Archives for: April 2010
04/23/10
A certified organic producer - stands by her words! Why Organic is a legal standard, not synonymous with Natural
One of the greatest problems, we face as organic producers - the real deals - is organic fraud. Those of us who have taken the time and money to obtain certification, have legal standards that we abide by. Those criteria apply to our seeds, to the dirt,… more »
04/22/10
Guest Post: Green Movement Changes Meaning of Earth Day
April 22nd will mark the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day and with a new anniversary comes a new meaning for the day. Started in 1970, Earth Day was originally conceived as a day in which the people of the world could come together and educate th… more »
04/19/10
05:44:33 am by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: american, increase in pine nut prices, penny, pine nuts, pinon nuts, price of american pine nuts, prices, wild pine nuts The price of pine nuts, why did they increase and is the increase in pine nut prices applicable to American pinon nuts
Things have changed in the world of pine nuts. The price of shelled pine nuts has tripled over the last three years. Like everything else, people go to the internet to find out what is going on or the best deal on pricing. Note the glaze on the cone- roa… more »
04/10/10
Wild Harvesting - It is about life style
I use to wear panty hose, carry a brief case, live in a city making a handsome salary with full benefits and profit sharing, paid vacation and my own staff. I had plenty of everything, but not much of anything. It was a life I walked away from because i… more »
04/09/10
08:10:01 am by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: best price, goods from the woods, historical pine nut prices, nuts pine, pine nuts Price of pine nuts - historical info from U.S. Harvests, (repost) from Goods From The Woods - www.wildcrops.com
A wonderfully supportive client sent me the photo showing pinyon nuts (P.Monophylla) from a grocery store in Reno $17.99 bulk per pound (12.28.08) Floored me. I immediately turned around and sent the photo to the BLM gov folks who now think it is a good… more »
04/07/10
06:46:14 am by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: certified organic, organic, organic pine nuts, organic witch hazel, pioneer forest, salem mo Organic Fraud and American Pine Nuts - why it is offensive, not to mention illegal
When we are not working with pine nuts, we own a certified organic farm in the Ozarks and produce organic witch hazel. We worked for 5 years to get set up here in the Ozarks to produce witch hazel from a private 150,000 acre private forest. It is my li… more »
04/01/10
10:42:36 am by pinenut, Categories: Background , Tags: commerical harvest, forest, fruits, income, non-timber, nuts, products, small farm, special forest products, wild, wild harvests Want to wild harvest and get a sustainable income from your wild nuts, berries, fruits and botanicals - Here is help
NTFP Information ExchangeNTFP Information Exchange is a free, nonprofit website designed to help develop or expand commercial nontimber forest product income opportunities and living wage jobs on small to medium-sized forestlands in the United States. I… more »
Penny's Pine nuts and birds - it is a natural relationship.
Birds and pine trees evolved together. Made For Each Other: A Symbiosis of Birds and Pines is another one of Dr. Lanner's books. The fat- and protein-rich seeds of these pines are very attractive to creatures of all sorts. People have always enjoyed ea… more »
All things pinon nut aka pine nuts from Pinon Penny
The Answers are in the land. To be of it, and it of us - this is method of Goods From The Woods
