Food for Thought

Approximately 10 billion animals (chickens, cattle, hogs, ducks, turkeys, lambs and sheep) are raised and killed in the US annually. Nearly all of them are raised on factory farms under inhumane conditions. These industrial farms are also dangerous for their workers, pollute surrounding communities, are unsafe to our food system.

Where does our food come from???

As sad as this statement is most children could not tell you.  Their answer.....the supermarket.  If you have not yet seen the movie FOOD INC. I would encourage you to sit down as a family and watch it. (available on DVD or Netflix)  Our country is loosing it's foundation and roots when it comes to agriculture 

(plus other things)

We need to take a stand.

Egg Total 2010

So the total is in.......drum roll please!!!

Our total egg count for 2010

2376

I have broken it down into monthly amounts as well. You will notice that in the end of 2010 our chickens molted so the egg count was much lower. Hopefully this information helps you decide if you would like some backyard chickens this year!!!

January - 284

February - 261

March - 268

April - 290

May - 254

June - 225

July - 174

August - 208

September - 157

October - 130

November - 50

December - 75

Chickens are once again healthy and egg production is on it's way up again.

Happy 2011

Wow....time has flown by. I spend most of the last few months of 2010 preparing for a new addition to our household so I didn't post anything. SORRY!

So now I am going to try to catch you up on what happened in the last few months.

We harvested lots and also canned like crazy...despite being 8 months pregnant :)

Here are a few pictures of what we canned. I will also be posting our final 2010 egg count later today for those who are interested.

Please always feel free to post any questions you may have and let me know if there are any specific topics you want me to cover in 2011.

Catching Up....

So it has been a few weeks since I talked about the grocery budget.....

So I have to play catch up

Week #1 -

OOP - $66.02

Total Savings - $95.31

Week #2 -

OOP - $83.56

Total Savings - $114.53

So you can see....taking the time to plan, use coupons and shop around really pays off!

Over Budget :(

So this week I was slightly over budget but the deals were amazing!

Total Retail - $231.63

OOP - $111.17

Total Savings - $120.46

Over 50% Savings......WAHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Having you been doing any money saving things in 2010?

Egg Totals

Eggs are still plentiful here on the CityFarm. We have found some wonderful people to barter/trade with which has been so exciting!

Here is the total for February egg production:

261

I will be adding some fun recipes soon!