Posts Tagged ‘young farmers’

A New Family Farmer (video)

Michael Paine is a rare breed for becoming a new farmer: no prior farming experience, and he’s young.

The Unconventional Harvest: Grassland Organic Farm

Skowhegan, Maine. When I arrived at Grassland Organic Farm, I found an old and white weathered farmhouse. From a distance I witnessed a hand painted sign propped up against the front porch and in the shape of a milk jug. The sign was written in bold black lettering and read: “MILK: Organic. Fresh. Raw”. When [...]

New Financing Opportunity for Small Farmers in Midwest

March 17, 2011 It’s known that banks typically will not loan money to someone who wants to buy farmland in order to farm it. An example of this is a local farmer (see video below) who was repeatedly turned away from mainstream banks just because he wanted to buy a farm and farm it. He [...]

Interest in Small Farms Grows

March 10, 2011 As the season begins to change to Spring, I’ve noticed a lot more attention being paid to the small farmer. Last week the New York Times ran a piece on the growing interest of small farming with 20-30 year olds. “Garry Stephenson, coordinator of the Small Farms Program at Oregon State University, [...]

Farm Together Now on Tour

February 17, 2011 There are many people behind the scenes who quietly go about growing/producing wholesome food and doing what they believe in everyday. Daniel Tucker, Amy Franceschini, and Anne Hamersky wanted to meet and talk to some of these people so spent the summer of 2009 traveling around the country to visit 20 different [...]

Opportunities for Veterans to Become Farmers

February 07, 2011 Many of our returning veterans have not had it easy in transitioning from the battlefield to new careers and home life back in the States. It’s good to read about several programs whose focus is to give veterans a chance to consider farming as a career and way of life. After leaving [...]

Next Generation of Family Farmers (video)

Who will be the next generation of family farmers? How will they access the needed land to farm? Listen in on this discussion between farmers and eaters.

Diary of a Young Farmer: April’s Cash Crop

Written by Zoe Bradbury, from Our Friends at Edible Portland Magazine Zoë Bradbury left her urban job in Portland to start farming on the south coast of Oregon. She’s blogging here about her experiences. Below is her fifth entry in Diary of a Young Farmer. As Zoe experiences the springtime cash flow crisis, the USDA [...]