Posts by Lindsay Borman
This article was featured in the Summer 2017 Quarterly. By John Lavelle In my prior three articles, we discussed estate tax implications of large land ownership, business succession issues in farming…
Read MoreBaskets or Pallets: Vegetable Grading and Packaging Cornell Cooperative Extension will be offering a series of field days to aide in understanding how to determine quality and grade of agricultural…
Read MoreThe Cornell Small Farms Program Summer Webinar Presents: Is Your Farm Business Structured for Success? on Wed. July 19, from 12-1pm. For decades, farmers have relied on the CSA model and farmers’…
Read MoreOn Saturday, July 8, 2017, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Cornell Cooperative Extension will be offering a series of field days to aide in understanding how to determine quality and grade…
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In early June, Cornell University researchers established three industrial hemp trials, one in Ithaca on the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and two in Geneva on the New York State…
Read MoreSmall Farm Product Liability: Coverage for Your Farm Products by Reuben Dourte If farming was to be broken down to its most simple definition, one could describe it as the supply side…
Read MoreSmall Ruminant Producers: Do you want to improve your parasite control through genetic selection? The USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is offering free Fecal Egg Count (FEC) analysis…
Read MoreBy Claire Collie For over fourteen years, Massachusetts Avenue Project’s (MAP) Growing Green program on Buffalo’s west side has employed young people, teaching them how to grow food and make positive…
Read MoreBy RJ Anderson When it comes to shopping for meat, more consumers are looking for products raised locally. Many of those consumers, however, have trouble connecting with nearby farms to satisfy…
Read MoreBy Emily Nink and Hugh Joseph Nothing captures summertime in New England like fresh, locally-grown heirloom tomatoes. Heirlooms have captured the imaginations of chefs and the hearts of farmers’ market shoppers,…
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