by Admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Agriculture, Hobby Farm
Can Dry Farming Help U.S. Farmers Cope with Drought? In early 2019, the state of California was finally freed from the grips of a 376-week long drought. That’s more than seven years of dangerously low levels of freshwater for drinking, power, recreation, and...
by Admin | Feb 19, 2020 | Agriculture, Hobby Farm
US Apple Farmers Struggle with Nationwide Water Shortage The increasingly evident realities of climate change are producing serious consequences for agriculture around the world, and apple farmers in the United States are no exception. Each passing year is bringing...
by Admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Agriculture, Hobby Farm
What Usually Happens During a Food Crisis? A global or regional food crisis can begin suddenly and virtually without warning. Natural disasters, economic collapse, rampant disease are all potential agents which can produce a crash in an area’s ability to adequately...
by Admin | Feb 11, 2020 | Agriculture, Hobby Farm
How to Prepare your Hobby Farm for a Global Food Crisis If you’re a farmer, we’re guessing that you prefer to be self-reliant. You like to grow your own food, raise your own crops, look out for your own future. These are all important qualities to have in the case of...
by Admin | Feb 4, 2020 | Agriculture, Hobby Farm
How to Get Started with Harvesting Rainwater As the world’s supply of water continues to diminish at an alarming rate, an increasing number of farmers and agriculturalists are starting to employing creative ways of collecting and storing freshwater. One of these is...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2020 | Agriculture, Hobby Farm, Mortgage
No matter how big your farm or garden, you can grow food to help prepare you for a food shortage. If you’re stuck in the city with no way to grow your own food, it may be time to consider a rural home loan to start a garden or even a hobby farm. Moving to a...