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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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Old 99 Farm, week of Aug 7 2017


Just a reminder the day before our market day here at O99.
All the same increasing choice of veggies as last week, and meats, eggs, some berries (blackberry, currants and aronia)

Cami and I took 2 yr old laying hens to the butcher on wed and now have 50 stewing hens in the freezer, avg weight about 2lb. Special this week, 10% off.

Fresh flock of laying hens will take a week or two to settle in and get up to full production.

Links to climate issue:
Why do we humans have such capacity for denial of reality? where it’s abrupt climate change, speeding, smoking, or just eating too much? Here’s a theory, less than 10 years old and what to do about it in our own situations. Dr Ajit Varki at UCal San Diego

And here is update on species extinction, (which matters to all of us because all of nature is an interconnected web of life). Extinction Event Gains Momentum

Healthy eating,
Ian and Cami

PS see the Local Food Summit, an on-line event from aug 6 to 16, free, 50 speakers, podcasts, good links to how local food production (that would be including your own backyard!) is very important.