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Finding and Keeping Your CSA Members

By Brian Moyer / October 6, 2014

On average, CSA’s have to replace 55% of their shareholders every year, so what can we do to keep them coming back? One of the attractions of having a CSA…

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Cornell Small Farms Program Update

By Violet Stone / October 6, 2014

Message from the Editor It happens every year, and always surprises me.  Last summer, just after the first long, soaking rain of summer, I walked out to the garden to…

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Flushing and Pheromones: Managing Breeding in the Dairy Goat Herd

By Stephanie Fisher / October 6, 2014

It’s fall, and while human children pick out their new notebooks, folders, and backpacks, I pick out my top does and bucks. The days grow shorter, and the temperature cools…

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Help is Near for Farm Safety Fears

By Marybeth Vargha / October 6, 2014

I married a vegetable farmer twenty years ago and through that time have seen the trials and tribulations of the farming life. There were mishaps, breakdowns and natural disasters but…

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My Grazing Cycle

By Ulf Kintzel  / October 6, 2014

Fall is here and once again we have to decide how long our pastures should be grazed without negatively affecting next year’s growth. In this article I will talk about…

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Hay Storage Considerations: Don’t Waste It!

By Nancy Glazier / October 6, 2014

Fall may be a good time to think about hay storage. In some parts of the Northeast haymaking has been tough due to the frequent rains. I have had some…

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Selecting a Tractor for the Small Farm

By Rich Taber / October 6, 2014

OK, you bought the farm, and you have moved onto the property, with excitement, and anticipating new activities in your farming ventures.  There are a tremendous number of activities that…

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Growing Food with Love at Green Mountain Girls Farm

By Briana Palma / October 6, 2014

  It’s a small operation with a big heart. On a hillside in Northfield, VT, Mari Omland and Laura Olsen of Green Mountain Girls Farm use sustainable and organic practices…

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Grocery Stores are Key to Expanding Local Food Systems

By Rachel Carter / October 6, 2014

Local food is trending, but a regional food vision is what will re-localize our food system and agricultural economy—regional food that can be purchased at the grocery store Farmers and…

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Wholesale Market Enables ‘Roots’ of Change

By arw225@cornell.edu / October 6, 2014

  Darren Maum, vegetable and storage crop grower and self-professed “soil nerd,” is owner of Salvere Farm, located 25 minutes southwest of Syracuse, NY in Marietta. Positioned on the eastern…

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