Great New Website: Freshman Farmer
I just found a great new website called Freshman Farmer. Five first-year farmers, and one second year farmer detail their experiences starting organic farms through blog [...]
Farming Practices
Northeast Organic Farming Association’s Summer Workshop Series
For those who don’t know about the NOFA Summer Conference, this listing of the workshops to be presented in just the first of the weekend’s eight sessions will [...]
Rodale Institute Field Day
Please join Rodale Institute researchers and guest speakers from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) and the Global Emissions Exchange (GEX) for a day of [...]
How to Start a Pick-Your-Own Operation
I recently found some great information on starting a pick-your-own farm operation. It is available on www.pickyourown.org, a great website with tons of information on [...]
New Farmer Videos
The following videos are segments on beginning farmers from the program Market to Market from Iowa Public Television. They reference Iowa State University’s Beginning [...]
Protecting Organic Land from Chemical Sprays and GMO’s
This article from the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service is available at https://www.mosesorganic.org/attachments/productioninfo/fsnospray.html There are many [...]
About International Farm Transitions Network and Land Link Services
Click Here to View Land Link Programs By State Goal: The goal of the network is to support programs that foster the next generation of farmers and ranchers. The Need: The [...]
Sustainable Agriculture Supporter Ann Wright Named New USDA Undersecretary
Ann Wright, who has worked with The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, and is a friend of small scale farmers has been named to a key post at the United States [...]
New Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Report from USDA
USDA has come out with a new report on beginning farmers and ranchers based on data from the 2007 Agricultural Census. The entire report is available at [...]
Article About Washington State Beginning Farmer Programs
Original article at: https://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/05/05/helping-young-farmers Posted on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 State Programs Out to Help Young Farmers Two [...]
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