FOOD ACCESS ...
AG POLICY ...
Maine rep says USDA must help small farms weather pandemic
Calls for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to be made more inclusive of small farms
FOOD SAFETY ...
Study finds food safety practices benefit small farmers
Farms with a farm food safety plan find new markets open up to them
TECH USE ...
GPS isn’t just for road trips anymore
Precision agriculture technologies can improve efficiency on smaller farms
GET GROWING ...
No-Till Gardening in Small Acreage
Online webinar to be held Friday, June 26, 2020 – 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
AG ABROAD ...
Small farmers sink or swim in globalization's tsunami
Farmers' ability to seize control important to better their position in a global market
UPCOMING WEBINAR ...
Adding Poultry to your Small Farm Webinar
Webinar is one of a 6-part series, Diversifying Production on Small Farms
UPCOMING CONFERENCE ...
Farm Credit supports farms large and small
Lender again sponsors CA Small Farm Conference, coming up on Feb. 27-29 in Paso Robles
DAIRY STATS ...
Number of VT dairy farms drops to an average of 677
The average number of cows per Vermont farm rose from 175 to 185 in 2019
SMALL FARMS ...