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Making Connections through Soil Health

By Claire Cekander / July 5, 2016

Local Farmers in Western New York are working together to create a network of local soil conservation knowledge through the newly formed WNY Soil Health Alliance. by Jena Buckwell Modern…

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Binghamton Farm Share: Supporting Local Farms and Communities

By Tara Hammonds / April 4, 2016

by Kate Miller-Corcoran Community Supported Agriculture or CSAs are important in connecting consumers to farmers.  CSA members invest in a farm for an entire season, pledging support in return for…

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NOFA/Mass Winter Conference

By Carli Fraccarolli / November 27, 2015

Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter NOFA/Mass Winter Conference January 16, 2016 Worcester State University We hope you can join us in Worcester for this wide-ranging and immersive educational experience!…

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Switch the Boots, Wash the Hands, and Keep Farm Records

By Rachel Carter / July 8, 2014

Food safety planning tips from Vermont for new farmers and a refresher for all Water supply, soil quality, harvesting procedures, and adding livestock are early stage considerations in developing a…

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2012 Small Farm Summit

By arw225@cornell.edu / February 25, 2014

2012 Recommendations for Strategic Investments in New York’s Small Farms The Cornell Small Farms Program is pleased to announce the release of “2012 Recommendations for Strategic Investments in New York’s…

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Who’s Eating all the Chickens?

By Violet Stone / May 10, 2013

by Joan Kark-Wren We left the house early on a beautiful spring morning. Allie, our black lab, excited to be going for a ride, jumped in the car with us.…

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Reconnecting Refugee Farmers to Their Agricultural Roots

By Laura McCandlish / March 27, 2013

With support, Somalian Refugees find their way back to farming and community on peaceful ground. It’s a crisp Saturday in mid-February at the largest indoor farmers’ market in the whitest…

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Rhubarb or Bust: Farming Notes from Interior Alaska

By Ruby Peck-Hollembaek / March 27, 2013

A rancher’s hope for more farms and food security in a land of extremes While reading all about Cornell University’s Small Farms Program in the Small Farms Quarterly, I decided…

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The Cheney Letters: The Night the Willys Went Skinny-Dipping

By Maryn Carlson / January 7, 2013

by Stuart Cheney Introduction In late February of 2012 I received a letter bearing the name of Stuart Cheney. A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, Stuart wrote to tell me that…

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The Cheney Letters

By Stuart Cheney / October 1, 2012

78 year old Vermont farmer shares memoirs with Lindsay Debach, daughter of a Pennsylvania-based butcher, after reading her Small Farm Quarterly piece “Slaughter Daughter”. Introduction In late February of this…

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