Training Hogs to Use Toilets
I thought this was hilarious when I first saw it, but apparently it’s a serious idea. Potty-trained pigs save money, ease pollution, test finds (By Jonathan Standing [...]
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Military Veterans Farmer Training Movement is Growing
Our Farming Organization of the Year Award for 2010 went to the Farmer-Veteran Coalition (see [...]
Land Prices a Big Barrier to Beginning Farmer Entry
Unaffordable land stunts new generation of small farmers in California (by Julia Scott – Mercury News) This story was produced in partnership with KALW 91.7 FM. Tune in to [...]
Proposed Legislation to Exempt Utah from New Food Safety Act
Proposal would exempt Utah food from federal regulation (By Robert Gehrke – The Salt Lake Tribune) EXCERPT: Rep. Bill Wright, as he puts it, “grew up in the dirt,” [...]
Compensation for Asparagus Farmers Affected by Marketing Losses
USDA Press Release: Sign Up Period Opens for Domestic Asparagus Producers Affected by Marketing Losses Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that a total of $15 [...]
Farm Futures Program to Bring Landowners, New Farmers Together
Read Entire Article by Jennifer Hetrick from Lancaster Farming The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) introduced its Farm Futures program last [...]
Michigan Farmers Warned to Watch for New Pest Threat
State wants Michigan farmers to turn up nose to bug (Detroit Free Press) EXCERPT: The MDA is putting out the word to growers across the state to watch out for the brown [...]
GMO Sugar Beets Given ‘Interim Partial Deregulation’ by USDA
U.S. Says Farmers May Grow Engineered Sugar Beets (By ANDREW POLLACK – New York Times) EXCERPT: The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that American farmers could [...]
Research: Other Pollinators Infected by Same Virus as Honey Bees
Bees One of Many Pollinators Infected by Virus Implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (From ScienceDaily) SUMMARY: Penn State researchers have found that native pollinators, [...]
Did the White House Pressure USDA to Deregulate Roundup Ready Alfalfa?
White House pressured Vilsack to approve GMO alfalfa, media reports suggest (by Tom Philpott – Grist) Excerpt: In The Wall Street Journal, Bill Tomson and Scott Kilman [...]
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