Posts tagged with: CSA

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Establishing a Vibrant On-Farm Market 

By Avery MacLean / April 3, 2023

Marketing at Red Wing Farm grew from a farm stand into a community corner-stone.  In the first segment of this three-part series, I wrote about how my partner and I…

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Preserving the History of Organic/Sustainable Agriculture

By Anneliese Abbott / July 5, 2021

Help preserve the history of organic/sustainable agriculture! In the past few years, a confluence of concerns about climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and racial inequities have highlighted many flaws in…

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CSAs are Buzzing and So Are Pollinators

By Anna Birn / July 20, 2020

Changes made by the COVID-19 pandemic have benefited at least two facets of our ecosystem: community supported agriculture, and pollinators.   It feels hard to remember a time when the…

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Juniper Hill Farm

By Kelsie Raucher / June 21, 2018

Juniper Hill Farm is nestled between the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Champlain, on the Boquet River in Wadhams, New York. Established in 2007, they grew on three acres of fertile land; now,…

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Finding and Keeping Your CSA Members

By Brian Moyer / October 6, 2014

On average, CSA’s have to replace 55% of their shareholders every year, so what can we do to keep them coming back? One of the attractions of having a CSA…

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Full Diet Farming at Old Ford Farm

By Daniel Rivera / October 6, 2014

I found some much needed inspiration and practical ideas to apply to our small organic farm recently while attending a workshop and field day at Old Ford Farm in New…

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Harvest Home Farmer’s Market: Making Local Agriculture Accessible to All

By Sara Milonovich / April 7, 2014

Connecting farmers with under-served communities provides access to healthy food for needy neighborhoods and new avenues of profit for farmers. Danny Morgiewicz of Morgiewicz Farms in Goshen, NY has been…

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Seeds, Chefs, and Sustainable Agriculture

By Petra Page-Mann / January 14, 2014

What sows local food? Seeds! Most of the seed sown in the Northeast is grown in arid climates, often thousands of miles away.  However, a burgeoning awareness that local food…

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Reaching Underserved Communities with CSA’s

By Rebecca Heller-Steinberg / January 14, 2014

When farmers and organizations work together, feeding underserved residents healthy food can be rewarding for all. Food insecure households – those with limited food dollars and/or difficulty accessing healthy foods…

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The First-Year Egg Farmer

By Sam Anderson / October 7, 2013

Molly DellaRoman manages a pasture-based flock of 300 laying hens alongside a sizable vegetable CSA, a farm stand, and a regular supply of farm visitors…and this is only year one.…

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