Year: 2012
Message from the Managing Editor Happy Summer! I’m always surprised by the speed of lush growth this time of year, especially with the rain and bouts of early warm weather…
Like many small-scale vegetable growers, Anton Burkett couldn’t afford a large, expensive walk-in cooler compressor to cool his produce before market. Then he found the CoolBot. When he started Early…
We associate spring time with newborn lambs and kids frolicking on green pastures. However, Northeast sheep and goats often give birth indoors in winter. This makes sense for farms targeting…
Chickens are an easy way to raise your own meat and eggs. They don’t require a lot of work or time and flocks are great for kids to care for,…
The Northeast Beginning Farmer Project presents a webinar opportunity for ag. professionals in the Northeast who serve beginning farmers, or for new and aspiring farmers in MA or NY seeking…
Address: 227 Green Road North. Charleston, NY 12072. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/highlandhillsfarm/ Description: Jan and Ron Bever operate their house, barn and sugar shack entirely off the grid. They use two Southwest…
The Cornell Small Farms Program and Tompkins County Cooperative Extension will host a small dairy field day titled “Staying Small Through a Century of Dairy Farming” on Wednesday, June 20th,…
Earlier this month, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), released the latest count of farms in the United States. The nation has nearly 2.2 million farms, a number that has…
The Small Farms Update includes small farm announcements, events, job and internship opportunities, grant and loan opportunities, and latest handbooks, tools and other small farm resources. It is intended for…
Address: 158 Marabac Rd. Gardiner, NY 12525. Website: http://users.bestweb.net/~fourwind/ Description: Jay and Polly Armour operate a 24 acre diversified organic farm. The farm raises produce, heirloom seedlings, grass-fed beef, pasture…
