Article: Renting helps new farmers grow their businesses
By Casey Parks, The Oregonian HILLSBORO — All day long, Steve Radtke works on land that is not his. If he could, he would own the ground he tills and harvests. But [...]
Statistics and Trends
I often post articles and opinion pieces that discuss new trends in agriculture and farming. You will usually find excepts with links to the articles.
Article and Slides: The bold new faces of urban farming
From Salon.com It’s not just kids and dirt. From indoor fish farms to business training for refugees, a slide show of 11 pioneers Urban farmers are coming to the rescue [...]
A Roundup of Articles from Roots of Change
Roots of Change Roots of Change (ROC) believes that the best way to make the food system sustainable is to connect and support the people and parts within the system that [...]
Crop Mobs: Volunteerism Returns to Farming – Video, Articles
Volunteerism as Backbone of Farming: Return of the Barn Raising by Sami Grover – with video from UNC-TV Conceived originally as a means for landless farmers to get [...]
USDA ARS Survey Reports Latest Honey Bee Losses
Agricultural Research Service, USDA Press Release Contact: Kim Kaplan, (301) 504-1637, kim.kaplan@ars.usda.gov View the report and photos at [...]
Agriculture Department: Public Input Sought for May 13 Food Safety Listening Session
SOURCE: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (See original article HERE) State, Federal Officials Seek Insight on Fresh Produce Processing, Handling HARRISBURG, Pa., April [...]
Vilsack comments on Farm Bill to group of ag journalists
Vilsack: America Faces Rural Crisis Secretary Says Changing Farm Bill Isn’t About Bedroom Communities Tuesday, April 27 BY: Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor [...]
Will the USDA Doom Locally Produced Meat?
From Salon.com New testing regulations may end small-scale meat production — and keep the market safe for the big boys By Sara Breselor That wailing you hear in the [...]
USDA Releases New Data on Soil Erosion and Development of Private Lands
USDA Press Release No. 0211.10 Contact: Office of Communications 202-720-4623 Latest National Resource Inventory for Non-Federal Lands shows significant reduction in soil [...]
NYT: Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny
By WILLIAM NEUMAN; Published: March 11, 2010 During the depths of the economic crisis last year, the prices for many goods held steady or even dropped. But on American farms, [...]
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