by winkelman farm | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
We are here in order to find like-minded donors to help us raise money to add to the 114 acres we have kept in farming. This is consistent with the aim of the Town of Eden* to maintain its unique characteristic as a farming community. Please send us your...
by winkelman farm | Jan 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I wrote this last year while pushing the baby stroller on the remaining paths through the fields of rural Switzerland, where I now live. I was thinking about sprawl and the farms of home. You see, the land here is so pricey, people build...
by winkelman farm | Jan 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
We recently sent a letter asking local food retailers and producers to support us. We presented them with the scenario that for every acre of dairy land that “moves” 50 miles away, it costs milk producers an additional $205 per acre per year. Here is how...
by winkelman farm | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Cattle can be good for watersheds. http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/itn/05/050303.htmNew York State is losing 9,000 Acres of farmland per year. That`s about 2 farms per week. newyork.farmland.orgNew York State lost 23% of dairy farms the five years between...
by winkelman farm | Oct 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Divide any number by infinity and you get a number infinitely closer to zero. The Division by Infinity Problem distorts the economics of farming in the Western New York State region: as everyone takes their small piece of paradise to build a home, the land available...
by winkelman farm | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Spring, 2011Statement of Support- Zenner Road Conservation EasementBy Jillian Krupski, Granddaughter/Farm EnthusiastWe’re a farm family. We’ve been sustainable before “sustainable” was a buzzword and organic before “organic” implied a certain social status. In a day...
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