When you start making plans for what you do and do not wish to include in your farming efforts, chances are both lists can become quite long. You may choose to avoid certain [...]
Food in Italy: Sustainable Markets, Products, and Processes – Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies Fall 2015 Semester Study Abroad Program in Italy [...]
Obama Administration Assists Communities in Building Local Food Systems to Foster Economic Growth Investment Helps Improve Public Health and the Environment, Diversify Local [...]
One of the more divisive issues on the farm is whether or not to incorporate guinea fowl. The truth is, people either love them or hate them and take a firm stance on their [...]
National Farmers Union Announces Beginning Farmer Institute Participants WASHINGTON (June 12, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) announced the 11 participants selected [...]
UMass is offering an ONLINE, 3 credit, permaculture design class for serious practitioners this summer through the Stockbridge School of Agriculture! STOCKSCH 397S – [...]
Using Gardens to Teach, Summer Institute for Educators, Poughkeepsie, NY Registration is now open for Poughkeepsie Farm Project’s Summer Institute for [...]
Apply Now! Farm to School Mini Grants for KY, PA, and LA Do you want to introduce more fresh, local food to schools in your community? Are there farmers in your region who [...]
If you are interested in taking one of the online classes in Sustainable Food and Farming offered by UMass, either individually or as part of the 15-credit UMass Certificate [...]
One of the biggest nuisances on a farm is the presence of flies. They harass the poultry. They harass the livestock. They even harass us humans as we attempt to get work [...]