Winter 2009

SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE

Cornell Small Farms Program Update

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Membership in a Chamber of Commerce Makes Business Cent$, by Amy Shaw

Are Northeast Farms in a Financing Fix? by Dorothy Suput

COWS AND CROPS

Bugs in Your Beans, by Brian Aldrich

Got Energy Savings? by Mary Wrege

Dear Vicki Vetch, by the Drinkwater Lab

Industrial Crops, by Tom Kilcer

COMMUNITY/WORLD

Youth and Adults Partner to Support Community Food Pantry, by Celeste Carmichael

Terra Madre, by Challey Corner

The Center for an Agricultural Economy, by Martha Herbert Izzi

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

What will President Obama do about food and agriculture? by Andrew M. Novakovic

Farming for Naps, by Bill Henning

GRAZING

Guide to Pasture Forage Species, by Mary-Howell and Klaas Martens

The Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, by Karen Hoffman

HOME AND FAMILY

The Return of the Meat Pie, by Shannon Hayes

Raising Rural Kids to be More Alert, Active & Happy, by Celeste Carmichael

HORTICULTURE

Savor the Flavor of Fresh Fall Strawberries, by Cathy Heidenreich

LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING

Community Supported Livestock Farming, by Erica Frenay

Hoop Houses Help Meet Demand for Locally Grown Food, by David S. Conner

To Market, to Market, by Rebecca Schuelke Staehr

NEW FARMERS

Hurdles for Beginning Farmers, by Laura Biasillo

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK

Does Raising Sheep Pay? by Ulf Kintzel

Reduce Your Feed Costs, by Betsy Hodge

High Welfare Farming, by Bill Henning

Growing the Northeast Meat Goat Industry, by Abha Gupta

NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT

Beauty Under Cover, by Violet Stone

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS

Day Neutral Strawberries

Membership Organizations for New/Beginning Farmers

Contact NRCS about Conservation Planning on Your Farm

Meat Goat Farming

SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHTS

Ovinshire Farm, by Jessica Hanson

STEWARDSHIP & NATURE

Agricultural Environmental Management: Over the River and Through the Woods, by Barbara Silvestri