My name is Rebecca Hodges, and I am the Training and Resource Intern here at FarmStart. I have been saying for years that since so much drama happens during the farm season, someone ought to make a documentary or even write a musical about it! Well this weekend I got my wish! While attending [...]
Financing team offers training as part of healthy food initiative
By Patty Cantrell
Nic Welty employs himself full time year-round raising lettuce, spinach, and other leafy greens in three low-cost passive solar greenhouses, which together cover less than one acre of land.
His Nine Bean Rows farm near Traverse City, MI, is one of [...]
To Make A Farm, a feature-length documentary film exploring the lives of five new farmers, will premiere in Ontario in early March, with screenings on March 3rd in Walkerton and March 4th and 5th in Guelph. Filmmaker Steve Suderman and the featured farmers—four of whom live and farm in the area—will be in [...]
Anthea Gerrie Published: The Independent, February 10, 2012
What is it about veg boxes that they are positively prospering in the recession while supermarket sales of organic greengroceries have plunged? Is it loyalty to an ethical supplier, a determination to maintain green credentials as the planet heats relentlessly, or merely the surprise of not [...]
Published: Extension, March 2010 By Mike Gamroth
Often, convenience and bloat management dictate when groups are moved. However, there are inherent group behaviors that should be considered in the design and management of the grazing system. Individual animals differ in health and reproductive cycle, and will behave first as individuals in grazing selectivity. Practicality [...]
Bagish K Jha, Published: TNN Jan 19, 2012
Organic farming in Madhya Pradesh can create nearly 60 lakh employment opportunities, Rs 23,000 crore of wealth accumulation and export worth of Rs 60 crore in next five years, says a study ‘Madhya Pradesh: Inching towards Organic Farming’ conducted by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India [...]
Published: December 21, 2011, Chronicle Online By Aaron Munzer
Organic growers could soon have another weapon in their arsenal, courtesy of the humble worm.
Cornell researchers have found that vermicompost — the product if composting using various species of worms — is not only an excellent fertilizer, but could also help prevent a pathogen [...]
Published: February 8, 2012, Soil Association An impact assessment of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in England – entitled ‘The Impact of Community Supported Agriculture’– has found that CSA schemes are providing multiple benefits to thousands of members, their communities, local economies and the environment. CSA offers an innovative approach to reconnecting people with [...]
By Heather Walker SmallFarm Canada
10 Tips for Healthy Hen Housing
A well-designed and constructed coop is key to maintaining a healthy, productive flock of layer hens. If your housing isn’t up to snuff, you risk bullying and cannibalism, disease and pests, injury or death due to predators and a host of other challenges [...]
By Laura Robin, Ottawa Citizen Published: January 19, 2012
The fair was started four years ago by the Russell and District Horticultural Society and has snowballed into a unique celebration of local food and young entrepreneurs.
“Honest – it was started by a bunch of gardeners,” says Lindley Mcphail, the 66-year-old president of the horticultural [...]
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