Roots of Change Has a New Website
By tracym From ATTRA – National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Roots of Change (ROC) has announced the launch of a new website [...]
Publications
What Is The Secret To Farm Profitability?
By Stu Ellis; The Farm Gate, University of Illinois EXCERPT: Most farmers will say that marketing is the hardest task on the farm, because it is hard to pick a price and [...]
An Interview with Joan Gussow, Mother of the Sustainable Food Movement
by Paula Crossfield; Grist EXCERPT: Few would argue that Joan Dye Gussow is the mother of the sustainable food movement. For more than 30 years, she’s been writing, [...]
New York Times Advocates Cutting Farm Subsidies
Here’s an Easy One (New York Times Editorial) EXCERPT: Vows by Congressional Republicans to slash billions from the federal budget at a time when joblessness is high and [...]
Tillage & Cover Cropping Strategies for Soil & Energy Conservation in Sweet Corn
by Daniel Brainard and Benjamin Henshaw, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University SUMMARY: Reduced-tillage, cover crop intensive production systems have [...]
Long Term Global Food Security Issues and Perspectives
Varied Menus for Sustaining a Well-Fed World (By ANDREW C. REVKIN – New York Times, Opinion) EXCERPT: On many issues relevant to charting a smooth human journey in this [...]
Organic Farm Performance Research Results from OFRF
EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECT RESULTS – FROM THE ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION Minnesota Reports Provide Real-World Data on Organic Farm Performance Project [...]
Backyard Chickens: Making Them Legal in Your City
How to get your city to allow backyard chickens (by Jill Richardson; Grist) EXCERPT: Step one, of course, is to figure out whether it is legal. While there are many [...]
Understanding the Farm Bill – Articles
As we approach the next Farm Bill cycle, Beginning Farmers will be offering some resources and guides for understanding this complex, but extremely important piece of [...]
Food Prices Will Continue To Rise
U.N. Food Price Index Jumps in December (by William Neuman, New York Times) EXCERPT: World food prices rose sharply in late 2010, bringing them close to the crisis levels [...]
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