Guest post from The Omnifarious Plot
Since starting on our egg selling venture I have been asked multiple times about what goes into going legit, and what the requirements for grading eggs are. The reason we grade eggs is to assure a standard of quality, size, and freshness in an egg. This determines how we label them and to whom we are allowed to sell.
While manning the East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance booth at the Eat Real Festival in Oakland a few weeks ago a guy came up to us with a question. He seemed to have a point to prove and his point was that urban agriculture was a waste of resources particularly around the topic of water. Actually his point was specific to water.
reposted from DogIslandFarm.com
Because it isn’t great and they know it. They know that if people see their product labeled they won’t buy it. So now they are looking at spending $100 million dollars to fight labeling.
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by Rachel, Dog Island Farm
There are many types of vegetable gardens out there from the traditional rows – one plant wide row with walkways in between – to raised beds (and wide beds) or more natural, loose organic gardens. I try to stay away from rows because they are much less space efficient than the other two types. With rows you end up devoting a lot more land to walkways, which isn’t a good use of space if you’re trying to maximize your harvest. They do make harvesting easier and are better suited for using equipment which is why some people still use them.
