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Action Alert: Support USDA Rules to Treat Farmily Farmers Fairly

October 27, 2010 // 0 Comments

In June, USDA proposed new rules requiring meatpackers to treat family farmers and ranchers fairly when they buy their livestock. Now corporate agribusiness is pitching a [...]

A Harvest Celebration & Farmers Market Benefit, Massachusetts

October 22, 2010 // 0 Comments

The 2010 Urban Barn Dance and Supper (Cambridge, MA) – On Friday, November 5th from 6:30 – 9:30pm, Mass Farmers Markets will celebrate the 2010 harvest at its 3rd annual [...]

Job: CSA Farm Manager -Kalamazoo Nature Center, Michigan

October 18, 2010 // 1 Comment

Title: DeLano Farms CSA Grower/Manager Supervisor: V.P. of Education The Kalamazoo Nature Center is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to inspire people to care [...]

Food Safety & Emergency Procedures for Farmers Markets, MI

October 9, 2010 // 0 Comments

Wednesday Nov 10, 2010; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Michigan Municipal League Conference Room; 208 N. Capitol Ave., 1st Floor; Lansing, MI 48933 This day-long workshop for farmers [...]

CSA Planning Course Improve, Improvise, Prosper – Wisconsin

October 1, 2010 // 2 Comments

The CSA Planning Course – Improve, Improvise, Prosper was developed by local CSA farmers and includes modules on business, growth, marketing, production, distribution, [...]

USDA Announces Technology Grants for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children

September 23, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA Press Release 0477.10 WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced technology grants totaling nearly $14 million to 13 states to [...]

Just Food Workshops on Starting a CSA in New York City

September 23, 2010 // 0 Comments

Interested in starting a CSA in your area? Just Food can help! Since 1996, Just Food has helped over 100 CSAs get started across the five boroughs of New York City. Just [...]

11th Annual NORTHERN MICHIGAN  SMALL FARM CONFERENCE

September 23, 2010 // 1 Comment

“Changing Realities in Farming and Food” Friday, January 29, 2010 – Keynote Speaker Melinda Hemmelgarn from 7:00-8:00 pm (Donations taken for Friday Evening program) [...]

Beginning Farmers Administrator Taylor Reid Co-Authors new Paper on Biofuels

September 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

Green dreams or pipe dreams?: Media framing of the U.S. biofuels movement A paper by Wynne Wright, Associate Professor in the Department Community, Agriculture, Recreation, [...]