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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Just stumbled on this one: Omega-6 Fatty Acid Promotes the Growth of an Aggressive Type of Breast Cancer goes along with what Mercola has been saying for a while: Linoleic Acid — The Most Destructive Ingredient in Your Diet (article of second link attached, as the link requires registration)
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I mostly agree. Corporate Science is the most prevalent and the biggest danger of the bunch. Whoever is funding the science be it corporations or government, often get results they want to find. For a long time, I foolishly went along with the 'science' that "possums eat ticks." Only after...
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    The first thing I thought of was wine. It seems like wine producers have always known it's all about the soil. It's as if people assumed soil health magically only applied to growing grapes. In some ways, science has brought us so far as a human race. In other ways, it caused us to lose so...
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    Just some photos of the new chicken yard…

    Reminds me of Dharma and Greg.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I think we've put more hours into analyzing the poster than did whoever put it together in the first place. :lau
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    Got empty wire spools? Here's an idea!

    Welcome! :welcome :welcome OP hasn't been around for over 9 years. But, kindly left this update before leaving:
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    Semi-temporary non-mobile coop ideas

    Over time it's been expanded from 2 panels to 3. A permanent roof added.
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    Semi-temporary non-mobile coop ideas

    Can you hammer T-Posts into the lava rock? Will they resist horizontal pressure? A hoop coop is cost effective, lends itself well to encasing in hardware cloth, and if you have stable T-Posts can be 'sandwiched' between them without anything else securing them to the ground. Corrugated...
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    My new chicken tractor

    If you do, start a thread and post pictures as you go!
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    Got sand? You should!

    :welcome this is an old thread, you may not see many replies.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    Eating cholesterol doesn't increase cholesterol. Eating (healthy) fat doesn't make you fat.
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    new research debunks trad views on nutrition

    I had read about this before. For people, it takes more than just sunshine to get vitamin-D; you need UVB rays. I suspect that this is true for mushrooms, too. The footnotes of the article twice mention UVB. I see nothing of UVA. UVB requires a sun angle of about 50-degree or greater...
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    Raised vs ground level coop and cupolas

    Google image search returns this: https://blackbearshed.com/product/deluxe-combination-coop
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    Please educate a future Arkansas resident

    Also, if you already have chickens, check AK and all states you'll be passing through on their laws for moving chickens from out of state.
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    All things Vintage thread - Antiques, music & more!

    Picture or it didn't happen! (just kidding, we'll wait)
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