FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Direct Farm Ownership Loan Program – FSA, USDA Low-Interest Loans Can Help Producers Start or Expand Farms The U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]
Groundswell (Ithaca, New York) Incubator Farm 2015 applications now open Mo Myint trellises cucumbers on his father’s plot at the Incubator Farm. Click HERE to download [...]
Practical Farmers of Iowa Beginning Farmer Update August, 2014 – We are taking applications for our Savings Incentive Program! Practical Farmers of Iowa is excited to [...]
Aspiring Illinois farmers, new growers with less than five years’ experience, commodity farmers interested in diversifying to include fruit or vegetable production, and [...]
More small farms are using draft animals to replace fuel-burning tractors – Groundswell Center (Ithaca, NY) to offer hands on training this fall. As a new generation of [...]
Minnesota Beginning Farmers Chosen as White House ‘Champions of Change’: Presidential Ceremony for Land Stewardship Project Members Ryan & Tiffany Batalden [...]
USDA Announces New Support for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Department Implementing New Farm Bill Programs, Unveiling New Centralized Online Resource to Support Next [...]
A new blog post has been published by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition on the implementation of several crop insurance provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill. The [...]
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2014) – In celebration of the United Nations’ 2014 International Year of Family Farming, this month National Farmers Union (NFU) is highlighting [...]
Farmshare Austin’s (Texas) pilot program, Farmer Starter, is designed to provide aspiring farmers with the essential skills and training needed to run a sustainable farming [...]