Spring 2009
SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Annoucing the Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers, by Dorothy Suput
COWS AND CROPS
Mass Nutrient Balance Project for Small Dairies, by Sara Zglobicki
Dear Vicki Vetch, by the Drinkwater Lab
FOREST AND WOODLOT
Stop the Spread of Feral Swine, by Wendy Baltzersen and Marie Kautz
GRAZING
Key to Continued Sustainability is Profitability, by Mike Dennis
The Grazier’s Eye, by Jean Tyler
HOME AND FAMILY
Radical Homemakers Reveal True Wealth, by Shannon Hayes
HORTICULTURE
Cover Crops Case Studies: Maple Tree Gardens, by Molly Shaw
LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING
Assessing the Market Potential of Products, by Laura Biasillo
Does Your Marketing Program have a GPS? by Debra Perosio
NEW FARMERS
Anybody Can Feed a Pig, by Bob Comis
Labor for Learning, by Carla Shafer
Cultivating Vegetables and Myself, by Abha Gupta
NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Does Raising Sheep Pay? by Ulf Kintzel
NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT
Pastured Livestock Internship Program, by Violet Stone
ORGANIC FARMING
Ecological Control of Pasture Flies, by Fay Benson
RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Skills for Self-Reliance
SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHTS
Portrait of a Very Small Farm, by Nicole Ayers and Gary Olcott
My Life at a Sweet Grass Meats Farm, by Onagh MacKenzie
STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Agricultural Environmental Management: Big Opportunities for Small Farms, by Barbara Silvestri
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
We Should Have Listened to Grandma, by Susan Neal