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Each year, NYAITC and New York Farm Bureau sponsor an opportunity for Pre-K through middle school students across the state to discover where food comes from and why agriculture is important. The contest is divided by grade level, and each level has a specific topic to create a piece of art, poem, or narrative related…
Read MoreLoyalty to the land is deeply entrenched in the souls of most farm families. To keep keep the farm operating, there is no better time than now to talk about transfer. Transferring the farm is a tough topic for many parents and children to discuss. However to keep the farm operating, there is no better…
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Lessons Learned from Raising Heritage Lincoln Longwool Sheep. By Emmaline Long and David Popielinski If you ask which life experiences have had the most profound impact on us, our answer may surprise you. “Sheep?” you would ask. “Why sheep?” Well, it all started with a Blessing in the form of a Lincoln Longwool sheep. Blessing came…
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In 1979, Deb and Tom Decker bought a small plot of land that was stripped of its topsoil when the Taconic Parkway was built. The land might not have been put to productive use had it not been for the couple, who brought extensive skills and knowledge to their farming enterprise. In 1990, Deb and…
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In my previous article, the first part of this 2-part series, I made a case for growing uncommon fruits: The fruits relative freedom from pests and ease of growth, along with their delicious and unique flavors, make them ideally suited to local markets. I then went on to describe some uncommon fruits — specifically, “fruits…
Read MoreIf you’re thinking about starting a farm enterprise focused on growing berries, Elaine and Karl Guppy will tell you to go to back to school at Cornell University first. “We have taken almost every production and business management workshop offered by the Cornell University New York Berry Project,” Elaine says. “The learning opportunities are packed…
Read MoreFay Benson Used Pedometers to Track Cow Health. Fay Benson’s Facebook page “Girls of Summer” isn’t what the innocent web surfer might think. Instead of featuring topless women, as the evocative name suggests, Benson’s page promotes another type of unclothed female: the dairy heifer. Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and…
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Open any financial advice magazine over the past decade and the single most popular advice given will be to make sure you maintain a diversified portfolio; basically, spread your money over many different funds and investment vehicles. They even have widgets which will rebalance your accounts and suggest different investments based on your particular goals…
Read MoreRiparian buffer plantings can reap rewards for nature and business. By Liz Brownlee and Connor Stedman Stan Ward springs into his greenhouse full of excitement, eager to show off elderberry cuttings. He’s growing elderberry, Echinacea, and other perennial medicinals on his upland farm in central Vermont, but these elderberries are bound for lower ground. This year,…
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