We will be producing dozens of new video clips through 2012 providing a detailed look at how farms produce their products. If you want to make sure you hear about new videos as they become available, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to see only those videos from a specific farm or on a particular enterprise, use the links in the menu on the left.
Meet the Farm - Sweet Land
Meet Evangeline Sarat and Paul Martin, the husband-and-wife team that powers Sweet Land Farm (http://www.sweetlandfarm.org) in Trumansburg, NY. Paul and Evangeline grow vegetables and produce eggs for several hundred families year-round via Summer and Winter CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares. In this clip, they describe how Sweet Land Farm came into existence, and its evolution over the past few years.
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Meet the Farm - Sweet Land
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- 4:59
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- Meet Evangeline Sarat and Paul Martin, the husband-and-wife team that powers Sweet Land Farm (http://www.sweetlandfarm.org) in Trumansburg, NY. Paul and Evangeline grow vegetables and produce eggs for several hundred families year-round via Summer and Winter CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares. In this clip, they describe how Sweet Land Farm came into existence, and its evolution over the past few years.
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Sweet Land Farm Water Wheel Transplanter
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- 4:43
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- Once you've grown those beautiful flats of plants, getting them into the ground is the next hurdle. Watch as the farmers at Sweet Land demonstrate their water wheel transplanter and why this strategy works for them.
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Sweet Land Farm Direct Seeding
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- 5:14
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- Evangeline Sarat from Sweet Land Farm shows us how they direct seed some crops, and how their system has changed to meet their needs.
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Meet the Farm - Northland Sheep Dairy
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- 5:58
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- Meet MaryRose Livingston of Northland Sheep Dairy (http://www.northlandsheepdairy.com/) in Marathon, NY. Together with her husband Donn Hewes, she raises a flock of dairy sheep and produces cheeses, wool, and meat that she sells at the Ithaca Farmers Market. Donn and MaryRose also produce most of their own hay using a team of draft horses and mules.
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Northland Sheep Dairy Market & Profitability
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- 5:08
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- Can you really make a living on a small farm? MaryRose Livingston of Northland Sheep Dairy discusses how she and her husband Donn sell the cheese, meat and wool from their flock, the profitability of their farm, and how it has enabled a high quality of life for them.
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Northland Sheep Dairy Infrastructure
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- 7:26
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- MaryRose Livingston from Northland Sheep Dairy describes the simple, relatively low-cost portable fence and water systems they use for grazing their flock of 100% grass-fed sheep on their property as well as on leased land.
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Meet the Farm - Muddy Fingers
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- 5:18
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- Liz Martin and Matthew Glenn own and operate Muddy Fingers Farm (http://www.muddyfingersfarm.blogspot.com/) in Hector, NY as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) operation. In this clip, Liz and Matthew describe the farm and how they got started.
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Meet the Farmers - Kingbird Farm
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- 4:28
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- Meet Karma Glos, one of the owners of Kingbird Farm (http://www.kingbirdfarm.com) in Berkshire, NY. Karma, her husband Mike, and their daughter Rosie operate this certified organic farm, raising cattle, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, vegetables, and herbs, using draft horses as their only source of farm traction. In this clip Karma introduces us to the farm, setting the stage for the series of production technique clips that follows, where Karma shows us in detail how they raise everything on their farm.
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Kingbird Farm Marketing
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- 4:47
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- Karma Glos from Kingbird Farm discusses how she markets all their products, how this fits their farm goals and how it has shaped what they grow. If you'd like more information about Kingbird, look for the "Kingbird - Meet the Farmers" video on this site.
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Kingbird Farm - Pastured Pigs (2 of 4) - Piglet Castration
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- 3:39
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Karma Glos of Kingbird Farm demonstrates how she manages piglet castration shortly after farrowing. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (https://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878
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Kingbird Farm - Pastured Pigs (3 of 4) - Piglet Ear Notching
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- 3:28
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This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY raises pigs from farrowing to finishing. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (https://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
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Kingbird Farm - Finishing PIgs on Pasture (4 of 4).mov
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- 8:54
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This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY raises pigs from farrowing to finishing. This video is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (https://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
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Kingbird Farm - Layer Hen Breeding (1 of 2)
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- 9:17
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In the quest for flock improvement and self-reliance, Karma Glos from Kingbird Farm has started breeding her own laying hen replacements. Here she describes how she manages them from hen to egg, and incubator to chick. This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY, produces eggs from pastured laying hens. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (https://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
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Kingbird Farm - Layer Management & Egg Production (2 of 2).mov
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- 11:05
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This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY, produces eggs from pastured laying hens. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (https://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
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Kingbird Farm - Turkeys and Ducks.mov
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- 3:34
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This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY integrates ducks and heritage breed turkeys into their operation. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (https://nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
