Happy Thanksgiving! And Microloans!?
It’s Thanksgiving! And that means… microloans? Ok. Thanksgiving doesn’t really have anything to do with microloans. But, just because I want to write about [...]
Beginning Farmers
Advisory Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Advisory Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers On November 21, 2013, USDA announced new appointments (farmers, advocates, technical service providers and bankers) to [...]
Story: Women Taking Over Farms
Story: Women Taking Over Farms In “Women Taking Over Farms, Learning the Lay of the Land” Corrie MacLaggan writes about farmers who are simultaneously “beginning” and [...]
Funding for Risk Management Education
Funding for Risk Management Education Beginning, new and diversified producers, take note! According to NSAC, the National Sustainable Agricultural Coalition, a long-standing [...]
“Farm Schools”
Heading Back to Farm School Modern Farmer magazine recently profiled four “farm schools,” two in the United States, one in Ireland and one in Japan. Excerpt: Farming has [...]
Upcoming Young and Beginning Farmer Events
Upcoming Young and Beginning Farmer Events, December 2013 National Young Farmers Conference: Reviving the Culture of Agriculture December 4-6, 2013 – Pocantico Hills, [...]
Farming as the “Next Big Industry”?
Farming as the “Next Big Industry”? Many of the news stories about beginning farmers focus primarily on challenges: lack of access to land and capital, low wages, second [...]
Beginning Farmer Network of Massachusetts: Fall Forum
Beginning Farmer Network of Massachusetts Fall Forum, November 12, 2013 This networking event will be a chance to meet other farmers, farm service providers, and engaged [...]
Senators Call for Support to Underserved Producers
13 Senators Call for Support to Underserved Producers A blog post yesterday by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) calls attention to a letter delivered by [...]
Legislators Urge Support for Beginning Farmers
Legislators Urge Support for Beginning Farmers in Farm Bill Negotiations A group of bipartisan Representatives and Senators delivered letters to the House and Senate [...]
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