New York Farmland Legislation
From American Farmland Trust Dear Friend, One of the biggest challenges young farmers face is access to affordable farmland. At the same time, farms being passed from one generation to the next are vulnerable to being lost to development as families grapple with the challenges of successfully transferring their land and businesses. Contact […]
MESA Fundraiser: The Future of Food
From the MESA program BUILD Pizzeria Roma (2286 Shattuck Ave) in downtown Berkeley will be hosting a fundraising event for the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) on TUESDAY, JULY 22 FROM 5:00 TO 10:00 PM. *** MESA (www.mesaprogram.org) is dedicated to supporting sustainable agriculture by connecting farming leaders around the world for participatory training […]
What is Our Food Narrative?
by Melody Meyer from The Huffington Post I am attending the Sustainable Ag and Food Systems Funders (SASFS) conference in Denver this week and a provocative subject was raised about the dominant story we harken to regarding our agricultural system. The message is everywhere: in subway stations, at the baseball game and of course on […]
Free Journal on Cooperatives and Alternative Food Systems Initiatives
From the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD). A new issue on Cooperatives and Alternative Food Systems Initiatives has just been completed and will be freely available — no subscription needed! — through the month of July. http://www.agdevjournal.com/volume-4-issue-3.html. We are doing this to make these papers more readily available to researchers and practitioners. It also offers […]
Registration Open for NOFA Summer Conference
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New Farm Beginnings Course Accepting Applications
From The Land Connection: The Land Connection is pleased to announce it has entered its tenth year of farmer training and is accepting applications for its Central Illinois Farm Beginnings course, which begins in October. This year-long farmer training program includes classroom, field day, and mentorship components that are designed to help new farmers plan […]
A Call to Action to Preserve California Farmland
Last week, the California Roundtable on Agriculture and the Environment (CRAE) released A Call to Action to Preserve California Agricultural Land, which describes a suite of policy recommendations to slow the loss of farmland in the state. Although California has the most productive farmland in the world, it is being converted to nonagricultural uses at a rate of 30,000 […]
Recovering $600 Billion by Collecting Rent on Public Lands
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Polycultures Video!
Online Course for New Sustainable Farmers
The UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture is offering a new class in farm planning, marketing and management from July 7 – August 15, online. The course is appropriate for experienced farmers but will be especially useful for those who hope to start a farming operation in the future. The complexity of whole farm planning is […]