The Weblog
This page contains news, event information, and other items added by Ian and Adam, the resident farmers at Old 99. We send out a message every week, but most are set with a delete date about two weeks later. I archive some of the posts if they have content other than weekly availability of produce and meat.
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Old99 farm week of Mar 16 2014
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Something new at Old 99: flour ground here and sourdough starter. Camelia and I went to an Ecological Farmers workshop on saturday to see horse powered flour milling, learn about growing it, and then baking sourdough bread. Take a lot at this picture and tell me I have beginner’s luck. I’ll have some to taste for you this thursday. I’ll also have flour, whole wheat, milled here, and sourdough starter for you to take home.
Next thing new is Sheba, my female Maremma livestock guardian dog is now bred to a handsome Maremma male, borrowed from Jim Wright, a heritage livestock enthusiast on Powerline Rd. So if you are looking for a wonderful family dog, albeit on the large size, come by and see the pups in a couple months, likely June 1st.
At the market this week I have some spinach, collard greens and kale from the greenhouse. Lots of eggs and still good supply of meats.
Elizabeth May put out a request for a support petition against Keystone. Her four points are
- Keystone hurts the Canadian economy:* The Keystone pipeline — makes Canada’s economy even more dependent on the export of unprocessed fossil fuels, leaving us in a vulnerable position when the carbon bubble bursts.
- Keystone doesn’t promote North American energy security: As proposed, the diluents which are added to make dilbit would come from Saudi Arabia!
- Keystone won’t replace rail transportation: We can do the math — if Stephen Harper succeeds with his plan to increase oil sands production to 6 million barrels per day (mbd), then even with Keystone’s capacity of 0.8 mbd and Enbridge’s 0.5 mbd we would be well short of transporting it all by pipeline.
- Keystone limits our ability to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: There is no doubt, based on the US State Department’s report, that Keystone will lead to growth in the oil sands. …our emissions are on track to be 734 MT — all progress on emission reduction at the provincial level is being wiped out by oil sands growth.
Canada needs a domestic energy strategy and a real climate plan that makes sense. So why don’t you add your name to the list of concerned Canucks? http://www.greenparty.ca/blogs/7/2014-03-17/4-facts-about-keystone-xl
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Ian and Camelia