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Beginning Farmers
http://beginningfarmers.org
An educational resource blog dedicated to providing information and opportunities for new/ beginning farmers and gardeners through posts and links to funding resources; training programs; production resources; marketing; farm business planning resources; organic and sustainable production; and much, much more...
- Added on: Nov 16th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Taylor Reid
- Listed in: Gardening Career & Jobs
- Tags: organic farming starting a farm new farmers farming resources farm funding
Recent Posts
Out of Hand: Farmers Face the Consequences of a Consolidated Seed Industry
This is Part III in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part I HERE; See Part II HERE. Out of Hand: Farmers Face the Consequences of a Conso...
Job: Program Manager for New Farmer Training Initiative at Angelic Organics Learning Center in Illinois
Angelic Organics Learning Center in northern Illinois and is hiring a Program Manager for their Farmer Training InitiativeApplication deadline: January 8, 2010 The Program Manager assists the program director with the development and implementation o...
Article: Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: 1996-2008, By Phil Howard
Part II in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part I HERE. This newly published article was written by our colleague Phil Howard. For graphics...
AP Report: Secret documents detail Monsanto’s seed business domination amid antitrust fears
Part I in BeginingFarmers.org’s series about corporate domination, consolidation, and possible antitrust violations in the agriculture sector. See Part II HERE; See Part III HERE Associated Press IMPACT: Monsanto seed business role revealed :...
Job: Programs Assistant for Anna Lappé, New York City
Programs Assistant for Anna Lappé Start date: Early January 2010 Posted: December 9, 2009 Overview Seeking a part-time programs assistant (15 to 20 hours/week) to help author, Anna Lappé, with her 2010 nationwide speaking tour and campaign abou...
Trends in the Growth of Small Farms – And Hope for the Future
Most farms in the United States are now small, with almost 40% of U.S. farms now less than 50 Acres, and 60 percent of all farms reporting less than $10,000 in total sales of agricultural products. New farms, in particular tend to be small. While U...
