Upcoming Funding Opportunities
The following are funding opportunities, some open to farmers and ranchers, others to institutions serving agricultural producers or rural communities. Most of the following [...]
Rural Development
USDA News: Second High Ranking Official Resigns Within 2 Weeks
USDA News: Second High Ranking Official Resigns Within 2 Weeks Dallas Tonsager, the USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development is the second high ranking official within the [...]
New Report Rates Health and Resilience of Iowa Food System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Angie Tagtow, Environmental Nutrition Solutions, (515) 669-8579, angie.tagtow@mac.com; Susan Roberts, Roberts Law Firm, PLC, (515) 480-5898, [...]
UN Report: Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA, 8 March 2011 – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN [...]
Job: Grower Program Manager, Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
Title: Grower Program Manager Type: 30 hours a week Location: Madison, WI Compensation: $21,000-$24,000, commensurate with experience. Includes health stipend, paid vacation, [...]
Fantastic Free Food and Farming Films
Chris Bedford is an accomplished filmmaker, writer, and activist with a keen interest in food systems local economies, and a terrific knack for telling a story. He has [...]
2011 Oregon Conservation Innovation Grants for Ag & Food Systems
Conservation Innovation Grants (CGI) is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in [...]
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 [...]
Conservation Sterwardship Program Signup Period Extended
From the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Are you a farmer or private forestland owner who practices conservation? This is the time to sign up for the Conservation [...]
Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems
By Kate Clancy and Kathryn Ruhf, From Choices Online EXCERPT: The focus on local food systems has been quite strong over the last decade, and the phenomenon has appropriately [...]
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