With a Heavy Heart...

...with a heavy heart, I embed this video - the NY Times reporting on the status of wild  horses.  It seems every year we get a bad report.  lots of politicians - bought and paid for - lobbying for their demise.

These horses are some of the finest stock in North America - true horse pedigree.  I know firsthand -we adopted 2 of them.

Do they tell people like me - when and how they can adopt these horses - NO!

There are NO public service announcements.  For only 125 dollars - you can adopt and provide care - in return you get  a really good horse - get them young enough  - and they are easy to handle.  Adopt an older one - and you may look upon them with pleasure and admiration - knowing you have prevented one more slaughter.

I encourage everyone to bring these horses home - it is easier than you think!  here are  some photos of ours at Ambrosia Farms for many years we have given "Blackfoot" and "Blossom" greener pastures!

...please go to the following adoptions if you are in NY, NJ , or CT- make sure to pre apply if you want to adopt that day - their website has all the info:

in the North east 

July 12-13

Ithaca, NY

Milwaukee Field Office

July 19-21

Gloucester County, NJ Extreme Mustang Makeover

Milwaukee Field Office

NATIONWIDE
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/whbprogram/adoption_program/schedule.html

we can help you with questions or concerns about requirements and facilities    to be eligible.
call us at toll free eight hundred 221 nine seven five five!

A Goat -able Year So Far

Psyche = gets her head stuck in the goat fencing again and Gene has to rescue her!

Gene with 5 of the 2013 kids

in the front is a black one from Pearl, next is Artemis from Diana, Diana is the tall one center (a 2012 kid) - behind her is the other boy from Pearl and Promethus from Hygenia (Undie), and his brother is blocked out in back - named Atlas.

Visit Our Farm

we were lucky to have been a part of this joint venture for a while and we are hoping to start our own more Zen like agritourism complimenting the beauty of our surroundings and animals with a simple Japanese inspired structure that will open itself up to yoga, art,  food, and culture.

Music for the Soul

According to the NYTimes.com, "When pleasurable music is heard, dopamine is released in the striatum — an ancient part of the brain found in other vertebrates as well — which is known to respond to naturally rewarding stimuli like food and sex and which is artificially targeted by drugs like cocaine and amphetamine."

Yes, there is even more to it - so press the MUSIC category to the left -hear/see all the videos labeled "MUSIC" - let those dopamines roll...

California...

California is Fracking
...fracking is a process which injects water, sand and chemicals deep into shale rock to unlock the oil and gas underground...oil and gas companies are 'Fracking' in areas of California that grow almond trees and other vegetable commodities...  New York is one of the few States that have a moratorium on Fracking.  All around us - Penn, Ohio, ET AL - allow fracking.  

In California, just as in New Jersey, their Coastal region runs the length of the State.  Like NJ, the amount of fertile prime agricultural vegetable production is threatened by human developments and now FRACKING.  Most of our produce in the U. S. comes from California.  Does it matter that more and more farmland and waterways are being exposed to toxic chemicals?