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My Bookend Internships
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The summer of 2013 brought me to two farms on completely opposite ends of the dairy farm spectrum. By William Mathew Cain Growing up on a Connecticut angus farm seemed […]
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Watch Out Diesel: There’s a New Fuel in Town
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Dave Dolan of Flying Rabbit Farm creates syngas out of locally produced grass pellets. “VRRRRRRRMMM….” As the engine on Dave Dolan’s tractor sputtered to life, I stood by, watching Dolan […]
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Fruition Seeds: A Model for Collaborative, Regional Seed Development
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With over thirty years of combined agricultural experience, Matthew Goldfarb and Petra Page-Mann co-founded Fruition Seeds in 2012 to improve and develop our regional genetic resources. Currently growing over […]
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Learning and Traveling by “WWOOFing”
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Road trip meets agricultural education I had the privilege, after college, to spend a few months doing what many have colloquially called “wwoofing.” WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on […]
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Wetland Restoration: "What Do You Want to Do That For?"
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Enhancing wetland areas on your farm can bring a whole new community of wildlife to your land. The title in layman’s terms is really pronounced, “Whatta ya wanna do that […]
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Quinoa Curiosity
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Farmers David McClelland and Mei-ling Hom used SARE funding to trial the increasingly popular grain quinoa on their rural New York farm. Nestled on the eastern edge of rural Allegany County, […]
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Sunflowers: From Field to Fuel
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Drawing the connection between diversified agriculture, renewable energy, and food production in Vermont Farmers across New England want to diversify operations, lower fuel and feed costs, and be more self-sufficient. […]
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Pigging Out
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At Phoenix Farm, a small, family-run homestead, we had the opportunity to get a breeding pair of American Guinea Hogs through a pass-on program in the fall of 2010. Over […]
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Electric Nettings for Sheep: Useful Tips
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Note to Reader I wrote a previous article which appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Small Farm Quarterly which covered basic information about electric nettings – what they […]









