Mikros Farms

Standard Process Inc. has broken ground for a 10,000+ square-foot agricultural building on the company’s organically certified farm, at its headquarters in Palmyra, Wisconsin. The building will be used for company-hosted educational seminars and tours. Construction is estimated to take five months.

Standard Process makes whole food nutritional supplements using crops grown on their farm. The company offers a variety of tours, educational seminars and other events to its customers and the organic farming community. The company is committed to organic farming and actively participates on the Wisconsin Organic Advisory Council (WOAC) and has worked with the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) to help educate others about the benefits of organic farming.

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The livestock sector is estimated to account for 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and beef is the biggest culprit.Even though beef only accounts for 30 percent of meat consumption in the developed world it’s responsible for 78 percent of the emissions, Pelletier said Sunday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

That’s because a single kilogram of beef produces 16 kilograms carbon dioxide equivalent emissions: four times higher than pork and more than ten times as much as a kilogram of poultry, Pelletier said.If people were to simply switch from beef to chicken, emissions would be cut by 70 percent, Pelletier said.

“Meat once was a luxury in our diet,” Pelletier said. “We used to eat it once a week. Now we eat it every day.”

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Michael and I got the corner of the garden ready where we are going to grow our onions.  Yes, it is early but I am thinking that the ground in the cold bed should not freeze again, but it might.  Still 10 days before the almanac(s) say it is safe so we are gambling a little.

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