18DecVern Grubinger’s website, The Vermont Vegetable and Berry Page, published through University of Vermont Extension provides access to a wealth of information including books, video’s, factsheets, and links to useful websites and other publications. Some content is specific to Vermont, but much of it is not.
A great resource for finding loads of detailed information about:
- Berry Production
- Budgets
- Crop by Crop Production
- Energy on the Farm
- Farm Web Sites
- Food Safety and Processing
- Gardening
- Greenhouse and Flowers
- Marketing and Management
- Meetings and Events
- Newsletters
- Organic Farming
- Organizations and Agencies
- Pest Management
- Publications and Fact Sheets
- Rules and Regulations
- Seeds and Plants
- Soil Health and Compost
- Supplies and Equipment
- University Labs and Services
- Vegetable Production
- Videos
- Weather
http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/index.html
NEIL HAMILTON is director of the Agricultural Law Center and Dwight Opperman Professor of Law at Drake University. Contact: neil.hamilton@drake.edu. • December 1, 2008
Barack Obama’s election has triggered a new sense of optimism and opportunity across the land. His ability to harness this energy to address our challenges will define his success as president.
From the perspective of Iowa’s cornfields, where his race began, one of the serious challenges America faces is finding the next generation of farmers – the thousands of new families needed to produce our food, steward the land and rebuild the fabric of rural America.
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Serve Your Country Food is a website/portal/database/survey and mapping project specifically focusing on young American farmers.It is very hard to describe, so you really need to see it out for yourself. If you are a young farmer, take the survey and add yourself to the map.
Serve your Country Food is a project of The Greenhorns, a documentary film that explores the lives of America’s young farming community—its spirit, practices, and needs.
The Greenhorns also host a great blog site called The Irresistible Fleet of Bicycles.
All of them are worth checking out!
We have just added a page which seeks to link farmers with individuals looking for internships or farm employment (see tab in the ‘Navigation’ box on the left).
Farmers: Send us descriptions of the internship programs or positions you want to fill. At a mimimum, please include a description of your farm, what responsibilities the position will entail, compensation/wages offered, whether you offer housing, ideal start/end dates, and your contact information. Also, indicate whether you want your contact info. posted on the site, or whether you would like us to inform you about applications/requests for information.
Workers/Interns: Send us information describing your skills and experience, the kind of work and type of farm you are looking for, when you will be available, any geographical preferences or limitations you might have, your contact information, and any other pertinent information (resume, etc.). Please let us know if you want your contact info. posted on the site, or whether you would prefer that we contact you when someone is interested in getting in touch.
SEND ALL INFORMATION TO: beginningfarmers@gmail.com
