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2010 Conservation Reserve Program Sign-up Announced – FSA Seeking Comments

March 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

From The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC): https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/2010-conservation-reserve-program-sign-up-announced/ March 5th, 2010 At [...]

Federal Court May Halt Genetically Modified Sugar Beets Today

March 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

From Daily Kos: March 5th 2010. “Currently, about half of the America’s sugar supply comes from genetically modified sugar beets, which have been engineered to be [...]

Helping North Coast vets find farm jobs, and the new Farmer-Veteran Coalition

March 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

This article is about the local crop (wine) but the newish startup Farmer-Veteran Coalition <farmvetco.org> is building a nationwide service for connecting Iraq/Afghan [...]

USDA Announces Help for Drought-Stricken California Farmers

March 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA Press Release No. 0099.10 Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 USDA Announces Help for Drought-Stricken California Farmers FRESNO, Calif., March 4, [...]

Joel Salatin to Speak in Louisville, KY March 12th

March 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

Joel Salatin will be speaking in Louisville, KY on Friday, March 12 at 5:30 pm. Advance ticket cost is $20; $25 day of event. The location is the Clifton Center Theatre [...]

4-Day Suburban-Urban Permaculture Training with Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture in Detroit

March 4, 2010 // 0 Comments

****Early Registration Extended through March 8th!**** Hurry! This is a tremendous opportunity! “What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any [...]

BIO-CHAR and the New Environmental Underground

March 4, 2010 // 4 Comments

BY WAYNE ROBERTS After the failure of world leaders to produce a climate protection plan in Copenhagen, burnt offerings and negative thinking can keep us positive. The burnt [...]

United Fresh Announces Programming Tailored to Each Market Segment at United Fresh 2010

March 4, 2010 // 0 Comments

For Immediate Release, March 3, 2010 Contact: Patrick Delaney pdelaney@unitedfresh.org; 202-303-3400 ext. 417 United Fresh Announces Programming Tailored to Each Market [...]

High Tunnel, Protected Production Webinar

March 3, 2010 // 2 Comments

There will be a high tunnel, protected production webinar in conjunction with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) “Seasons of Sustainable [...]

Nutrient Dense Food and Farming Lecture in Chatham, New York

March 3, 2010 // 0 Comments

Sun. Mar 7, 2010 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm Why do we eat food? What makes it taste good? Why do we need nutritional supplements? How can we be so obese and still be [...]