Trego's Mountain Ear

It doesn’t take much to meet the legal definition of a farm – and the necessary equipment for me is small – everything is selected to work with a 28 hp Kubota.  While there are about 160 acres, only about 15 acres produce hay – so a small baler does the job: It bales at Read more

Mother Goose flew south a couple years ago, looking weak.  She didn’t make it back in the Spring – instead, Gander brought in a younger replacement.  The past five years, having lesser Canada geese for neighbors has changed my understanding of them. First came the conventional belief – “they mate for life.”  That’s probably true Read more

As near as I can tell, I spent 27 years in the Militia – without drills, training, promotion or action.  Here’s the beginning of the Militia Act of 1792, with the pertinent section highlighted in yellow: “The Militia Act of 1792, Passed May 8, 1792, providing federal standards for the organization of the Militia. An Read more

I had a role in some bad research.  It was back in 2007, published in 2008, and a project my head of department authorized.  Donna’s listed as co-author, as I am – but the lead authors were grad students at the time – Trevor and Staci.  Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota’s Food Read more

Note: Our question- is this Australian study still using the same definition that so annoyed that South Dakota grocer back in ’09? This was published this year. The USDA does have a map– they’ve replaced the phrase “food desert” with “low income, low access”, but regardless, that’s how Linconln County is currently classified. Are you Read more

Chemically, if we were playing “which one is not like the others” with artificial sweeteners, we’d choose Aspartame. Unlike most of the artificial sweeteners, it’s not a carbohydrate. It’s not “zero calorie” in the way that many artificial sweeteners are, but is still used because it’s considerably sweeter than glucose, and can be used to Read more