Published in THE NATURAL FARMER, Special Supplement on Beginning Farmers, Winter 2002-2003, Vol. 2, No. 55 By Kathy Ruhf, New England Small Farm Institute and Growing New [...]
Comments of Ferd Hoefner, NSAC Policy Director: The Obama Administration is to be congratulated for sending Congress FY 2010 budget requests for modest but important [...]
Average Farm Size (Acres) * Map above from: Morton, Lois Wright, and Blanchard, Troy C. 2007. Starved for Access: Life in Rural America’s Food Deserts. Rural [...]
How Farm Policy Can Develop New Farmers, Improve Health in “Food Deserts,” Develop New Local and Regional Domestic Markets, and Increase USDA’s Public Value Report from [...]
Position Title: Corner Store Produce Project Coordinator Location: Lansing, MI Job Description: The Corner Store Produce Project Coordinator works to provide fresh produce at [...]
A reader recently turned me on to a great resource site called simply: For Farmers This site is kind of like an Agricultural eBay. Categories include: Real Estate Jobs Ag [...]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT: https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/ VIDEO: 2007 Census Data Release (Feb 04, 2009) WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2009 – The number of farms in the United [...]
Sustainable Ag Technician – soils / grass-fed beef The Shasta Group (Shasta California) has 5000 acres of grass fed beef, and this new group is creating a very [...]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE AVAILABLE AT: https://news.cals.wisc.edu/newsDisplay.asp?id=1823 Written by Bob Mitchell on 4/2/2009 UW’s school for beginning farmers teams with [...]