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Beginningfarmers.org Founder Taylor Reid Bids Farewell

Beginningfarmers.org Founder Taylor Reid is Leaving the Site After More Than 13 Years I started beginningfarmers.org in 2008 while I was a Doctoral student at Michigan State University studying the motivations and learning processes of first generation farmers. My first blog post in 2008 noted that “We are currently witnessing a loss of family farms, an aging population of farmers, and an increasingly global and consolidated food system, all of which create concerns about food security, [...]
Assistant Farm Manager Position in Oregon

White Oak Farm & Education Center Assistant Farm Manager Position in Oregon – 2022 White Oak Farm is hiring a new Assistant Farm Manager to start work March 1, 2022. We are an organic farm and environmental education center located on 62 acres in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon. We are looking for an experienced farmer to join our staff in a leadership position for the season and possibly beyond. The position will be available early spring of 2022 and [...]
NCAT AgriSolar Clearinghouse and More

$50 Million Awarded for Beginning Farmer Training, NCAT’s AgriSolar Clearinghouse, New Hires at NSAC, and More News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Over $50 Million Awarded to Train Next-Generation Farmers and Ranchers The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) applauds all the organizations awarded grants for the critical work they do to support next-generation farmers and ranchers, especially those farmer and community-based organizations who work directly [...]
Upper Midwest CRAFT Farmer Training

Upper Midwest CRAFT Farmer Training Membership 2022 Upper Midwest CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) is a farmer-led training alliance organized by alternative agriculture farmers in the Stateline region: northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and Chicagoland. We welcome all levels of experience, whether you’ve never farmed before, you seek advanced training, or you’re transitioning to sustainable agriculture. Upper Midwest CRAFT Farmer Training is [...]
2022 Young Farmer Grant Program

2022 Young Farmer Grant Program Applications Opening This Week! We are excited to share with you that the third year of applications for the National Young Farmer Coalition’s Young Farmer Grant Program opened on December 10th, 2022! Each Spring since 2020, with the support of Chipotle, we’ve provided 50 farmers and ranchers with $5,000 grants to support their farming goals. Grant recipients also receive a one-year membership to the National Young Farmers [...]
USDA Loan Guarantee Program – Meat and Poultry

USDA Loan Guarantee Program to Create More Market Opportunities, Promote Competition and Strengthen America’s Food Supply Chain This USDA Loan Guarantee Program Will Unlock Approximately $1 Billion for Meat and Poultry Processors and Food Supply Chain Infrastructure U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA is deploying $100 million under the new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to make available nearly $1 billion in loan [...]