as of late chicago rap/hip hop. Kanye and to a greater degree Common and Lupe Fiasco. Cunninlynguists. Tom Waits. Radiohead. Sigur Ros. System of a Down. Anything with purpose and substance without compromising musicality.Nick Cave. Pavement.
LotFotL Community Farm's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Hometown:
onalaska
Religion:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Taurus
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / Yes
Children:
Someday
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
vegetable growing
LotFotL Community Farm's Schools
Carroll College
Waukesha, WI
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: BS Sociology
Minor: Philososphy, Ethics, and Environmental Studies
1999 to 2003
LotFotL Community Farm's Companies
LotFotL Community Farm East Troy, wi US Living off the Fat of the Land Community Farm LLC do you have a calculator?
yes, we go on dates
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About me: LotFotL is poised to enter its second business year. We grow on certified organic land in East Troy, WI, at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. We are an incubator farm; we rent land and infrastructure from Michael Fields on the cheap with the promise not only that we will demonstrate care and consideration, but also that we will do what we do excellently. So far, so good!
Growing vegetables is the best possible way we feel that the theoretical parts of our lives can be grounded in the greater world. In doing so, we pay homage to all of those before us who loved the land, and married themselves to a lifestyle of servitude to Mother Earth's whims, for better and worse. We envision a future more rich than the "nasty, brutish, and short" agrarian past of the green revolution, and more intricately and honestly tied to the natural sustaining rhythms of non-simulated life.
Tim started growing vegetables 5 years ago, when he woke up one day and realized that he would be useless in a post petroleum economy given the skill sets life had presented him. 4 years later, after several trying years of learning to grow, Tim decided to intern on a CSA farm, take a better look at this whole farming thing. That season was the crash course which built his confidence and competence enough for Tim to start LotFotL in 2007.
In 2008, LotFotL(Tim, an employee, and 3 interns) will manage 10 acres of land at Michael Fields Ag. Institute. Of this 1 acre is asparagus, 4 in cover crops, and 4-5 acres vegetables. LotFotL will likely be Aurora Certified Organic in 2008, but if not at least the acreage will be. Our equipment barn is filled with many staples of vegetable production operations of our scale (waterwheel transplanter, Allis Chalmers G, lely tine weeder, etc). With the addition of mechanical bean harvesters and walking tractors and a very sophisticated packing shed, we find ourselves very fortunate in our abilities to select the right tool for the job. We aim to be plastic free in the fields by 2009 by utilizing combinations of cover crops and living mulches.
LotFotL distributes produce evenly through direct avenues (CSA and 2 Farmer’s Markets) and less direct ones (wholesale to CSA’s, restaurants, and grocers). We minimize our fuel consumption and out-of-field time by combining market streams at the same location. For example, we sell wholesale to a grocer who has a farmer’s market in their parking lot that allows us to distribute our CSA shares as we serve the public. 3 types of sales, same place, same day.
We will take no more than 50 full CSA shares in year one of LotFotL Community Farm(our CSA), and provide one restaurant via contract with consistent supply of lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, onions, spinach, asparagus, and green beans so long as the season permits.
LotFotL is an acronym representing the insightful and somewhat outdated expression “Living off the fat of the Land.”Kind of the point of everything, if you think about it.
Who I'd like to meet: You, your family and friends, and perhaps most of all, your kitchen;]
Thanks so much for being my friend, LotFotL Community Farm!
I am stopping by to say "hi" and to remind you that in addition to MySpace, you can visit with me on Twitter and Facebook. I also have a personal blog on StockValues.
I write mostly about farming/gardening and stock/bond investing, but also anything else that rattles my cage. Please stop by when you get a chance.
Greetings from South Carolina, USA! Thanx for the add! We really enjoyed your page. Please feel free to share your thoughts and stories with the Clan! Join the group and post away! ;)
Click on the picture to join. Thanx again! Be Free & Blessed Be!
Hi there, If you like strawberries, we have a bit of a strawberry theme going on this month. In honour of our book of the month - Strawberry's Surprise - we have a little video about growing strawberries at a Pick Your Own farm. So if you have a minute, do check it out and also our video of the month which is on our myspace page. We also have some very berry stuff happening on our website www.thefoodies.org You can find a chilly berry tart recipe at http://www.thefoodies.org/resources.asp?categoryID=22&resourceID=76 And if you have kids who like strawberries they can do an activity to work out how they grow at http://www.thefoodies.org/resources.asp?categoryID=3&resourceID=3 Best wishes for a sunny strawberry June!
I know this sounds very strange, but last night I had a dream that the Kale you transplanted in the fall survived. I have no idea what that means.... Hope your doing well
If you know anyone with little ones in the house, or who works with children, please let them know that we have turned our January Book "Parsnip Meets A Snowman" into a short voiced-over film. It's on our myspace page and on youtube.
The book of the month is always available to read free on our own website www. thefoodiesbooks. com but we thought this would be a nice way to reach children who are not yet starting to read.
So if anyone wants to help their child make the connection between weather / seasons and the food they eat, this is a little fun starting point.
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I am asking you to help us find a very economical vehicle for us to travel from food plot to food plot and to help us deliver the food grown to help Americans.
Our plans as we advance the amount of food we grow are as follows:
1} Take abandonded vacant lots in citys and towns across America and turn them into a Food plot to help Hungry Americans and Homeless Americans have a place to harvest food to help them.
2} These lots/ vacant lots would be cleaned up if needed and soil tested to make sure there is no contamination that would be harmful for growing food. Then they would be worked by local voluteers and the homeless to grow food so people could harvest food to eat.
3} Along with taking care of the three acres we have here, I would be traveling to the different food plots to organize the planting and to insure they were producing quality food. This is why we need a economical vehicle for travel.
4} We could also use garden tools to have at each food plot.
5} Seeds, plants and fertilzer is also needed for each food plot. This will vary for each plot according to size of area to be planted.
6} This can help beautify the area of cities and towns across the nation as well. While being productive and helping feed the Hungry in America and the Homeless across the United States.
7} Any Help in making this happen across America, including suggestions, voluteering and donations would be Greatly Appreciated.
8} We also need a New Tractor and a PTO Driven Manure Spreader to help improve the Food Production. We produce a Spring and Winter Crop so this would be year round help for the people in America in need.
You may contact me from my web page at www. jimbonham. com/LFP. html or call me at 864-647-2084. We are in getting a Toll Free number as well. I will post it as soon as we get it.
Any help, including suggestions, donations would be Greatly Appreciated! Please Repost!
I have had a Challenge from a person willing to make a Donation to Our Lighthouse Food Program
The person said that he would DONATE $1. 00 for ever person that Signed My Guest Book
I am asking that you PLEASE sign my Guest Book so that we can get as much as possible. It won't take but a few minutes of your time.
He has made one stipulation, the signatures has to have a picture. So please include your picture when signing the Guest Book. I have placed the guest book below to save you some time from having to load my page.
