Yearly Archives: 2024

95 posts

Agritourism Adventures

September 15, 2024
The essence of agritourism is providing an experience and telling your story. People will always enjoy good food, meeting new people, and learning new things. They also enjoy live music, having engaging entertainment for their children, and being surrounded by a peaceful setting for events. If you are considering incorporating agritourism into your operation, now is a perfect time to start planning.
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Growing Connections

September 15, 2024
Three farmers, originally from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar, share their experiences growing culturally significant specialty crops for personal use and for the benefit of their communities.
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The Dirt on Soil Testing

September 15, 2024
Soil testing can help you manage nutrients and amendments for optimum soil health, crop production, and pasture quality. Accurate and reliable test results depend on good sampling techniques. Get the most out of on-farm soil testing.
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Community Land for Community Benefit

September 15, 2024
Using idle city lots, such as church property, can be an affordable way to access land for food production - but working to get multiple community entities to a shared understanding is often difficult. Two local leaders navigate and share their case studies for farming in community partnership in Mississippi.
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Toxic Harvest

September 15, 2024
As evidence piles up that "forever chemicals" like PFAS are spread through current and historic sludge applications, what can we do to protect our crops and the people we feed?
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CLOSED: Awards Manager

August 18, 2024
The Awards Manager is responsible for ensuring clear and consistent processes for regranting across programs, including application, grant review, awarding, payment, compliance, and grantee reporting.
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Meet the 2024 Beginning Farmer Stipend Awardees

August 16, 2024
RAFI's Beginning Farmer grant program provides stipends of up to $5,000 for historically underserved farmers and ranchers who have been farming for less than three years. In 2024, the fund has awarded $75,000 to 16 grantees across nine states.
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Celia Borjas

August 14, 2024
MML Ventures, Cocoa, FL Bringing a lifelong passion for sustainable agriculture to the U.S., Celia Borjas is embarking […]
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