Spring 2012
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Table of Contents
SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update
BOOK NOOK
Farm Memoirs, by Jill Swenson
COMMUNITY AND WORLD
Gleaning More of New York’s Harvest, by Rebecca Schuelke Staehr
Tomato Therapy, by Mason Donovan
FARM TECH
Using Online Surveys and Polls to Connect with Your Clients, by Michelle Podolec
GRAZING
Grazing and the Good Life, by Meg Schader
HOME AND FAMILY
Spring Forward, by Ron MacLean
LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING
Faces of our Food System: J. Kings, by Becca Jablonski
Is Your Honey Green? by Dr. Buddy Marterre and Alice Varon
Pricing Your Meat Cuts, by Brian Moyer
NEW FARMERS
And the Survey Says! Beginning Farmer Critical Needs, by Wes Hannah
Maine’s Original Duck Farm, by Gina Simmons and Ryan Wilson
NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
The ‘Perfect’ Sheep Pasture, by Ulf Kintzel
NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT
Using Foster Mother Hens to Raise Chicks on the ‘Cheap’, by Elizabeth Rosen
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Realizing the Potential of NY Grasslands, by Dan Welch
Beginning Farmers: Help Us Help You!
STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Off the Ground: Conservation Program Promotes both Hay Yield and Bird Habitat, by Toby Alexander
PHOTO ESSAY
Spring Peeping
URBAN AGRICULTURE
Recirculating Farms: Growing Healthy, fresh food and a new local food, by Molly Davis
YOUTH PAGE
Animals at Critter Care, by Aleena and Drianna Borowiec
Composting at Camp!, by Kelsy Klaczyk and Mollie Mills
Curly Sue Grows Up, Goes to Camp, by Cara Shulman
The Story Behind the Camp Names, by Keira McClelland