Bootstrap @ Blue Sage Farm: Welcome!
Me (Laura) discing with Pam, Ben, Lorna (and Flint) Hi, I’m Laura Sluder and I run Blue Sage Farm. Blue Sage Farm is a small sheep and goat dairy located in southern Idaho. The farm philosophy is to let the animals do as much as the work as possible. While I have been farming since 2001, I didn’t start dairying until 2009. It has been a huge learning curve even though I had a background in farming and ranching. As with most farms today, one... Read More
GIPSA Begins Investigation of Sheep Price Manipulation
Sheep farmers: have you seen problems with lamb prices recently? The USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has opened an investigation of the U.S. sheep market in response to a recent dramatic price decreases. The investigation aims to reveal whether there is market manipulation by processors that is affecting prices. At the heart of the issue is the fact that the processing sector for lamb is highly concentrated... Read More
Introducing Firefly Meadows of Fairfield, NE
Mike and Rita Brhel’s just over five acres might be small in size but it’s big in dreams. Firefly Meadows features a farm-fresh chicken and duck egg business, a pasture-based sheep operation, and a vegetable garden with spring, summer, and fall plantings. There are plans to add meat goats, pigeons, and an orchard. Both Mike and Rita grew up on farms – Mike on a diversified livestock and crop operation southwest of Lincoln, NE, and Rita on a... Read More
Introducing NYFC’s Newest Advisory Committee Members – Adam Stofsky
Adam is a human rights lawyer, social entrepreneur, and part-time farmer. Adam currently works as the founder and executive director of the New Media Advocacy Project and a co-founder of Ticketyboo Farm, with his wife Anna. Adam is a graduate of Amherst College (1998) and Harvard Law School (2004). After finishing law school, he served as a law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then received a Skadden Fellowship... Read More
