30 Days: Eastern Carolina Organics
November 17, 2013
“We’re farmer-owned and we act like it.” We admire ECO for being a necessary component to making a local food system work, and for further proving it does work.
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The Farmstand: RAFI’s Blog
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30 Days: Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Partners
November 16, 2013
Today, we’d like to thank a few of our partners with the same dynamism and vigor for sustainable agriculture. Together, we have accomplished so much.
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30 Days: Funding Partners
November 15, 2013
Today is National Philanthropy Day! Without the incredible support we receive from generous donations and philanthropic organizations, our work cannot be accomplished.
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30 Days: John and Russ Vollmer, Vollmer Farm
November 14, 2013
John and Russ Vollmer, third- and fourth-generation farmers respectively, are trying to protect what they carefully, responsibly and organically grow.
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30 Days: Karen McAdams, McAdams Farm
November 13, 2013
“It’s really rewarding to see farmers who are innovative and to come up with the idea of something a little bit new or a different take on something old,” she says. “To see young people get involved in operations, that’s definitely been rewarding.”
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30 Days: LaRhea Pepper, Textile Exchange
November 12, 2013
"What drives the fire in my belly for change is that organic is about life and death. It's personal."
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30 Days: Michael Lewis, Growing Warriors Project
November 11, 2013
“The service teaches you to serve and you want to serve in the best capacity you can. The most important thing is to serve food to our community,” Michael says.
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30 Days: Felix Vargas, Vargas Farms
November 10, 2013
Felix Vargas was raised on a farm in central Mexico. He came to the United States as a teenage migrant farmworker. Thirty-five years later he fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming an American farmer.
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30 Days: Kay Doby, Hot Shot Goat Farm
November 9, 2013
Kay Doby stood up to big poultry by delivering a 2007 testimony to Congress. She was immediately fired. Now, she raises free-range chickens and goats, and continues to use her voice to empower others to speak up.
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