Spring 2006
FROM THE EDITORS
SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update
COMMUNITY/WORLD
Reconnecting Farms, Food and Communities
COWS AND CROPS
Dealing with High Fertilizer Prices
Composting Bedded Pack Barns Get Attention
Klearview Farm Dairy: Downsizing and Specializing
Double Cropping – Potential for Intensive Animal Production
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Agriculture Feeds Us – Could It Also Fuel Us?
FOREST AND WOODLOT
GRAZING
HOME AND FAMILY
On Raising Rural Kids: Safety First, Never Last
Not all Returns on Investment are $$$$
MANAGING RISK
For CSA, Managing Risk is Just Good Business
Diverse Livestock, Multiple Markets
MARKETING
Cooperative Farm Stores: A Chilean Example
Lessons from North Carolina: Sunshine Lavender Farm
NEW FARMERS
Land of Opportunity: Immigrant Farmers Put Down Roots in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Trials and Tribulations of a New Grazer
NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Breaking Through the Bottleneck in Marketing Meats
ORGANIC FARMING
Three New Organic Dairy Initiatives Underway in the Northeast
PHOTO ESSAY
From Field To Table: Photo Essay by Jason Houston
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
STEWARDSHIP AND NATURE
Fringe Benefits by David Kline
YOUTH PAGES