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Farmer John: Benefits of a beloved fowl mean it might just be time for a chicken in every Virginia Beach yard

March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON VIRGINIA BEACH — Why did the chicken cross the road?  To rule the world, of course.  There are some 20 billion chickens

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Farmer John: I learned to love the land, what it gives us — and sustaining it

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I can still remember the smells of my first garden back home in small town Indiana. I walked into the garden,

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Farmer John: Sustainable farming practices help prevent erosion

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 The Independent News

“A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself” — Franklin D. Roosevelt “Civilization itself rests upon the soil” — Thomas Jefferson. BY J.D. WILSON

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Farmer John: With biochar, looking at past practices for better soil today

December 24, 2017December 24, 2017 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — Imagine being in the paradise state, inside a condo on a beautiful day. I was there, in Hawaii, back when

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Farmer John: Waste not, want not by growing a recycling mindset

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 The Independent News

BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — The first law of thermodynamics, also called the law of conservation of energy, says energy cannot be created or destroyed

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Farmer John: Soil is a key resource as we seek sustainable agriculture

September 28, 2017 The Independent News

“Sustainable: Conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.”  – The Oxford Living Dictionary BY J.D. WILSON SIGMA — I began using the word “sustainable”

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Farmer John: Farmers and consumers reap benefits from local food systems

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 The Independent News

“‘Ere long, the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No

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