Paul Martin's American Bistro takes its commitment to local farmers seriously.  The mantra of the restaurant is "Eat organic. Believe in sustainable. Buy local. Love fresh." and simple yet delicious farm-to-table foods are the heart and soul of the bistro.  Restaurateurs Brian Bennett and Paul Fleming developed the concept for Paul Martin's American Bistro in Roseville and spent over a year researching and selecting vendors for the restaurant's fresh, seasonal menu.  They forged 40 relationships with innovative local farmers, 80 percent of whom are located in Northern California. Two years after launching the Roseville restaurant, the El Segundo restaurant opened, bringing fine dining to Roseville and El Segundo.
 
Chef Joshua Korn recognizes the importance of Paul Martin's commitment to local farmers.  "One of the things I envision going hand in hand with owning a restaurant is really forming relationships with people who grow things," Korn says of his experience wit... [more]

Scratch your head if you must, for indeed, planning on how to start a chicken farm could be a baffling endeavor for the uninitiated. There are important factors to be considered before venturing into the chicken farm business from legal obligations and laws existing within your locality regarding raising farm animals to marketing strategies for your poultry products. For all of you who are still scratching your heads, here's a guide on how to start a chicken farm:

1) Plan and research

This should require some self-interrogation or soul searching if you must. Do you want to establish a chicken farm for meat production or primarily for eggs? Do you want to market organic poultry or those run-of -the mill but high-yield commercially-fed chicken and by-products? Researching about chickens is a good starting point. Learn about various breeds for meat or egg production and determine what breed is could best adapt to the type of living conditions your farm has to of... [more]

Copyright (c) 2011 Alison WithersOne of the drivers of the trend to large-scale farming is the assumption that there are financial savings and profits to be made from bigger operations.There is, however, a growing body of opinion that the reverse is true and that food security, diversity and sustainable agriculture may be better achieved by supporting the world's small and family farmers. According to the US campaigning organisation foodfirst.org industrial-scale agriculture tends to focus on monocultures because they are the simplest to manage with heavy machinery. The UK's Foresight Project and foodfirst.org both argue that small-scale farming is likely to be more diverse, more flexible and more environmentally friendly.It is probably no coincidence that large-scale operations are referred to as agribusiness, with all this implies about the importance about making a profit for shareholders and also growing what is likely to produce the highest returns, such as the current shift in ag... [more]