are causing. Yup -- I'm talking about the environment.

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Business Isn't Enough, You Need To Spread Eco-Friendliness To Your Whole Lifestyle

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Business Isn't Enough, You Need To Spread Eco-Friendliness To Your Whole Lifestyle

We talk a lot about the practices and the theory behind running a more environmentally friendly farm. We believe that ethical, responsible business is the future that all land and business owners have to go down if we want a future worth living. But don’t think that it’s enough to stop there. Instead, you should be looking at how you make a bigger impact. In every little and big way you can.

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It's A Farm Stock Life! The Trend For Organic Produce

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It's A Farm Stock Life! The Trend For Organic Produce

It has never been trendier to be part of the farming community. With the amount of press about organic produce and living sustainable lives while also being as eco-friendly and reducing your carbon footprint. These things have never been more important.  With the focus in diet shifting away from eating high amounts of carbs, to eating what we had over 100 years ago, it has put the spotlight firmly on farms,  farming practices and the diet of a typical farmer. Let’s have a look and how diet and food culture has focused in on farms and has made it popular again.

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Farm-To-Table Dinner Party Slated Nov. 4 At Better Farm, Featuring Chef Clayton Moody

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You are cordially invited to a farm-to-table dinner party at Better Farm from 6:15-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at Better Farm in Redwood.

Enjoy farm-fresh appetizers, an entree, and delicious dessert meticulously prepared, featuring 100% locally sourced ingredients from Better Farm and surrounding locations. Omnivorous and vegan options available, along with bottomless wine!

Featuring the culinary genius of Chef Clayton Moody (Jacques Cartier Room). $50 per person, pre-registration required. Click here to sign up—please specify meal choice as a note on your RSVP!

Better Farm is located at 31060 Cottage Hill Road, Redwood NY, 13679. For further information, email info@betterfarm.org.

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Nicole Caldwell

Nicole Caldwell is a self-taught environmentalist, green-living savant and sustainability educator with more than a decade of professional writing experience. She is also the co-founder of Better Farm and president of betterArts. Nicole’s work has been featured in Mother Earth News, Reader’s Digest, Time Out New York, and many other publications. Her first book, Better: The Everyday Art of Sustainable Living, is due out this July through New Society Publishers.

Is Your Farm As Eco-Friendly As It Should Be?

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Is Your Farm As Eco-Friendly As It Should Be?

Farming is an art form that’s been around for years. As time moves by, farmers have to adapt to the world around them. They need to change the way they do things, as the world demands it. In this day and age, there’s an emphasis on being eco-friendly. Farms are trying their best to help the environment, not damage it.

But, is your farm as eco-friendly as it should be? Below are three key things your farm should consider:

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