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Mid-Atlantic Young Growers Alliance Supports the Next Generation
By Zoe Abram Young Growers Alliance A few weeks ago, Ben Wenk, a seventh generation farmer at Three Springs Fruit Farm in Adams County, PA, reached out to the National Young Farmers Coalition about opportunities to collaborate with the Young Growers Alliance, an organization he currently chairs. Talking with Ben about the YGA bled into…
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Matt and Jen Schwab, WA
Matt and Jen Schwab own and operate Inspiration Plantation in Ridgefield, WA. Inspiration Plantation is a 24 acre diversified family farm that specializes in pasture raised animals.
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Regional and Online Resources Directory Now Available
Looking for trainings and workshops in your area? The Young Farmers’ Coalition has put together a list of regional and online organizations and programs that offer workshops, trainings, and apprenticeships for you! This is an ongoing project, so please send any additions or alterations you have to wes(at)youngfarmers.org. The directory can be found here.
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Jacob and Courtney Cowgill, MT
Prairie Heritage Farm is an organic, diversified farm near Conrad, Montana, on the short grass prairie where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. The farm is owned and operated by us – Jacob and Courtney Cowgill.
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Live Blogging Farm Hack @MIT
9:09 AM Microsoft NERD Center is a beautiful venue, we’re looking over the river, eating bagels and coffee provided by the hosts. Back in a few… 9:46 Lars Hasselblad Torres is getting the pitches started, Farmers and Engineers will tell the group about the agricultural innovation they want to workshop today. 9:50 First, the farmers:…
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Inside the University of Vermont Farmer Apprentice Program
Vermont isn’t exactly shabby when it comes to nurturing agricultural opportunities and support for its farmers. And now, aspiring farmers have another avenue through which to learn the trade: The University of Vermont’s Farmer Apprentice Program. The buzz-garnering inaugural five-month program (what initially was seven months has recently been shortened) runs May 31 to November…
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Education Opportunities Abound: Go West Young Farmer!
It seems like everywhere you turn, new programs are cropping up around the nation to support and educate young farmers eager to get their hands in the dirt. The Northwest is no exception, and within the past year has ushered in several unique and innovative programs that help prepare young farmers for the realities of…
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Bootstrap! Farmers blog their first season
Introducing…Bootstrap! A new blog series written by beginning farmers in their first season of farming. Our first featured farmers are from County Rail Farm, just outside of Missoula, Montana. Margaret De Bona and Tracy Potter-Fins will fill us in on the ups and downs of their first season as CSA farmers. Margaret De Bona and…
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Pawel Buda and Kelly Firkins, MN
Delablu Farm is located in South Central Minnesota, between Delavan and Blue Earth. We grow a wide variety of flavorful and colorful vegetables and some raspberries, black raspberries, strawberries, melons, watermelons and we have a few apple trees. We sell at the Mankato Farmers’ Market, the Rainbow Foods Co-op in Blue Earth, the Amboy Cottage…