Forum: How Can Education Support Agriculture in Maine?
Morris Farm Community Forum – May 15, 2010; 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Wiscasset Primary School, adjoining The Morris Farm on Route 27, at Gardiner Road, Wiscasset On May 15, [...]
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USDA Announces Assistance Program for Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers
USDA Press Release No. 0241.10 Contact: Isabel Benemelis (202) 720-7809 WASHINGTON, May 10, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today said that orchardists and [...]
Act to Support Local Meat: Comments on HAACP System Validation
In response to a blog post on Beginning Farmers on April 27th regarding a Salon article entitled ‘Will the USDA doom locally produced meat?’ (see the link below), [...]
Job – AmeriCorps VISTA Position: Ohio Farm to School
The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio Department of Education invite applicants for an AmeriCorps VISTA position for 2010-2011 working with the Ohio Farm to School [...]
News Roundup: Food Safety, Animal Disease, Farm to School
USDA News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) 5/7/10 – Opportunity to Give Input on AFRI RFA: The USDA’s National Institute of Food and [...]
MarketMaker Tool Links Producers, Businesses, and Consumers
Last week MarketMaker was introduced www.mimarketmaker.msu.edu <https://www.mimarketmaker.msu.edu/> to those searching for products such as dairy, vegetables, herbs and [...]
Carrot Project Small & Beginning Farmer Loan Update
The Maine Farm Business Loan Fund The Carrot Project is pleased to announce a collaboration with Coastal Enterprises, Inc., The Maine Farm Business Loan Fund is for small [...]
Farm bill changes sought
By DAVE WILKINS (Capital Press) NAMPA, Idaho — Idaho ag producers made the most of an opportunity to provide input on the next farm bill during a field hearing May 1 [...]
Article: The Urban Garden Revolution is Under Your Feet
The urban-garden revolution is under your feet (By Greg Harman – The San Antonio Current) SUMMARY: When the First Family paced off their kitchen garden last spring, it [...]
Beginning Farmers is Back, With Mushrooms
Those of you who are regular visitors to beginningfarmers.org have undoubtedly noticed that there has been a conspicuous lack of posts over the past few days. There is a [...]
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