Renewable Energy Living: Family Farming, Kaolin Clay and Frontier House

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Kaolin clay stops pests and fungus, but lets the light in.
Kaolin clay stops pests and fungus, but lets the light in.
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Fungus on fruit.
Fungus on fruit.
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Log sawing PBS Frontier House series.
Log sawing PBS Frontier House series.
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Cleaning log home PBS Frontier House series.
Cleaning log home PBS Frontier House series.

The Green Gazette column focuses on renewable energy living topics, including family friendly farming, kaolin clay helps fruit growers and the new PBS history show Frontier House.

Family Friendly Farming

What happens to a family farm when the parents die? If there are several siblings, the farm usually has to be sold to settle the estate.

“The sin of equal inheritance has destroyed far more family farms than multinational corporations, bankers and government regulations,” Joel Salatin declares in his new book Family Friendly Farming (see MOTHER’s Bookshelf, page 120 in this issue).

Salatin speaks from experience. His brother and sister left the family farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley; Salatin stayed, pioneering the grass-based farming he detailed in his books like Pastured Profit. With a bit of wise planning, Salatin’s family avoided a painful farm feud and agreed to keep the farm in the family’s future, for generations.

  • Published on Apr 1, 2002
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