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11th Annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference: ‘Changing Realities in Farming and Food’

December 22, 2009 // 3 Comments

11th Annual NORTHERN MICHIGAN SMALL FARM CONFERENCE “Changing Realities in Farming and Food” Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Grayling High School [...]

Article – A Place of Their Own: Falling Land Prices Good News for New and Young Farmers

December 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

A Place of Their Own Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/27/2009 – 11:40am. Falling Land Prices — Good News for Young Farmers Andrew Jenner Virginia Correspondent For Full [...]

Trends in the Growth of Small Farms – And Hope for the Future

December 11, 2009 // 2 Comments

Most farms in the United States are now small, with almost 40% of U.S. farms now less than 50 Acres, and 60 percent of all farms reporting less than $10,000 in total sales of [...]

USDA Launches Toll-Free Help Desk for Small Meat and Poultry Processors

December 11, 2009 // 0 Comments

USDA PRESS RELEASE Release No. 0601.09 Contact: Neil Gaffney (202) 720-9113 WASHINGTON, December 7, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and [...]

USDA Opens Office of Advocacy and Outreach to Enhance Viability and Profitability Small Farms, Beginning Farmers, and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

December 10, 2009 // 0 Comments

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES NEW USDA OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH (OAO) USDA Press Release No. 0606.09 Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 [...]

A Speech about Small Family Farmers, Agribuisness, and Climate Change (Social Movement Politics)

December 10, 2009 // 0 Comments

Why We Left Our Farms to Come to Copenhagen Speech given by Henry Saragih, General Coordinator of Via Campesina at the opening session of Klimaforum Tuesday, 08 December, [...]

A Collection of Works by Distinguished Indian Journalist Palagummi Sainath Available in English

December 8, 2009 // 1 Comment

Palagummi Sainath is a journalist, editor, and photo-essayist whose primary focus is on rural affairs in India. Sainath was recipient of the 2006 Harry Chapin award for [...]

Featured Webpage: dwell’s Interactive Map of Small Farms Across the U.S.

December 1, 2009 // 0 Comments

The online magazine dwell is developing a Map of Small Farms Across the United States “…where dirt under the fingernails and sweat on the brow mean [...]

Grist Article: Will Whole Foods’ New Mobile Slaughterhouses Squeeze Small Farmers?

November 29, 2009 // 1 Comment

Also see the Hartford Advocate’s article on Whole Foods’ Mobile Poultry Processing Unit: Whole Foods aims to bring locally raised and locally processed fowl one [...]

New Report Emphasizes the Importance of Small Farmers

November 23, 2009 // 1 Comment

The new report, called ‘Fertile Ground’ can be accessed at: www.progressio.org.uk/files/98468/FileName/Fertile_Ground_16nov2009.pdf Progressio is an international [...]