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Small Farms Program Welcomes New Staff Small farms are a growing audience across the Northeast, and the Cornell Small Farms Program is pleased to announce we are greatly expanding our educational services and support to small and beginning farmers with the addition of two new staff. Thanks to a recent grant award from the USDA,…
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NY State and Pennsylvania are home to hundreds of species of birds, animals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. Many populations of these species are flourishing, such as whitetail deer, raccoons, and Canada geese. Many other species are not as fortunate and are declining in numbers due to a host of influences such as; exotic…
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A net increase in farms? Nationwide? Who would have thought? But it’s true. For so long we have been treated to the demise of farms and farming while the advent of the “fifteen hundred mile tomato” became the norm. The book Farms of Tomorrow written in 1990 and revisited in 1997, envisaged what surely…
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The Vermont Grass Farmers Association is a farmer-driven organization dedicated to furthering the use of managed grazing for livestock to create healthier soils, stronger local economies, and happier farmers. Today, the organization thrives with several hundred members, a high quality annual educational conference, and excellent relationships with state and regional partners. History Domesticated ruminant animals…
Read MoreFarm and ranch women are hard-working, resourceful and intelligent. Many are quite outspoken. Some are very much ahead of their time. Annette Kohlhagen Fleck was one such woman. Working as a grade school teacher in the 1940’s, she dreamed of one day marrying a farmer. In 1947 this dream came true when she married Frank…
Read MoreWhat country folks know to be common sense becomes news as a new practice in sustainability. Become a “daylighter” and put your lifestyle back in sync with the sun and the seasons. A daylighter wakes up with the sun and goes to sleep shortly after it sets. “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a…
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Rose Marie Belforti scaled up a home recipe for raw milk kefir cheese to a commercial process Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators, universities and communities that are working to make agriculture more sustainable – economicly, environmentally, and socially. Learn about whether a SARE…
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The list of where, and how, to sell produce, milk, meat and other items raised on the farm is long. Today, many farmers are making sales through farmers markets, farm shares, roadside stands, grocery stores, websites, festivals. Most farmers use more than one market channel to get farm goods to the consumer, and most…
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In 2006, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture established the FarmLink Program. The goal of the program is to connect farmer seekers with farm owners with agricultural land for rent or for sale. The program also disseminates information on leasing and farm transfer to the next generation of farmers. That is the official line I use…
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