Agriculture Gets Old: Will The West Run Out of Farmers? A nonprofit helps young farmers break into an increasingly tough business (From NewWest Food and Agriculture) By Tim [...]
Title: Farm Manager Location: Washington The Guemes and Fidalgo Islands Staple Foods Project is setting up a CSA whose goal is helping transition our community to a less [...]
House Approves Funding for Pigford II Settlement On Tuesday, November 30, the House of Representatives passed the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, which authorizes nearly $4.6 [...]
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York is offering 75 full scholarships to beginning farmers who are interested in attending the 2011 NOFA-NY Winter [...]
There are only 10 days left to nominate a sustainable food producer, business leader, researcher or young food hero for NRDC’s Growing Green Awards. These national awards [...]
Welcome to Farm School: A new generation of farmers is digging into books before they go out in the field (from The Tyee) by Jeff Nield EXCERPT: “The agriculture that [...]
Practical Farmers of Iowa offers FREE online seminars in the off-season on farming topics. What’s a “Farminar”? An interactive seminar broadcast over the [...]
Good Selling Strategies Reduce Risk, Protect Profit Potential For Young Farmers (From DTN Progressive Farmer) By Barb Baylor Anderson EXCERPT: Marcus Hess may not fit the [...]