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FarmRaiser launch!

Today the Runamuk FarmRaiser gofundme campaign launches to raise funds for the down-payment on the property that will become the…

8 years ago

Queen-rearing: if at first you don’t succeed…

For the first time in my 7 years of beekeeping I am trying my hand at raising my own Queens.…

8 years ago

2016 Year-End Review

A full rotation of the Earth around the sun has brought us once again to the end of the calendar…

9 years ago

Gearing up

As the days grow longer and the winter begins to wane, farmers, gardeners, and beekeepers alike are all gearing up for…

10 years ago

Working off the farm

It's a fact that many farmers need to work off the farm to cover their living expenses or to have…

10 years ago

Good days and bad days

Spring has finally come to my neck of the Maine woods. Last week, for the first time in months, the…

11 years ago

SWOT analysis of Runamuk

Business planning and annual reviews are an important aspect of any business--big or small--even agricultural businesses. Typically most farmers spend…

11 years ago

Conducting a SWOT analysis of your farm

No one gets into farming because they want to get rich, lol. But at the same time a farm is…

11 years ago

Every farm needs a tractor

This old 1950s Farmall tractor was donated to our farm--it took us a while to find someone to help us…

11 years ago

Sheep in the garden & a writing contest

Much of society dreads the coming of winter with its frigid temperatures, long dark nights and back-breaking shoveling—yet farmers and…

11 years ago