THE TENNESSEAN: How Local Organizations Help Food Insecure Tennesseans Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE November 15, 2019 - There are thousands of food insecure Tennesseans, so local organizations strive to meet the needs of those who may not know where their next meal comes from. More...
Read MoreLocal Table Resources for 2020 Greetings, As we head into the holidays, it's the perfect time to count our blessings and say thanks to everyone who continues to support Local Table's mission of connecting the consumer to our local food community. The upcoming year will be our...
Read MoreGrowing for Market Shares Business Advice Growing for Market says "There's no time like the winter to work on your business skills. That's why we brought you these two articles by Julia Shanks". Why Can’t I Make More Money?? How many times do you ask yourself that question? It’s difficult...
Read MoreForest Farms Could Create Market for Ginseng, Other Herbs UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A transition from wild collection of herbs to forest farming needs to occur in Appalachia to make the opaque, unstable and unjust supply chain for forest medicinal plants such as ginseng sustainable, according...
Read MoreThe National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Asks Is Organic Farming Risky? Is organic farming risky? Well of course, all farming is risky. But, is organic agriculture somehow inherently more risky than other systems of production? Here I will try to use my best rhetoric to answer...
Read MoreCover Crops Incorporated into Rotational Grazing Improves Soil Health From Southern Region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) - Over-seeding a diverse cool-season cover crop mix into a rotationally grazed warm-season grass pasture appears to improve soil health, especially when the system is managed...
Read MoreUncovering How Microbes in the Soil Influence Our Health and Our Food Washington Post: Until recently, Robertson said, most agricultural experts thought of soil as nothing more than a matrix to hold plants and minerals. But the same technologies that have allowed us to better understand...
Read MoreReport Analyzes Soil Health Impact of Farm Bill ATTRA: The Soil Health Institute (SHI) and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) have released Impact of 2018 Farm Bill Provisions on Soil Health, a comprehensive review of each new provision in the 2018 Farm Bill and its...
Read MoreFourteen months may seem like a long ways away, unless you’re talking campaign politics. A slew of Democratic challengers to President Trump, as well as a handful of Republicans, have already been making their case to the public for months. What makes this cycle particularly...
Read MoreRMA Announces Changes to Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Policy for 2020 FROM ATTRA - USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced several updates to the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy for the 2020 policy year that expand safety net options and flexibility for agricultural producers. Beginning with...
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