Cooking Up a Story: Stories
*Five million family farms have been lost since the 1930’s. As the population of family farmers continues to age, there is also a critical shortage of young farmers to take their place. Michael Paine is a rare breed; he doesn’t come from a farming family, and he’s relatively young. His story [...]
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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 [...]
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