Year: 2013

Farm Hack: A Community for Farm Innovation

By Kristen Loria / January 7, 2013
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  Started in 2011 by a team of farmers and engineers from the Northeast, Farm Hack is a project of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition in partnership with the Greenhorns.…

Doubling Local Food in Vermont

By Rachel Carter / January 7, 2013
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Vermont Farm to Plate (F2P) Network unifies business, government & non-profits to scale up local food production & consumption by 2020 The Vermont Farm to Plate (F2P) Network is relocalizing…

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Does Red Clover Cause Infertility in Sheep?

By Ulf Kintzel  / January 7, 2013
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  Various legumes and clovers, especially the red clover, are said to cause temporary infertility in female sheep when grazed during breeding season. If grazed for a prolonged period of…

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Cornell Small Farms Program Update

By Violet Stone / January 7, 2013
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Message from the Managing Editor Happy New Year! I hope many of you are getting some rest and enjoying looking through seed catalogues or planning for new infrastructure. With so…

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Aroostook Hops: SARE Grant Results in Increased Yield

By Erin Roche / January 7, 2013
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By implementing drip irrigation and mulching, a Maine hops farm significantly improves yields and net revenue.   Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers…

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A Long Row and A Good Day

By Max Taylor / January 7, 2013
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  I met my wife, Kerry, planting garlic. It was an unseasonably warm October day during a crew exchange between the farm I worked for and the farm she worked…

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A Four Dollar Grazing Chart

By Troy Bishopp / January 7, 2013
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  My farm teetered between a D1 and D2 (Moderate to severe) on the U. S. drought monitor scale most of last summer which tested my 26 years of grazing…

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Horse Connections

By Maryn Carlson / January 7, 2013
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The Youth Pages are written by and for young people. We believe there’s a bright future for young farmers in the Northeast. Whether you live on a farm or only…

The Cheney Letters: The Night the Willys Went Skinny-Dipping

By Maryn Carlson / January 7, 2013
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by Stuart Cheney Introduction In late February of 2012 I received a letter bearing the name of Stuart Cheney. A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, Stuart wrote to tell me that…