Winter 2012
How to Read
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Table of Contents
SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update
BOOK NOOK
Winter Reads: Water and Natural Gas, by Jill Swenson
COMMUNITY AND WORLD
Slaughter Daughter, by Lindsay Debach
DAIRY
Consider Deep Pack Barns for Cow Comfort and Manure Management, by A. Fay Benson
Howland Dairy Benefits from Whole Farm Analysis Project, by Lisa Fields
Raw Milk, “Moo-n Shine”, and Risk Management, by Jason Foscolo
FARM TECH
Winter Homework? Take an Online Class!, by Betsy Lamb
GRAZING
Turning Sand into Soil , by Anne Lincoln
Why I Graze, Sally Fairbairn
HOME AND FAMILY
A Memoir: The Milk Must Get Through, by Ron MacLean
HORTICULTURE
Pretty in Pink: Grow Edible Ginger! , by Susan Anderson
LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING
Faces of our Food System: FarmieMarket, by Becca Jablonski
The Challenges and Rewards of On-farm Poultry Processing, by Sam Anderson
NEW FARMERS
New Farms Sprouted through Conservancy Lease Program, by Michael Chameides
Photo Feature: Remembering Summer’s Bounty
Second Life Farming, by Mason Donovan
NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Winter versus Spring Lambing, by Ulf Kintzel
NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT
Establishing Northern Honeybee Colonies, by Aaron Englander
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Save the Unicorns and Farm the Forest, by Bryan Sobel
STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Farmscapes for Birds, Part 2, by Margaret Fowle
YOUTH PAGE
Youth Pages, Various Authors