Beginning Farmer Project Announces Fall Online Course
Beginning Farmer Project Announces Fall Online Course Are you a new or aspiring farmer who would like some guidance in the development of a farm enterprise, but has been [...]
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Teleconference on Farmers Markets and EBT
The ACGA teleconference on Farmer’s Markets is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4PM eastern. A particular emphasis of the call will be the steps markets [...]
Latest Issue of ‘Foodlinks America’ – A Free Bi-Weekly Newsletter About Agriculture, Food, Nutrition, and Hunger
Foodlinks America – September 25, 2009 In this issue: ● Ag Appropriations Poised to Pass ● Poverty Took a Big Leap in 2008 ● New Survey Finds Food Banks Stretched to [...]
National Organic Coalition Testifies at USDA/AMS Proposed National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Hearings, Monterey California
Important information on Food Safety Legislation from The National Organic Coalition (NOC): USDA Agriculture Marketing Service has been holding hearings this week in [...]
USDA Study to Encourage Local Food
Study may shift where foods grow FEDERAL PLAN: Goal is to get Northeast to supply more of its own produce By MARC HELLER TIMES WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, [...]
Acidified Foods Course for Value Added Production
Acidified Foods Course Available, October 21-22, 2009 The Better Process Control School in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University [...]
New Interstate Commerce Regulations for Small Meat Processing Operations and the Farmers Who Use Them
WASHINGTON, September 15, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will publish proposed regulations to implement a [...]
Project for Public Spaces Announces “How to Create Successful Markets” Training Course in New York, NY
Project for Public Spaces Announces “How to Create Successful Markets” Training Course in New York, NY on October 23-24, 2009 How to Create Successful Markets will focus [...]
USDA’s List of Alternative Crops and Enterprises for Small Farm Diversification
This page from the USDA National Ag. Library is a pretty good resource for starting to look at diversifying small farms: [...]
Farming Michigan’s Upper Pennisula
It’s a tough place to farm, there is no doubt. In some parts of the UP, a killing frost in August is not unheard of. But there is a lot of land, and a number of [...]
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