The Country Farmhouse

The Road to the Farmhouse Art Print

Farmhouse is a general term for the main house of a farm. It is a type of building or house which serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting. Most often, the surrounding environment will be a farm. These buildings are usually 2 stories, but early buildings were single story. Many farm houses are shaped like a T. The perpendicular section is referred to as the ell.

These buildings tend to be more pragmatic than aesthetic, but often well-stocked or well-furnished in terms of food, insulation or in other aspects dealing with daily necessities. The supply of agricultural products from its environment tends to be a factor for this, as well as stressing the need for productivity and pragmatism in the survival of the farm. The farmhouse allows the farmers, workers and often their families to reside in proximity to their workplace - namely the farm in question. This allows the farmers and workers to arrive at the workplace earlier, increasing the productivity of the farm.

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Red Barn and Farmhouse Near Berlin, Ohio, USA Photographic Print

One of the gals from the office that purchased The Old Farmhouse Kitchen cookbook swears this is the best and the way to any man's ♥

Farm Aid - My Squidoo Virtual Concert The first Farm Aid concert took place in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. Farm Aid was the brain child of John Mellencamp with help from Willie Nelson and Neil Young.

Evelyn's Bed and Breakfast Our home in Vermont is a big old Vermont farmhouse and the land that it sits on has been in the family since the town was founded. This historic 1850's Vermont Farmhouse is surrounded by pastures and hundreds of acres of woods, trails and even a waterfall.

Amish Farm Amish farmers grow some of the best food in the world, and extremely conscientious. Their free range animal husbandry, organic foods, and careful management and processing of their products are second to none. At the same time, the challenges for these and other small farmers are increasing year by year, driving more and more of them out of the business altogether.

The Factory Farm: No Storybook Farm **Please be aware there are some disturbing pictures on this lens** When most people think of a farm, images of the family farm pop up. Cows munching on grass in a field, chickens running all over happily pecking the ground, pigs eating from a trough. Happy animals, living a good life, respected by the farmers as living creatures and a livelihood. Unless you conciously seek out food from such farms, your food does not come from a place anything like this. If the above image is farm heaven, your food comes from farm hell.

Out on the Farm My sister in law has a farm. In this lens I am sharing a little bit of the farm life with you.

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