To be a woofer is to work on a French farm. The woofer is a person who volunteers on the farm in exchange for food and shelter. To woof is to be like a dog and, what is more, to work like one. The first day on the farm, my farmer Jaques looked me up and down with Gallic insoucience and asked, 'hey Irish, where do potatoes come from?' 'A shop' I replied. 'Stupid potato head, they come from the grou...
It seemed impossible. Many people thought they were dreaming when they heard it. But it happened, and it happened on a farm in Somerset. David Powkin is 56. He has been working on Randunlend Farm for 40 years now having taking over from his father...
In response to the current E-Coli tainting of fresh vegetables across Europe, American Snap Pea producers with bumper crops are offering to ship much of their freshly picked surplus to Europe. "They're great sources of vitamins A and C, with a tou...
A man in Spain is receiving treatment in hospital after an angry mob of Cucumber farmers descended on his home and forced him to move out of the village. Local Farmers accuse Hector Julio Fernandez of contaminating their cucumber stock with e-coli...
An unhappy chicken on Jackson Farm in Crump, MI, has gone on an egg-laying strike to protest the quality of her evening feed, according to U.S. agricultural officials. Twinkie, a red speckled hen who has produced over 300 eggs for local consumption in the past year, is dissatisfied with the new, cost-efficient feed formula recently introduced by Farmer Tom Jackson. The formula, which includes...
Iowa - Speaking at the Ottumwa Grange, the President of Monasso, in one of his 'slumming' ventures to 'get his hands dirty' with the farmers, announced to a crowd packed with international reporters a stunning new development in soy seed. Of course...
There was a heartwarming story today from the village of Snuffington near Leeds where Farmer, Jasper Hollyoaks, 57 avoided a potential wardrobe disaster. Reporter Emma Dale explained how the story unfolded. 'Jasper asked Wooly, one of his main...
A group of Irate Northern Irish farmers have taken to the streets in protest over the declining quality of the rubber used in their 'wellington boots.' The farmers have recently become bemused with the consistency of the rubber and its subsequen...
Och aye, loons and quinies, foos yer doos ? Me and the gang - One Eyed Boab, Pisa Pete (the chiel wi' the list), Stumpy Nick an' Dode the Dreep)- were musin' agin' oan the big safties thit seem to be a' oor the gemme these deys. It disnae seem tae maitter if its the perfessionals, junyers oar the ameteurs, they a' seem to be a differunt breed tae the players thit wur aboot in oor day. Bit th...
Farmville: Third generation farmer MacDonald announced today that he is ceasing operation of his medium sized family farm, which has been in operation since 1927. Increased business overhead costs and regulations were cited for his decision. Mr.
West Country farmers proudly showed off their first batches of electric sheep, at the Bath and Wells Agricultural Festival this week. These 'metal moutons' were bred as part of a project run by Bio-Perversity Ltd. These creatures actually look exa...
It was revealed today, that scientists have developed a way of curbing the spread of avian flu with the help of genetically modified chickens that do not spread the virus. The chickens have an extra piece of DNA inserted into their genomes which p...
Vicky Hartzler, the newly-elected representative from Missouri, has a problem. With Tea Party backing, she ran on a campaign of cutting government spending. According to the Environmental Working Group, she and her husband have received more than $770,000 in farm subsidies over the past 15 years. In the year 2012 she will have to vote on the Farm Bill. I caught up with her recently. Ken:...
BEVERLY HILLS - Paris Hilton, who says that there is no one who looks more like Marilyn Monroe than her, called a press conference at her hair stylist's FuFi Fondue's Haven of Hair Salon in Beverly Hills. Paris said that all week she has been read...
Arkansas turkey farmers say that their turkeys have been repeatedly sexually assaulted hundreds of times over the last two years. "I don't know exactly when this all started, but my turkeys began walking funny back in 2004", stated turkey farmer,...
For those of you who have never traveled to the West or Southwest, cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings, in dug-out places in the roads adjacent to highways (sometimes across highways), to prevent cattle from crossing ove...
Farmers in the UK have been put on high alert after a week of cattle and sheep mutilations across mainland UK. Farmers have been telling of bright lights orange spheres and humanoid creatures threatening there lives and livestock. I spoke To One...
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