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January Newsletter Part Two

Posted by Jenny Svetec on Thursday, January 13, 2011, In : Farm Life 
If you haven't signed up for our newsletter and want to peek at it, this is a great way to do so.  Here is Part Two of the January newsletter:

Food Inc.

In November this year, staff at Svetec Farms gathered together for a movie night to watch Food Incorporated, a highly educational film about the current crisis of food management in North America.  As an organic farm production, we were was relieved that our practices offer alternatives in Durham region from the mass production of food wi...


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January Newsletter - Part One

Posted by Jenny Svetec on Thursday, January 13, 2011,

Svetec Farms News and Views - Volume One - January2010

 

Hello dear friends -

Here is our first formal newsletter, a far cry from my meanderings last year which you so kindly endured. 

2011 brings with it much change and much hope for a fabulous farm season. 

Paul is busy educating himself about high tunnels, low tunnels and greenhouses in order to extend our growing season and reduce waste in our organic production. 

I have been busy traveling (yep - you heard me - traveling to Africa...


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January Newsletter Part Three

Posted by Jenny Svetec on Thursday, January 13, 2011, In : Our Newsletters 

Here is the last part of our January Newsletter - Sorry for the formatting glitches - all the more reason to just sign up and get the perfect copy right to your email!

Pastured Poultry versus Free-Range Poultry Practices

On Svetec Farms our egg layers, the brown Rhode Island Red and Luma birds enjoy wandering about from mid March until mid November, and then enjoy a large  brooding shed thick with about three feet of straw, as their winter lodging.  Farmer Paul brings the...