Posts made in January, 2010

This guy is called Balmachie Black Bear and he’s just become the hottest piece of bovine real estate in the world! He’s a two year old Angus bull who was sold this week for a UK record price of 75,000 guineas. That’s more that $130,000 and you’re going to be hearing a lot more about him, wherever you live and whatever you do. That’s because, he’s a bull in a million who has stats and facts that make him not just a winner, but a superstar! Cattle growers around the globe want his progeny! We filmed him at the end of last summer for the renowned Angus breeders John Lascelles & his father John Snr. at their beautiful farm near Carnoustie, in Scotland. The link to the fim was emailed to the USA where it was watched by husband...

Many years ago, on a particularly cold and barren day, as I sheltered behind a stone dyke, overlooking a Scottish field, an old man by the name of “Moley” MacDonald said to me ; “Aye lad, there’s little or nae worms left in the land any mair, and if there’s nae worms, it will be the end of us all!” “Moley” – a traditional Scottish mole trapper and beekeeper of the old school – read the seasons through his nostrils, and had a keen sense of the real cost of changes taking place on the land! Our conversation that day – almost 30 years ago – led me to the belief that organic production was the only logical approach to delivering a sustainable food source. My views led to conflict with my Father and I subsequently left...