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I'm Sylvia Burgos Toftness, a baby boomer who traveled from the Bronx to Minnesota yrs ago to be a TV reporter. In communications since then, I've worked with producers and good-food advocates in several states. My husband David and I are now developing Bull Brook Keep - 70 acres devoted to sustainable grass-fed beef and, eventually, pastured poultry.

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  1. Update&Photos: Ladies and gentlemen - start your seedlings!
    Monday, March 12, 2012
  2. Podcast: FERN's Sam Fromartz - the how's & why's of food investigative journalism
    Monday, March 05, 2012
  3. Listen in: Sat., March 3, 8:30-9AM CT - Reporters investigate food, politics, environment
    Friday, March 02, 2012
  4. Shared challenge: growing great beef in winter
    Saturday, February 25, 2012
  5. Wanna farm? Maybe start with chickens!
    Friday, February 24, 2012
  6. It's the grass, man
    Friday, February 24, 2012
  7. And the winner is...
    Friday, February 24, 2012
  8. Women. Young. Older. Farmers. Everywhere.
    Thursday, February 23, 2012
  9. Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    Monday, February 20, 2012
  10. Podcast: Tomatoland author, Barry Estabrook. Winter tomato - taste, nutrition and slavery
    Friday, February 17, 2012

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  1. Andrea on Update&Photos: Ladies and gentlemen - start your seedlings!
    3/12/2012
  2. Sylvia Burgos on Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    2/24/2012
  3. Trevor Lockwood on Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    2/22/2012
  4. Irene on Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    2/20/2012
  5. Sylvia Burgos on Update: waiting for 7 babies
    2/15/2012
  6. MARY NELSON on Update: waiting for 7 babies
    2/14/2012
  7. Kay on Podcast: Gearld Fry on human health and recapturing grass-fed beef genetics
    1/11/2012
  8. Debbie G on Help name the first calf! Read on.
    3/1/2011
  9. Sylvia Burgos on Podcast: Cody Holmes on ranching full time in 3 hours a day. Update: cows at 35-below zero
    2/27/2011
  10. Julie Shelton on Podcast: Cody Holmes on ranching full time in 3 hours a day. Update: cows at 35-below zero
    2/26/2011
BRONXTOBARN.COM: Tag Archive for Deep Roots Radio

Podcast: FERN's Sam Fromartz - the how's & why's of food investigative journalism

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 3/5/2012 11:25 PM | Add Comment

Listen in: Sat., March 3, 8:30-9AM CT - Reporters investigate food, politics, environment

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 3/2/2012 1:50 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/20/2012 10:01 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Podcast: Tomatoland author, Barry Estabrook. Winter tomato - taste, nutrition and slavery

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/17/2012 11:04 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Fed rules for cattle earrings = road block for local grass-fed meat?

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/9/2012 9:33 AM | Add Comment

Podcast: NY's Fleisher's Grass-fed & Organic Meats, sustainable butchers and good-food evangelists

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/25/2012 10:47 PM | Add Comment

Tune in Saturday, Jan. 21, 8:30-9AM Central - Brooklyn's Fleisher's butcher shop

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/22/2012 10:31 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: MN's Beth Dooley - cooking locally, seasonally, deliciously in icy north

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/16/2012 1:49 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Gearld Fry on human health and recapturing grass-fed beef genetics

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/11/2012 12:22 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Tune in Saturday, Dec 31, 8:30-9:00 a.m. live interview w/cookbook author Beth Dooley.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 12/28/2011 11:15 AM | Add Comment

Giving thanks

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 11/24/2011 11:30 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Delicious, economic & farm fresh: city, country, suburban, busy

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 11/13/2011 11:17 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Who'll farm when I retire?

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 11/11/2011 10:46 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: humorist/writer Michael Perry abt small town living, music, world travel, volunteer fire fighting and being a registered nurse

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 10/11/2011 9:49 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Fermentation Fest, Oct. 7-16, celebrates art and ag, beer, bread, cheese, wine and thriving community

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 10/9/2011 10:04 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Grazing talks to World Diary Expo, Oct. 4-8, 2011

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 10/4/2011 9:14 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Lisa Kivirist abt Midwest workshops for and by women farmers.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 9/7/2011 9:51 PM | Add Comment

Don't miss it: Saturday, Aug 27, 8:30-9:00am Central Time

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 8/26/2011 9:24 AM | Add Comment

Podcast: Most tender beef cuts? How long to age? Small-town meat processor tells all.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 8/6/2011 9:13 AM | Add Comment

Podcast: Kit Pharo rebuilds grass-fed genetics into beef cattle

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/28/2011 10:15 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Farm without spring planting. Permaculture course June 19-26 '11

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/10/2011 7:19 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: VA rancher goes to 100% grass for better health, taste, profitability & life

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/5/2011 10:01 PM | Add Comment

Sat., June 4: Mill City Farmers Market - live radio show and our beef!

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/3/2011 10:24 AM | Add Comment

Podcast: A funny thing happened on my way to a haircut.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 5/8/2011 5:38 PM | Add Comment

Tune in Sat. 8:30-9:00 a.m. About cupcakes, local ingredients, the Royal wedding and my haircut.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 5/6/2011 2:50 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Go from dream - to plan - to reality w/free online business tools

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 5/5/2011 5:32 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Grass Fed Cattle Co. for Twin Cities-sized freezers

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 5/1/2011 9:38 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Urban farming in snowy Duluth,MN? You betcha.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 4/27/2011 9:04 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Searching for local farmers? You a farmer seeking local customers? Here's the Local Dirt.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 4/19/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Podcast: Farmer, cookbook author, Shannon Hayes-why grass-fed is sooo great.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 4/6/2011 7:46 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Cody Holmes on ranching full time in 3 hours a day. Update: cows at 35-below zero

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/22/2011 12:55 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Farm update, photos, upcoming radio show - the farmer's story

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 10/6/2010 9:14 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Podcast: Why Crystal Creek supplies only naturally-based nutrition and healthcare for livestock, pets and humans. Update: growing hay for 2011-12.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 9/7/2010 9:18 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: U of Wisconsin sustainability institute engages public and demonstrates community solutions for energy, local food and more.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 8/9/2010 8:19 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Vet Glen Dupree on fast-acting homeopathy on the farm.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 7/27/2010 8:51 PM | Add Comment

Yes, Virginia, there are schools for sustainable farming. Podcast: Cree Bradley on farm schooling that zeros in on sustainable life.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/30/2010 9:23 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: combat grazing & not any ol' bull will do. 20 acres planted. Drought? #4 calf arrives!

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 4/19/2010 3:45 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Dr. Paul Dettloff on alternative vet treatment and upcoming workshop. Fencing, fencing, fencing.....

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 4/12/2010 8:55 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment