Farm Equipment and Supplies
Electric Fencing – Premier – 319-653-2861
Aluminum Wire – Jeffers – 800-533-3377
Full Flow Valves – Neville Supply – 989-386-4522
Water Meters - Aquatic Eco – 877-347-4788
Bilge Pump – Paxton – 757-853-6781
Greenhouse Kits – Stuppy – 800-733-5025
Fabric Coverings – Northern – 204-327-5540
Shade Cloth – A.M. Leonard – 800-543-8955
Aluminum Roofing – Klubertanz – 800-237-3899
Axles/Wheels – Northern 800-533-5545
Processing/Knives – Koch – 800-456-5624
Chicken Processing Equipment – Schafer – 660-684-6035
Hatchery – Ridgeway – 740-499-2163
Poultry Supply – G&M Sales – 800-296-9156
Egg Cartons – PCA – 717-653-8551
Insulated Cooler Bags – Earth Savvy Products – 215-348-7740
Forestry – Forestry – 800-647-5368
Bandsaw Mill – Turner Bandmills – 607-843-7218
Bandsaw Blades – Lenox – 800-952-8288
Planters II – U.S. Soil – 877-287-7645
Livestock Supplement – Fertrell – 717-367-1566
Biologicals – Countryside – 804-365-8738
Forage Seeds – GSS – 812-934-4474
Hog Feeder/Waterer – Brower – 800-553-1791
Rabbit Waterer Supplies – Safeguard – 800-433-1819
Rabbit Feeders – Bass – 800-798-0150
Rabbit Nest Boxes – Bass – 800-798-0150
Organizations and Magazines we recommend for Farmers
Eat Wild – 866-453-8489 – Jo Robinson’s most current scientific discoveries extolling the virtues of pasture-based meat, poultry, and eggs, including the most comprehensive national directory for producers.
VICFA – 434-263-8704 – Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association. A state prototype political activist organization, co-founded by Joel, to promote unregulated free trade between farmers and consumers. Monthly newsletter.
Weston A Price Foundation – 202-363-4394 -Founded by Sally Fallon and based on the work of Weston A. Price, a dentist who traveled the world in the 1930s-40s discovering the secrets of longevity and superior health. The definitive integrity food consumer activist/educational organization.
Countryside Magazine & Small Stock Journal – 800-551-5691 -A reader-written magazine sharing small farmer and self-sufficiency philosophy and how-to information. From canning to herbs to cordwood construction, every issue has at least three clippable articles.
Stockman Grass Farmer – 800-748-9808 -The international mecca for all who espouse pasture-based livestock. Editor Allan Nation’s monthly column distills his eclectic and voracious reading habit into humorous and pratical advice.
Acres USA – 800-355-5313 – The world’s leading forum for ecological food and agriculture. This magazine is not afraid to print the unspeakable, and dares to challenge the most entrenched paradigms of conventional scientific thought. A true masterpiece.
In Practice – 505-842-5252 – The official magazine of Holistic Management, a thought process distilled and first articulated by Allan Savory. Truly the idea place where deep ecology meets truth, without agendas and without prejudice.
Flavor Magazine – 540-987-9299 – Flavor Magazine is the only independent publication dedicated to local food, Virginia wine, and sustainable agriculture in the Capital foodshed.
Ranching for Profit – 707-429-2292 – Under the able leadership of Dave Pratt, this cutting edge outfit offers some of the best business advice out there. These folks practice entrepreneurial and profitable land and relationship healing. Truly remarkable.
Website Resources
McMillin Website Design – 757-721-2464 – David McMillin is a fantastic website designer who we used to design this site and our buying club site. He is wonderful at taking your ideas and vague conceptions and putting them into a beautifully organized website. He is a joy to work with and puts everything into laymen’s terms for us non-computer saavy folks. Be sure to tell him that we sent you!
AaaTex Shopping Cart Intergrator – 386-322-3850 – We use AaaTex Shopping Cart Integrator for linking our on-line buying club shopping cart to quickbooks. Mr Charratte, owner and operator at AaaTex, is extremely helpful and will custom design his program to meet your needs. Be sure to tell him that we sent you. For more information on our shopping cart and buying club set up, contact Sheri.
Zen-Cart – An open source shopping cart software. Can be customized to fit your specific needs. We use this for our Gift shop and our Buying club order blank.
Simple Machines Forum – An Open Source forum. User friendly for both moderator and customer. We use for our frequently asked questions for buying clubs.
iContact Newsletter – 877-820-7837 – This program sends out individual emails to each of your customers. It will check each email for spam content and lets you track each email to see how effective they are. Also has the capability to set the newsletters to go out in advance. They have wonderful customer service – USA customer service.
Hostmonster – 866-573-4678 – PHP Based websites. You choose your own domain, includes email addresses. Used for the Zen-Cart software and all of our websites. Polyface receives a credit for referring folks to this site. We appreciate your letting them know that you heard about them from us or simply using our link to sign up.
PHP Codes – Sheri’s cheat sheet for simple php codes.