Posts by Rachel Firak

Rachel Firak is a Program Assistant with the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming in Ithaca, NY. She can be reached at: info@groundswellcenter.org.
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People, Not Tractors: Agricultural Volunteerism Around the Globe

By Rachel Firak / April 2, 2011

When you’ve got an unconventional idea about farming, rural people (born and raised) are guaranteed to put it through the wringer. These are the shrewdest judges you’ll ever meet, so…

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Growing a Groundswell

By Rachel Firak / October 3, 2010

Groundswell Center cultivates the next generation of farmers and food citizens Where is the culture of agriculture? Is it found in homesteads, ranches, and close-knit farming communities in rural America?…

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