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Value-Added Vacation: A Visit to a Cheese Factory
In a previous blog I wrote about my experiences managing a farmers market and working for a cooperative grocery store. These experiences primarily took place in Wisconsin, a.k.a., the land of cheese. But for the nearly 15 years that I lived in the Midwest, I never toured a…
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Advantages of Farm-to-School Marketing
Uncertainty in agricultural markets has increased in recent years. As a farmer, your saving grace might be in your own neighborhood: Your local school systems. Schools are institutional markets that offer many advantages that other markets for small- to medium-sized farm…
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Beyond Barbed Wire: Virtual Fencing Now
Over the past few years, we have been hearing a question increasingly often from the farmers and ranchers we work with: “What do you think about virtual fencing?” For both of us, our first reaction was usually some version of, “It’s interesting, but …” There was always a “but.”…
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Water Resilience in the Gulf States: Helping Small Farms Weather Drought and Flooding
For farmers and ranchers across the Gulf States region, water is both an essential resource and one of agriculture’s greatest sources of risk. Producers may face periods when there is too little water followed by intense rainfall, leading to saturated soils, flooding, and…
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Every Mickle Mek a Muckle: Building a More Resilient Food System in the Virgin Islands
I had the opportunity to speak in July at the first Virgin Islands Agricultural Conference, which was held in conjunction with the Caribbean Crop Conference. The day’s conversations covered sustainable agriculture, organic farming, integrated pest management, funding…
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Assessing Land Before You Buy: Finding Your Perfect Lot
Have you ever been riding down a long winding country road looking out the window and you notice a “Land for Sale” sign? Did you pull over and take a picture of the sign and squint as hard as you could through the trees to see the rear of the lot? No? Just me? Okay, […] The post…
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Putting Mental Health First in Agriculture
Supporting Farmers and Ranchers Through Stress, Uncertainty, and Resilience Farming has never been an easy profession. Every season brings uncertainty, and many of the factors that determine success are beyond a farmer’s control. Extreme weather events, rising input costs, labor…