Organic Grain Farming Research Event, Washington State
Research Roundtable on dryland organic grain farming (From Ag Today) Washington State University is inviting the public to an Organic Grains Farming Research Roundtable that [...]
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Is Local Enough? Some Arguments for Regional Food Systems
By Kate Clancy and Kathryn Ruhf, From Choices Online EXCERPT: The focus on local food systems has been quite strong over the last decade, and the phenomenon has appropriately [...]
New Group to Focus on Iowa’s Food and Farms
Press Release: IOWA–The Iowa Food Systems Council is an emerging non-profit organization whose mission is to develop and recommend policy, program and research [...]
Diverse Business Models Used to Satisfy Local Food Demand
Read the Amber Waves Article: Local Food Supply Chains Use Diverse Business Models To Satisfy Demand Research shows that as demand has increased, local foods are reaching [...]
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, Apply
Federal Organic Research Funds Available Proposals Due February 10, 2011 This week, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released the Request for [...]
Publication Exposes Myths About Future World Food Needs
Telling Porkies: The Big Fat Lie About Doubling Food Production – .pdf (The Soil Association) EXCERPT: The two figures on increasing global food production (50% by 2030 [...]
New Study Shows Vast Potential of Detroit Urban Farms
Detroit’s Urban Farms Could Provide a Majority of Produce for Local Residents (ScienceDaily) EXCERPT: As city officials ponder proposals for urban farms, a Michigan [...]
Top 100 Questions of Importance to the Future of Global Agriculture
New Paper Published in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 11th November 2010. Read this paper [...]
Job: Research Associate, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina
Position: Research Associate, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University Center for Environmental Farming Systems Position Number: 61837 Type: Permanent, [...]
New Online Agriculture Newsletter from Missouri
The Missouri Alternatives Center’s November 2010 issue of its e-newsletter is now available online at https://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/agopp/index.htm This newsletter is [...]
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