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Former Migrant Farmworkers Becoming Beginning Farmers

January 30, 2011 // 0 Comments

Here’s a really nice article about farmworkers becoming farmers. It also discusses beginning farmer training and farm bill programs to train and assist beginning [...]

USDA Tool Connecting Retiring and Beginning Farmers Online

January 13, 2011 // 2 Comments

From The Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA): USDA has created a new tool so that landowners and beginners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program Transition Incentives [...]

Video About Beginning Farmers

January 12, 2011 // 0 Comments

This is a well produced video about a young first-generation farm couple in Arizona that talks about the beginning farmer experience. For a young couple from Tucson, Arizona [...]

Missouri Beginning Farmer Training, Education, Mentorship

January 9, 2011 // 0 Comments

Educational opportunities are offered in four different ways. One is the Grow Your Farm program, a three to four month training program designed for prospective farmers and [...]

Article: Reflections on my farm’s first year

January 3, 2011 // 0 Comments

by Steph Larsen (Beginning Farmer), Grist EXCERPT: I never thought owning a small farm would be easy. I expected manual work, and there sure is a lot of that, but it’s [...]

Young Farmers, Beginning Farmers, and the Next Farm Bill

December 28, 2010 // 0 Comments

Young farmers need help from the USDA—and the next Farm Bill (click here to read full article) (by Lindsey Lusher Shute, Grist) EXCERPT: Unless an agricultural revival and [...]

2 Part Series: Sustainable Agriculture Education – Vision, Story

December 16, 2010 // 0 Comments

By John M. Gerber Part 1: Education for sustainable agriculture: A vision As the coordinator of the University of Massachusetts Sustainable Food and Farming undergraduate [...]

Be a Greenhorns Artist in Residency

November 29, 2010 // 1 Comment

Greenhorns are pleased to announce our new Artist-in-Residency program. Through this program we invite artists of many stripes to come stay at the farm, eat our farm food, [...]

New Entry Farmer to Farmer Conference, Massachusetts

November 19, 2010 // 0 Comments

The New Entry Farmer-to-Farmer Conference is geared towards small-scale farmers who are interested in learning from their peers. Farmer panels will cover the [...]