Colorado Book Award
Mariano’s Crossing has been selected as one of three finalists for the Colorado Book Award in literary fiction, to be announced at the Colorado Book Award Celebration on Friday, June 21, from 1 to 4 PM, at the Doerr-Hosler Center at the Aspen Meadows Resort in Aspen, Colorado. I’ll be reading an excerpt from my […]
Super Bugs in your Meat
Every few months, an outbreak of sickness and death caused by lethal strains of E. Coli and other “super bugs” makes the headlines. These bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics. Why? One reason, according to scientists, is that unlike grass-fed beef, low levels of antibiotics are being routinely fed to industrially-raised cattle to make them […]
Livestock Improve Water Holding Capacity of Soil
Here at Sylvan Dale we are using cattle to help build up organic matter and carbon content of our soils. The technique: planned, rapid rotation grazing. It turns out this also helps the soil conserve water. Here’s a post from Dr. Roy Roath, CSU Professor Emeritus, describing a grazing experiment he conducted on range land […]
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