Cooking Up a Story (CUpS) is an online television series (and blog) about food, and sustainable living.
Full description and show creditsWhen the population of worker bees exceeds the resource capacity of a hive, a portion of the colony will leave to find a new home. A swarm is the natural way for a hive to divide itself (usually) in half, and transport the new colony (with its new queen) to a temporary spot (cluster) from which select bee members (scouts) search for a new home.
Naomi Montacre, co-founder of Naomi's Organic, a Portland organic feed and products store, shares some of her expert knowledge on raising backyard chickens.
As the title for this series suggests, and what is shown in the video, Dr. Alan Kapuler is a well-educated man, both in a formal academic sense, and also from a lifetime of hands-on work as an organic plant breeder: planting, breeding, and cataloging his vast collection of open pollinated seeds (more about his seeds in the next video).
For more videos, and stories, visit In part 2 of this how to series with we learn about the basic equipment needed for those relatively new to beekeeping, or just starting out.
In part 2, continues his talk about CAFO's to a audience concerned about the health and wellbeing of their communities, and who support the creation of more sustainable, and environmentally healthy alternatives from that of our heavily industrialized, food system.
Roger Rainville is ahead of the curve when it comes to reducing costs on his farm near Alburgh, Vermont. He?s currently producing biodiesel for about $1.70 a gallon. That savings, and his profit margin, are going to be even greater if energy and fuel prices continue to rise as they have been recently. Rainville first got interested in oilseed production when University of Vermont Extension approached him about growing canola seed on his farm. Visit cookingupastory.com for more information and ...
Cooking Up a Story (CUpS) is an online television series (and blog) about food, and sustainable living.