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How to Get Started with Sheep

By Ulf Kintzel  / July 4, 2010

Let’s assume you have a parcel of land. You would like to get started but you don’t know how. Here is an outline. Pasture. If your parcel of land is…

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From Bats to Biodiesel, Hunt Country Vineyards Saves Energy & Dollars

By Adrienne Masler / July 4, 2010

Priorities and Strategies As sixth-generation stewards of their Branchport, NY land, the Hunt family is invested in doing what it takes to care for their land.  Their interest in stewardship…

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Flower Farm Cultivates Community and Imagination through Hands-on Classes

By Violet Stone / July 4, 2010

Over her 20+ years selling flowers at farmers markets in the Saratoga Springs, NY region, Barbara Jefts of Native Farm Flowers has seen many bright eyed customers admiring her wild…

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Producing Natural Meat for Local Consumers in Connecticut

By Jean King / July 4, 2010

  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 –…

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Dairy Farm Pushes the Limits: Grass and Genetics at Dharma lea farm

By Paul Van Amburgh / July 4, 2010

Dairy farmers are suffering in the midst of dairy’s worst financial crash ever. With the very existence of the family dairy farm in question, 2010 promises many foreclosures, for both…

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Cornell Small Farms Update- Sumer 2010

By Rachel Whiteheart / July 4, 2010

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…

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Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies Developed for Landowners

By Rich Taber / July 4, 2010

  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,…

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Community (Tax-Supported) Farms – A Massachusetts Sampler

By Martha Herbert Izzi / July 4, 2010

  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…

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Celebrating the Vitality of Grazing Farms with the Vermont Grass Farmers Association

By Jennifer Colby / July 4, 2010

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,…

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Annie’s Legacy

By Susan Neal / July 4, 2010

Farm 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…

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