New Website Connects Local Meat Producers with Customers
Home Grown Cow connects farmers with customers who care where their meat comes from. Based in Wisconsin, with offices in Colorado and San Francisco, Home Grown Cow is doing [...]
Poultry
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Farmer’s Tyson Case
Supreme Court Rejects Farmer Who Tangled With Tyson (by Mark Sherman – The Huffington Post) EXCERPT: The Supreme Court last Monday turned down an appeal from a former [...]
Study: New Relief Program for Dairy Would Cost Producers
Study: Proposed relief program would cost dairy farmers millions (VermontBiz.com) EXCERPT: A new study by Informa Economics concludes that the Dairy Market Stabilization [...]
The Urban Chicken Movement is Growing
U.S. City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens (by Ben Block – WorldWatch Institute) EXCERPT: In the backyard of a suburban home in Denver, Colorado, 22 chickens are [...]
Enforcement of the Packers & Stockyards Act
From the Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA): The proposal by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to establish rules to finally enforce the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act is a [...]
Backyard Chickens: Making Them Legal in Your City
How to get your city to allow backyard chickens (by Jill Richardson; Grist) EXCERPT: Step one, of course, is to figure out whether it is legal. While there are many [...]
Poultry Workshop Series in Massachusetts
The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project Poultry Workshop Series will consist of five workshops and will cover all aspects of raising pasture poultry. A focus will be on [...]
Texas Conference On Organic Production Systems
Conference on Organic Agriculture: The Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s (TOFGA) tenth annual conference is January 28-30 in Killeen. This 3-day conference [...]
USDA Wants Nutrition Labels on Raw Meat, Poultry
by Helena Bottemiller, Food Safety News EXCERPT: The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday morning that 40 of the most popular cuts of meat and [...]
Crazy Food and Farming News
Have $3,500 for a ritzy chicken coop? from Grist – Food by Holly Richmond. You there. Do you have high-maintenance chickens? How about $3,500? Then you’re in luck. [...]
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