Small Farms Quarterly
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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…
Read MoreMessage 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…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreFall 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…
Read MoreFall 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…
Read MoreOK, 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…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreLocal 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…
Read MoreDarren 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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