You might not find fresh manure very exciting, but it doesn’t get much better for a dung beetle. Dung beetles belong to a family of insects better known as scarabs.
So Many Reasons To Like Dung Beetles
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Sustainability Articles
The Power of Principles
When I moved to California after graduating from college, I did so with one desire: to do something about climate change. I thought climate change was something we needed to fix.
Notes on Death
I think about death a lot.
It’s an integral part of my job as a rancher—understanding who stays and who goes, when and why and how.
A Show of Respect: Utilizing the Whole Animal
Raising animals for food is extremely complex—logistically, ecologically, and emotionally.
From Death Comes Life, Talking Compost with our Master Gardener Susan Hadacek
If you ask our master gardener, Susan, “What is compost” you’re likely to get an esoteric answer—compost is alchemy, compost is a gift that keeps giving, compost is life.
Grazing for Fire Mitigation at Fifth Crow Farm
California has seen many thousands of acres burn as catastrophic wildfires increase in size and intensity.
