The Benefits of School Gardens: Health, Dicipline, Performance
School gardens improve health and academic performance, reduce discipline problems: Studies show that green spaces provide academic and health benefits for students and [...]
Publications
USDA Secretary Vilsack Urges GE and Non-GE Coexistance
USDA Press Release No. 0674.10; Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Open Letter to Stakeholders from Secretary Vilsack to Urge GE and non-GE Coexistence Click to [...]
Research on Farm Profitability
What Is The Secret To Farm Profitability? (From The Farm Gate) EXCERPT: Most farmers will say that marketing is the hardest task on the farm, because it is hard to pick a [...]
New Mapping Feature on USDA Farmers Market Directory
We Built the Dataset and Map, Now You Can Design a Farmers Market App! From the USDA Blog; Posted by David Shipman, Acting Administrator, AMS In 2010, the USDA National [...]
Report: Ag Policies Should Look Beyond Cost of Production
US Approach to Farming Should Change to Meet New Challenges, Expanding Needs, Report Says (From Science Daily) SUMMARY: U.S. farmers are under pressure to produce more, [...]
Free Online Farming Game is Fun & Educational
Teachers and parents have used games to enhance learning experiences for years. Now a free online game will help teach kids about agriculture. The game, called “My [...]
Farming Research Reports from Science Daily
One clear result from our continuing Reader Survey is that people would like to see more reports on current research. In an attempt to begin moving in that direction, below [...]
Food Safety Bill & Internet Sales by Small Farmers
Does the New Food Safety Bill Prevent Internet Sales by Small Producers? (click to read full article) From GoodFood World EXCERPT: The new law will contain a provision that [...]
Dirty hippies with power tools: Farmer-scientist group wants to ‘hack society’ through open-source technology
by Bonnie Azab Powell, Grist EXCERPT: One of the most frequent criticisms leveled against the sustainable agriculture movement is that its proponents want to send farmers [...]
Article: Reflections on my farm’s first year
by Steph Larsen (Beginning Farmer), Grist EXCERPT: I never thought owning a small farm would be easy. I expected manual work, and there sure is a lot of that, but it’s [...]
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