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Sustainable Agriculture News – Funding Opportunities and USDA Update

July 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Technical Assistance Available for Community Development and Local Food Systems: The Local Foods, Local Places Initiative is once again accepting [...]

Cover Crops and Soil Health Report Released

June 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

National Working Group Releases Report on Cover Crops and Soil Health The National Working Group on Cover Crops and Soil Health—consisting of 19 leaders from various [...]

Sustainable Agriculture News – 3rd Week in June, 2015

June 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

USDA NEWS Conservation Options Communicated to CRP Contract Holders On June 17, USDA’s Farm Service Agency wrote to all Conservation Reserve Program participants with [...]

Sustainable Agriculture News from NSAC

June 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Programs in Action: SARE Supports Beginning Farmers on the Forefront of Organic Research This is the second in a series of blog posts highlighting SARE projects that support [...]

Celebrate Thanksgiving Year ‘Round with Turkeys on the Farm

May 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

In the past we’ve delved into a world of chickens and ducks on the farm. For beginning farmers, chickens are an easy bird to master with ducks following closely behind. [...]

Ag Clips on Urban Farmers and Bees

May 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

Multi-pronged plan to bolster bees WASHINGTON — The federal government hopes to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more [...]

Sustainable Agriculture Financial Manager Job Opening in Massachusetts

May 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) is a non-profit organization that strengthens farms and engages the community to build the local food economy. Our [...]

Sustainable Agriculture Briefs

May 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

FUNDING NEWS USDA Now Accepting Applications for Value Added Producer Grants Today, May 8th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of $30 million in [...]

Future Organic Farmer Grant Fund from CCOF

April 28, 2015 // 1 Comment

CCOF is pleased to announce they are continuing the Future Organic Farmer Grant Fund this year, and we have doubled the amount we are giving away- to $100,000. Please [...]

Learn to Farm While Earning A Degree

April 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Sustainable Farming and Food Systems program at Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, New York (near Ithaca) emphasizes the practical skills it takes to manage a [...]