PODCAST: The Fight for Equal Rights in Agriculture The latest episode of SARE’s Our Farms, Our Future podcast features Savi Horne, the executive director of the Land Loss Prevention Project in North Carolina in conversation with third-generation Michigan blueberry farmer Barbara Norman on breaking down barriers...
Read MoreWORKSHOPS: Building a Sustainable Business Operators of value-added farm businesses recognize the need for a written business plan to share with business partners, stakeholders, lenders and other funding sources. The Building a Sustainable Business Workshop Series will teach farmers how to develop a business plan. It...
Read MoreWednesday, January 16, 2019 Growing Industrial Hemp As An Alternative Agricultural Crop Cheatham County Public Library 188 John Mayfield Drive Suite 200 Ashland City, TN 37015 Seating is very limited (about 81 people- TOTAL) and we are asking that folks RSVP to our office. Please call our Administrative Assistant,...
Read MoreVIDEOS: Profit From Your Forests New York farmers are completing business plans for their woodlots, with the assistance of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County and a grant from the New York Farm Viability Institute. Woodlot owners can use forest enterprises and products to supplement their...
Read MoreWEBINAR: Indoor Grafted Plants - Nov 29th The SCRI CAP Vegetable Grafting Project Team is organizing monthly webinar series. We are glad to announce our second webinar scheduled on Thursday November 29th (11AM Eastern). The topic is ‘Indoor Production of High Quality Grafted Plants – Benefits...
Read MoreWORKSHOP: Food for Profit - Jan 21 in Lebanon, TN Food for Profit takes you step by step through the information necessary to start and run a small food product business. UT Extension’s Megan Bruch Leffew and Nathan Miller will lead sessions on planning your business,...
Read MoreWORKSHOP: Best Practices for River Friendly Farms - Nov 28 Please join us Wednesday, November 28th, from 9:00am-1:00pm for a workshop brought to you by the Cumberland River Compact, the Davidson County Soil & Water Conservation District, and NRCS staff. Topics will include: livestock management, exclusionary fencing,...
Read MoreCULTIVATING OPPORTUNITY:an Overview of USDA’s Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016 Farm to School Grantees’ Growing Achievements The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is committed to incorporating local and regional foods throughout its nutrition assistance programs, providing high-quality, nutritious foods to program participants and increasing economic opportunities...
Read MoreWORKSHOP: Soil Health w/ Steve Groff - Springfield, TN JANUARY 23, 2019 9AM TO 1PM ROBERTSON COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS 4635 HIGHWAY 41N SPRINGFIELD, TN 37172 IDEAL FOR VEGETABLE, TOBACCO, INDIGO & WATERMELON PRODUCERS! Read more about Cover Crop Coaching by Steve Groff, a farmer who is widely known and highly respected as...
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