A Toolkit for Responding to Pesticide Drift When pesticides are applied, they can move through the air to nearby homes and farms — and many pesticides can be harmful to health or neighboring crops. Sometimes drifting pesticides are visible as a cloud of spray droplets, as dust...
Read MoreNew Organic Production Resource Available Increasingly aware how food purchases affect their health and the environment, consumers are changing the way they eat. Sales of organic products in the United States totaled $47 billion in 2016, an increase of nearly $3.7 billion from 2015. But demand...
Read MoreGUIDE: Working With Your Meat Processor Your meat processor is your partner in taking an animal from pasture to plate.Farmers who want to sell meat directly to restaurants, grocery stores, or consumers need a reliable and skilled partner: the meat processor is an essential team member...
Read MoreIntroducing Regenerative Organic Certification Rodale Institute has pioneered regenerative organic agriculture since our founder, J.I. Rodale, wrote "Healthy Soil=Healthy Food=Healthy People" on a chalkboard back in 1942. His son, Robert Rodale, coined the term 'regenerative organic agriculture' to distinguish a kind of farming that goes beyond...
Read MoreFUNDING: Tennessee Agriculture Enterprise Fund Tennessee's new Agriculture Enterprise Fund (AEF) will award grants to starting or expanding agricultural and food businesses, farmers, nonprofits, local governments, and other entities in Tennessee, or those whose project will be located in Tennessee. Successful grant recipients must demonstrate a...
Read MoreSTUDY: Health Insurance Costs Threaten Farm Viability University of Vermont: According to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded study, lack of access to affordable health insurance is one of the most significant concerns facing American farmers, an overlooked risk factor that affects their ability to run...
Read MoreNEW ONLINE TOOL: MarketMaker FoodSearcher Tool The FoodSearcher Tool is brought to you in partnership with MarketMaker. MarketMaker is a national network of states that connect farmers and fishermen with food retailers, grocery stores, processors, caterers, chefs, and consumers. Whether you are a producer looking to reach...
Read MoreFrom OnPasture.com:This piece from May of 2016 was really popular. So here it is again with some new additions for places I missed last time around. Thanks NatGLC! A number of On Pasture readers have asked for help identifying what they’ve got growing in their pastures....
Read MoreLocal farm stands, CSAs, and farmers markets give access to some of the freshest and healthiest seasonal food, while providing an opportunity to directly support the people who produce it. Cornucopia always recommends certified organic local farms first, but if one is not available, you...
Read MoreA Guide to Farming-Friendly Solar From the University of Vermont's Center for Sustainable Agriculture: "Locally grown goods from farms and sustainable energy are good things that seem quintessentially Vermont. But sometimes the production of these hallmarks of sustainable living can find themselves in competition for land...
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