Smith: Fall is a time for harvesting the bounty of life
Want to know how rapid fall is imminent? Well, Tuesday, the planning meeting almond festival was held at the scout hut in Sparta. The agenda included the circulation, marketing products such as glasses and T-shirts, more almonds for the festival, promoting the derby rash and cooking competitions as well as getting local talent to do. The 2012 Almond Festival is scheduled for March 11. That says a lot does not it.Want to know how rapid fall is imminent? Chamber of Commerce holds its 44th timber annual celebration of harvest on the farm town Thursday, October 27. Honored this year will be Fritz Durst, who has been named the Agri-Business Person of the Year. The celebration is set for 11:30 a.m. at the Heidrick Ag History Center. Guest speaker will be Undersecretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sandra Schubert. To purchase a ticket for $30 contact Cynthia at the Woodland Chamber of Commerce. The deadline, by the way is this Friday.
The golden egg: With more protein and fat, duck eggs are a baker's delight ...
MINNEAPOLIS — We should all live a life as carefree as that of the Khaki Campbell ducks at the western Wisconsin farm of Khaiti and Andrew French.
The 200-plus birds soak up the sunshine and fresh air as they waddle through a series of fenced paddocks, roaming under shade trees and through mud-streaked patches of clover, moving in packs and squawking up a storm on this picturesque and fascinating farm. The scene is a marked contrast to a nearby turkey operation, a factory farm where birds pass the whole of their brief lives crammed wing-to-wing in a space the size of a hockey rink, their only glimpse of the outside world through long horizontal openings.
It’s a depressing sight, and it raises a question: How good can that poultry taste? The moral to this story: Healthy, happy ducks become exceptionally good at doing what they do, and that’s laying eggs.
“Ethics are so important when you’re dealing with animals,” said Khaiti. “I know this sounds cheesy, but we don’t think of our animals as profit centers. Our animals are so happy here. If you treat animals the way you would want to be treated, you will get spectacular results.
Waveboards, Fußbälle, Rucksäcke, Sporttasche, Helm Trainingsanzüge und T-Shirts hatte der Inhaber der Sporttenne Karlshuld, Bernhard Stelzer zu einem beachtlichen Sortiment im Wert von mehr als 2000 Euro zusammengestellt.
