I wouldn't even think to ask the question--because the answer is too obviously NO! on the face of it, by any common-sense definition of the term "sustainable"--if I hadn't been surprised lately by Monsanto's radio ads on the local NPR affiliate.

Coturnix Quail Arrive at Tumbledown Farm

We're Awaiting the Arrival of Coturnix Quail Chicks!

What a fun way to anticipate spring and Easter this year at our house. We are looking forward to adding quail to the diversity of our micro farm! We are starting small, with just 24 eggs.

Good News from Iowa

Hey! Just when we needed some good news, Verlyn Klinkenborg (in the NYTimes aticle link above) comes through with a little noticed and very pleasant surprise from the 2007 Census of Agriculture. The number of farms in Iowa has RISEN (!) to 92,856.

U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar
306 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1401

Dear Senator Lugar,

2009 Garden Catalogs Beckon!

For a full list of garden catalogs, see our Organic Gardening Links.

"Certified Organic and as Local as it Gets" is how this "oldest continuously Certified Organic farm in Indiana" bills itself.





Where are they located?
7480 N Howard Rd
Bloomington, IN 47404
(6.5 miles from Downtown Bloomington)


Where can I purchase their produce? Bloomingfoods Co-op locations, Wholefoods in Indianapolis and at the Bloomington Farmers’ Market on Saturdays and Tuesdays.

If you live near Crawfordsville, Indiana--in Montgomery County, near Darlington--check out Tranquil Ridge Farm and let us know how they are doing.

It is gratifying to see the NY Times start the year with an editorial plea for sanity in U.S. agricultural policy. (A 50-Year Farm Bill) It is hard to believe that the new administration in Washington will hear and act on such pleas. After all, Berry has been making essentially the same case for half a century as a respected public voice; why should we believe that CHANGE will happen now?