The Rising Tide of the Female Farmer "The story of Donna Schroeder’s life until now—she is 76—can be told with chicken scratches carved into a small wooden block, an engraving that hangs amid dozens of others just like it in Elmo’s Highwood Bar in Highwood, Montana....
Read MoreTri-Hishtil, LLC, is pleased to announce the opening of their new production facility in Mills River, NC. The international partners of Centro SEIA (Italy), Hishtil (Israel), and Tri-Cal/Tri-Est (USA) have united to create the new entity. The business will focus on grafted vegetable transplant production...
Read MoreNPR - Small Meat Producers Take Their Slaughterhouse Gripes To Congress Nowadays consumers are more willing to pay extra for a rack of ribs if it's produced nearby. A local bone-in ribeye, on average, costs about $1 more than a conventional steak. A pound of local...
Read MoreRestaurants Turning to Cage Free From John Patrick - FOX 17 did not get this quite right. Even though I was standing in my pasture, he still did not know the difference between cage-free and pastured eggs. Cage-free will probably taste the same because...
Read MoreThe Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences publish this study on Potential carbon sequestration and forage gains with management-intensive rotational grazing. Do pastures under management-intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) differ from grasslands under other management in...
Read MoreToday, on the eve of National Farmers Market Week, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne L. Alonzo announced the results of the 2014 Farmers Market Manager Survey. Based on a survey of almost 1,400 farmers market managers from across...
Read MoreFROM THE NSAC BLOG: "Today marks the release of NSAC’s 2014 Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs – a free digital resource to help farmers, conservationists, entrepreneurs, researchers, and rural and urban community groups navigate federal programs that can help them build a...
Read MoreA new report from Food Tank. "The report proves that family farms—farms or ranches owned and operated by families—are not only feeding the world, but also nourishing the planet". Full Storyhttp://foodtank.com/news/2014/03/release-food-tank-by-the-numbers-family-farming-report...
Read MoreFrom the USDA site "SANTE FE, N.M., March 10, 2014 –Today in remarks at the National Farmers Union National Convention, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new and expanded efforts to connect small- and mid-sized farmers and ranchers with USDA resources that can help them build...
Read MoreTake time today to today to call Corker *615-279-8125* and Alexander *615 736-5129* "For the benefit of small farmers, food sovereignty, and speaking up against Monsanto, ask them to support the following amendments below with this message...
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