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Flower Farm Cultivates Community and Imagination through Hands-on Classes
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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 and earthy arrangements. “I’d love to learn how to do that!” customers exclaimed as they peered closely at her unique creations. But although Barbara welcomed…
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Producing Natural Meat for Local Consumers in Connecticut
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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 – economically, environmentally, and socially. Learn about whether a SARE grant would be a good fit for you. Interest in natural, local meats is growing in…
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Dairy Farm Pushes the Limits: Grass and Genetics at Dharma lea farm
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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 conventional and organic farms. As dairy farmers, my wife Phyllis and I understand that we do not control the greater economy or the price we…
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Cornell Small Farms Update- Sumer 2010
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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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Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies Developed for Landowners
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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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Community (Tax-Supported) Farms – A Massachusetts Sampler
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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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Celebrating the Vitality of Grazing Farms with the Vermont Grass Farmers Association
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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…
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Annie’s Legacy
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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 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…
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Are you a Daylighter?
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What 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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