Cover crops are odd plants you grow for the soil, and typically not to harvest. They are grown to improve the soil, leading to better crops that follow. Many farmers [...]
Seeking Experienced Organic Farmer for Community in Columbia County, New York. The Abode of the Message is seeking a couple or single farmer starting in the 2010 season [...]
USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan recently sent out a memo regarding three USDA rural development programs that she thinks can be better utilized to advance local and [...]
MOFGA’s Farmer-in-Residence (F.I.R.) Program offers aspiring farmers committed to organic agriculture and public outreach the opportunity to live and farm at [...]
The Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) is a great resource for beginning and aspiring farmers. ALBA ‘generates opportunities for farm workers, [...]
Debi Kelly, Project Manager at the Missouri Alternatives Center, and University of Missouri State Sustainable Agriculture Co-Coordinator publishes a great monthly [...]
Press Release Fund Announces New Affiliate Membership Program In Celebration of National Farmer’s Market Week Offering Legal Services to Rapidly Growing and Increasingly [...]
The USDA has announced the first sign up period for farmers who want take advantage of the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). The CSP will make payments to [...]
Now accepting applications for 2010 Cohort of the Organic Farmer Training Program at the Michigan State University Student Organic Farm (SOF)! The Organic Farmer Training [...]
Cultivate the Soil: Resources for Beginning and Small Scale Farmers and Ranchers in Washington State is a 2008 Publication by Megan McPhaden from the Washington State [...]