The farm is also home to a herd of 25 Scottish Highland cattle, more than 90 birds that roost in the Gothic, Revival-style chicken palace, a duck pond, an antique horse barn and a 1930s greenhouse. Most of the work was created with charcoal, watercolor and oil, and Wyeth recently stopped using brushes and instead opts for fingers, sticks or pieces of cloth. MacKenzie-Childs also offers free tours of its restored farmhouse, a video studio tour showing the handcrafted production process at...

Rather, the only kid we could handle would be a baby goat, specifically one that would live on someone's farm but be available for occasional visits by us. A posse of parents of adopted children were offended by my plan to adopt a baby goat as a response to the recent trend of international adoptions by attention-seeking celebrities. Only I made it clear that my wife, Leigh, and I were already overwhelmed by caring for our two young daughters, and thus we had no desire to add an extra...

There are 1.5 billion cattle and buffalo on the planet, along with 1.7 billion sheep and goats. The international meat industry generates roughly 18% of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions even more than transportation according to a report last year from the U. Much of that comes from the nitrous oxide in manure and the methane that is, as the New York Times delicately put it, "the natural result of bovine digestion. If you switch to vegetarianism, you can shrink your carbon footprint by...

You can plan now to attend these weekend events, which will occur within a few weeks and are within a day's drive of Philadelphia. About 160 booths featuring hand-painted appliqu and tapestry fashions, dried florals, custom-made jewelry, and aromatherapy. See the spring shearing of the Southdown flock, carding and wool spinning, plus games and planting of the heirloom garden. Celebrate the sights, sounds and tastes of Asia with a market, cuisine, stage performances, cultural booths and...

So to save the pelt the lamb will be slaughtered and skinned before sundown -- along with dozens of others born here at the Kanimekh farm in the desert of central Uzbekistan. A newborn karakul lamb scampers across the grass-fringed desert sand, its fur a wave of tight black curls that form a pattern as unique as human fingerprints. Within days, the curls will unfold, become rough and wiry and turn the soft, sensuous karakul pelt -- better known as astrakhan or Persian lamb -- into cheap...