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Growing Together Community Gardening/Urban Farming Conference – Rochester, NY

December 21, 2009 // 3 Comments

Growing Together Community Garden Conference Saturday, January 16, 2010 Location Rochester City Hall, Atrium 30 Church St. Rochester, NY 14614 Free parking available at City [...]

USDA Announces Cheese Purchase of $60 Million to Aid Dairy Farmers and Food Banks

December 21, 2009 // 0 Comments

USDA News Release No. 0624.09 Contact: Jonathan Groveman 720-4178 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES CHEESE PURCHASE OF $60 MILLION TO ASSIST STRUGGLING DAIRY PRODUCERS, [...]

Michael Fields Agricultural Institutue’s Whole Farm Workshops: Training Programs, Courses, and Learning Opportunities

December 21, 2009 // 0 Comments

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute announces their Whole Farm Workshops 2010! This year learn about the heart of your farm and what makes everything grow – your soil. [...]

AP: Job Prospects Drawing Students to Agriculture Schools

December 21, 2009 // 3 Comments

Job prospects drawing students to ag schools By DAVID MERCER (AP) – Nov 17, 2009 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine [...]

Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture Events in Texas

December 21, 2009 // 0 Comments

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 – Texas Plant & Soil Lab’s Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Short Course. www.tpsl.biz Contact norma@tpsl.biz Telephone: [...]

Article – A Place of Their Own: Falling Land Prices Good News for New and Young Farmers

December 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

A Place of Their Own Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/27/2009 – 11:40am. Falling Land Prices — Good News for Young Farmers Andrew Jenner Virginia Correspondent For Full [...]

VT EarthWorks Growers Academy: An Agricultural Business Training and Networking Program

December 19, 2009 // 1 Comment

VT EarthWorks is a business acceleration program designed specifically for agriculture and natural resource-based businesses that serve regional markets. Program services [...]

American Grassfed Association’s Grazing America Conference

December 19, 2009 // 4 Comments

The University of Kentucky is hosting The American Grassfed Association’s Grazing America Conference in Lexington, February 5th & 6th. Growing Your Grass-fed [...]

Article: Competition in the Transgenic Seed Industry – GMO’s, Monsanto, and Possible Antitrust Violations

December 18, 2009 // 3 Comments

This is Part IV in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part I HERE; [...]

Grist Article (Tom Philpott): USDA Sustainable-Ag Czar Merrigan Hits Youtube

December 18, 2009 // 1 Comment

Check out Philpott’s short article on USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan HERE, which features the video [...]