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A redeemed 🙏 and insatiably curious woman on the home front 🏡 Author and clinical herbalist in the PNW 🌲
Are you growing at least SOME of your own food? Food plant fires Here's a complied list of nearly 100 fires from 2021 and 2022 from Rumble: 1— 4/30/21 Monmouth Smithfield Foods pork processing plant
2— 7/25/21 Memphis Kellogg plant
3— 8/13/21 JBS beef plant
4— 8/24/21 Patak Meat Company
5— 7/30/21 Tyson River Valley ingredient plant
6— 10/21/21 Darigold plant
7— 11/15/21 Garrard County food plant
8—11/29/21 Maid-Rite Steak Company
9—12/13/21 San Antonio food processing, West side Foods
10—1/7/22 Hamilton Mountain poultry processing
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11—1/13/22 Cargill-Nutrene feed mill. Lacombe, La
12—1/31/22 Winston-Salem fertilizer plant
13—2/3/22 Wisconsin River Meats
14—2/3/22 Percy dairy farm
15—2/5/22 Wisconsin River Meats processing facility destroyed by fire in Mauston, Wisconsin.
16—2/15/22 Bonanza Meat Company goes up in flames in El Paso, Texas
17—2/15/22 Shearer's Foods Food processing plant explodes in Hermiston, Oregon.
18—2/16/22 Indiana Louis-Dreyfus soy processing plant
19—2/18/22 Bess View Farms
20—2/19/22 Lincoln premiere poultry
21—2/22/22 Shearer's Foods potato chip plant
22—2/22/22 Fire destroys Deli Star Meat Plant in Fayetteville, Illinois.
23—2/28/22 nutrient AG Solutions fertilizer facility burns
24—2/28/22 Shadow Brook Farm & Dutch girl Creamery burns
25—3/4/22 294,800 chickens destroyed at farm in Stoddard, Missouri
26—3/4/22 644,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland
27—3/8/22 243,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in New Castle, Delaware
28—3/10/22 663,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland
29—3/10/22 915,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Taylor, Iowa
30—3/14/22 Wayne Hoover dairy farm, barn full of cows burns
313/14/22 2,750,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Jefferson, Wisconsin
32—3/16/22 Walmart Distribution Center burns for 76 hours in Plainfield Ind.
33—3/16/22 Nestle Food Plant extensively damaged in fire and new production destroyed Jonesboro, Arkansas
34—3/17/22 5,347,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Buena Vista, Iowa
35—3/17/22 147,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Kent, Delaware
36—3/18/22 315,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland
37—3/19/22 Walmart Food Distribution center catches fire in Plainfield, Indiana
38—3/22/22 172,000 Turkeys destroyed on farms in South Dakota
39—3/22/22 570,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska
40—3/24/22 Major Fire at McCrum Potato Plant in Belfast, Maine.
41—3/24/22 418,500 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska
42—3/25/22 250,300 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Franklin, Iowa
43—3/26/22 311,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
44—3/27/22 126,300 Turkeys destroyed in South Dakota
45—3/28/22 1,460,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Guthrie, Iowa
46—3/29/22 Maricopa, Az. Food Pantry burns down 50,000 pounds of Food destroyed in Maricopa, Arizona.
47—3/31/22 Rio Fresh Onion factory damaged by fire in San Juan, Texas.
48—3/31/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Osceola, Iowa
49—3/31/22 5,011,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Osceola, Iowa
50—4/6/22 281,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina
51—4/9/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
52—4/9/22 208,900 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
53—4/12/22 89,700 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina
54—4/12/22 1,746,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Dixon, Nebraska
55—4/12/22 259,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Minnesota
56—4/13/22 Fire destroys East Conway Beef & Pork Meat Market in Conway, New Hampshire.
57—4/13/22 Plane crashes into Gem State Processing, Idaho potato and food processing plant
58—4/13/22 77,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
59—4/14/22 Taylor Farms Food Processing plant burns down Salinas, California.
60—4/14/22 Salinas food processing plant
61—4/14/22 99,600 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
62—4/15/22 1,380,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Lancaster, Minnesota
63—4/19/22 Azure Standard nation’s premier independent distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire in Dufur, Oregon
64—4/19/22 339,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
65—4/19/22 58,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Montrose, Colorado
66—4/20/22 2,000,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Minnesota
67—4/21/22 Plane crashes into and destroys General Mills
68—4/22/22 197,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
69—4/23/22 200,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota
70—4/25/22 1,501,200 chickens destroyed at egg farm Cache, Utah
71—4/26/22 307,400 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania
72—4/27/22 2,118,000 chickens destroyed at farm Knox, Nebraska
73—4/28/22 Egg-laying facility in Iowa kills 5.3 million chickens, fires 200-plus workers
74—4/28/22 Allen Harim Foods a chicken processing company based in Delaware killed nearly 2 million chickens
75—4/2822 110,700 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
76—4/29/22 1,366,200 chickens destroyed at farm Weld Colorado
77—4/30/22 13,800 chickens destroyed at farm Sequoia Oklahoma
78—5/3/22 58,000 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
79—5/3/22 118,900 Turkeys destroyed Beadle S Dakota
80—5/3/22 114,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
81—5/3/22 118,900 Turkeys destroyed Lyon Minnesota
82—5/7/22 20,100 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
83—5/10/22 72,300 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania
84—5/10/22 61,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
85—5/10/22 35,100 Turkeys destroyed Muskegon, Michigan
86—5/13/22 10,500 Turkeys destroyed Barron Wisconsin
87—5/14/22 83,400 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
88—5/17/22 79,00 chickens destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
89—5/18/22 7,200 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
90—5/19/22 Freight train derailment Jensen Beach FL
91—5/21/22 57,000 Turkeys destroyed on farm in Dakota Minnesota
92—5/23/22 4,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania
93—5/29/22 200,000 Chickens killed in fire in Minnesota
94—5/31/22 3,000,000 chickens chickens destroyed at Forsman egg farm facility in Stockholm Township, Minnesota
95—6/2/22 30,000 ducks destroyed at Duck farm Berks Pennsylvania And
96— S & P Meats Burn Down in Spokane, WA. Gone In Summer 2021 image
The pigs left last week. Well, they didn’t actually leave on their own, say like when they were nine weeks old and had me chasing them both throughout the woods across acreages of multiple neighbors for a good five days. Rather, they were killed, gutted, and taken away by a young man with a white box truck and a big black dog to a locally owned abattoir, where the meat would get cut and wrapped into the portions and weights we chose. It was hard. image
Wasn't the game good? (I'm not real invested in the outcome; I just like a good game). Lots of great work done this weekend, ready to head home to my babies and get stuff done.
This weekend: diving deep into a business book (10x...) in a borrowed cabin, large white board (that's been full at least half a dozen times already), big cozy chair and lots of time and talking with my husband ❤️🍷 image
Oh. No. 😳😍😬 #temptation #plantaddict #justtakeallmymoney I *almost* made it out of there. Coming home: mulberries, goji, and a passionflower for my interior wall of windows. image
I added Tracy’s Fast Cars song to my sing-out loud-in-the-car playlist many moons ago. It always brings me back to that young ache of mine for freedom and for love. I had no idea who Luke was or that he was singing it as well. I cried during their performance (which was hard to find!). It was so beautiful and made me so grateful to see not only humanity at its finest (did you see her wonderful smile? Or how he mouthed the words with tears in his eyes as she sang?), but there was even a generational love. I do not think that is rare. I think we’re just brainwashed to believe it is.
I may or may not have been impatient to fully dissolve my dried espresso for the sourdough donut holes 😋 In other news, I'm outside pruning one tree at a time and getting ready to lay rock to level out my new kitchen garden area (raised steel beds going on top). I've also got my indoor seed starting area almost completely set up; I'll share all that soon. The world is nuts but spring is still coming. Stay strong 💪 image
I haven't been to a conventional vet in 🤔🤔🤔 I don't even know how long. So we take a couple of cats for a couple of minor concerns and walk out with a $250 bill which did not include all of the almost $400 worth of vaccines I declined and had to sign wavers for (you only think I'm kidding). When the vet started taking about how they were all FDA approved and therefore had "tons of studies" I think I threw up in my mouth. Now I have to decide to either spay my cat (and follow the rules) or provide more feral cats via the inevitable kittens into the woods 🙄 image
I'm happy I got after my peach tree and finally got it pruned and sprayed. It was a mess, neglected and diseased for I don't know how long before we moved here. But I'm also proud I spent some downtime doodling. Because I have a hard time just relaxing and not letting my goals relentlessly drive me forward. What's the good of meeting goals if I can't take time to just relax now and then? Sometimes I think through things better if I play. Movie night tonight. And probably more doodling 🖍️ Hope you all are having a good weekend. #grownostr image
So I threw out the cat tree and the cat beds because our cats will only park their bodies in places they aren't allowed to go. Maybe they're trying to teach me something. image
This doesn't look like much. But it is. My 6yo (the baby of nine) just handed her to me, letting me know he's outgrown it and to let someone else play with it. One, I'm proud of him holding things lightly. Two, the growing up thing; it's bittersweet 🥺 Enjoy your babies ❤️ #grownostr image
Taking homemade marshmallows and hot cocoa to a friend today. Grateful she's letting me take my littles there while my pigs are getting slaughtered and hung. Maybe some of you remember when I chased those little piggies through the woods for five days. Looking forward to homegrown pork raised on organic feed and scraps, and can't wait to make our own sausages 🐖🐖 #grownostr #homesteading