Self Sustaining Living on our farm means I try to reduce the amount of waste that the farm sends to the landfill. It's not always easy and I try to think creatively in order to reduce the waste.  Every week our chicken coop residents eat through two fifty pound bags of feed. Every week that is two poly bags that end up in the refuse pile waiting for trash pickup. The longer we farm, the more conscious I am of how much waste we produce. I doubt I will ever get it down to zero, but … [Read more...]