Small Farms Monthly Update from Cornell University
View Cornell University Small Farms Program Monthly Updates Online HERE CONTENTS Announcements NY Small Dairy Innovators: Successful Strategies for Smaller Dairies With New [...]
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To Help the Little Guy, the Government Proposes New Rules for Big Meatpackers
By WILLIAM NEUMAN, New York Times The Obama administration proposed new rules on Friday seeking to increase competition and rein in potentially unfair practices by large [...]
Revitalize Rural America? First Grow Some Backbone
This article was written by Eric Holt Gimenez , Executive Director: Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy; with Annie Shattuk. It appeared previously on [...]
U.S. farm bankers nervous about bullish outlook
* Farmland values, export boom fueling bullishness * Lenders worried about bubbles, still nursing wounds By Christine Stebbins, Reuters KANSAS CITY, June 11 (Reuters) – [...]
Organic, Farmer-Owned Co-op First to Receive Domestic Fair Trade Certification
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Jason Freeman; jason@farmerdirect.coop; 306.352.2444 Organic, Farmer-Owned Co-op First to Receive Domestic Fair Trade Certification [...]
Food and Farming in the News Weekly Update
From Roots of Change Eating Well Tough To Do For Many of Valley’s Poor A recent study conducted near Fresno, California finds a strong correlation between poverty and [...]
Jobs With Slow Food
Programs Manager We are seeking a motivated, strategic and highly skilled Program Manager who will be responsible for overseeing Slow Food USA’s youth work, leading the [...]
Job: Researcher to Identify GIS Applications in Agriculture
The Company: Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. We develop and support innovative tools for visualizing, [...]
Job: Executive Director- Common Good City Farm, D.C.
The ideal candidate is energetic, with a passionate commitment to the mission, vision and goals of Common Good. We are searching for applicants who have experience in [...]
Farmers Market Directory Registration Deadline Extended
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) USDA has extended the deadline for registering farmers markets for inclusion in the National Farmers Market [...]
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