SURVEY: Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Producers Karla Kean, an extension agent from UT asks that growers take a moment and fill out this brief online survey Take Survey...
Read MoreCONFERENCE: Mississippi Food Summit and Agricultural Revival - NOV 17-19 The Summit will be the third Mississippi Food Summit and Agricultural Revival in Mississippi since 2013. The three day event aims to stimulate discussions around organic, sustainable, and whole foods between farmers, health practitioners, legislators, chefs,...
Read MoreCONFERENCE: Women in Sustainable Agriculture - Nov 30th - Dec 2nd The 5th National Conference for Women in Sustainable Agriculture will bring together farmers, educators, technical assistance providers and activists engaged in healthy food and farming to share educational and organization strategies, build technical and business...
Read MoreSouthern SAWG: Veteran Scholarships Available Limited scholarships are available for military veterans who would like to attend Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s (SAWG) annual Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference. The popular conference, which is being held January 25-28, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky, focuses...
Read MoreCosts of Pastured Broiler Operations Based on Data from Small-Scale Farms Many small-scale and limited-resource farmers use "hobby scale" technologies to produce food for home consumption and as a source of supplementary income. However, the economic potential of many of these technologies has not been investigated....
Read MoreFOR SALE: Strawberries plants Posted November 2, 2016 Green Door has an excess of strawberry plants. 50 plants per flat, $10 each. Call 615 942 7169....
Read MoreTOGA included in the 2016 Good Food Org Guide Tennessee Organic Growers Association is honored to be included in this year's Good Food Guide Food Tank and the James Beard Foundation have just released the third annual Good Food Org Guide, which features 1,000 nonprofit organizations creating...
Read MoreTAXES: New Multi-Use Subclassification for Farms We want producers to be aware of the 0600-12 Multi-Use Subclassification. In a nut shell, this proposal wants to change the classification of farm/agriculture businesses to be reclassified as commercial. IF this passes it will increase the tax rate for...
Read More2016 National Organic Research Agenda Report The 2016 National Organic Research Agenda (NORA) report provides comprehensive recommendations for future investment in organic agricultural research. These recommendations are based on OFRF's 2015 survey of organic farmers, nationwide listening sessions with organic farmers, and a review of...
Read MoreSenator Stabenow Announces the Urban Agriculture Act of 2016 U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the most comprehensive urban agriculture bill to be introduced in Congress. The Urban Agriculture Act of 2016 will help create...
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