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Sustainable Agriculture News – Week of Feb 16, 2015

February 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

Federal Funding Available for Minority and Veteran Farmer Outreach and Assistance: On February 11, USDA released the Request for Applications for the Outreach and Assistance [...]

California Farm Incubator Expanding

February 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

California Farm Academy to Boost the Farm Business Incubator Program – Beginning farmers will see more resources to support their new farm businesses (WINTERS, CA) — [...]

USDA Will Cut Off Farm Subsidies to City Slickers

February 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

USDA to cut off subsidies to city slickers – By Bill Tomson, Politico The Agriculture Department is getting ready to tell a lot of people who’ve been getting farm [...]

Trends in Local and Regional Food Production and Sales

February 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

A new Report to Congress has just been released by the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) entitled Trends in Local and Regional Food Systems. Here are some highlights [...]

News Articles on Young Farmers and Beginning Farmers

January 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rookie Farmers Get the Dirt on How to Make It Work: Getting Schooled on How to Sprout a Farm Business By Nancy Matsumoto, Wall Street Journal At a two-day conference last [...]

Sustainable Agriculture News January 2015

January 12, 2015 // 1 Comment

Here’s the Latest News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (click each title for the full article): ACT NOW: Comments Needed for Conservation [...]

Family Farms Report from USDA

December 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

New USDA report looks at family farms – Farm Futures A new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service looks at family farms. The Family Farm Report, 2014 [...]

Dairy Margin Protection Enrollment Extended to December 19th

December 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

USDA Extends Application Deadline for Dairy Margin Protection Program to Dec. 19 Dairy producers urged to act now to protect their businesses against unpredictable market [...]

Sustainable Agriculture Coalition News October 2014

October 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Helps Deliver Soil Health Vision Statement to USDA On Friday, October 17, 2014 more than 40 national organizations, [...]

USDA News – Sept 2014 GE Corn, Conservation, Funding

September 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

New GE Corn and Soybean Varieties Approved: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) approved three new genetically [...]