How I accidentally became a hemp farmer By Andrew Mefferd I was not planning on growing hemp this year, but when an opportunity fell into my lap I decided to take the plunge. Now that growing hemp is legal in all 50 states, I figure I must not be the only GFM reader trying it […]
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By Jane Tanner Dallas Robinson is establishing a 10-acre organic farm in Whitakers, NC, on former tobacco land near her childhood home. She requested $7,000 and free or barter training in electrical wiring, solar power, plumbing, and carpentry on the Black-Indigenous Farmers Reparations Map. The online map, created by Soul Fire Farm, shows pinpointed requests
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By Carolina Lees Part 1 of this series discussed why and how to add cut flowers to your farm. This part discusses production in more detail, especially harvest and post-harvest handling. Part 3 will focus on marketing. Growing cut flowers is similar in many ways to growing vegetables, particularly if you are working with annuals.
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Compiled by Jane Tanner Farmers, activists, academics and chefs in the racial justice in agriculture movement educate others through books and films. Here is a sampling: Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land, by Leah Penniman (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018). Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm is committed to
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By Ellen Polishuk I made a trek out to Wisconsin in June. I’ve been lucky enough to visit this gorgeous state a few times, and I was glad to return. Wisconsin is the state with the second most organic acres in the country, behind California. It’s been an important crucible for the organic ag movement
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By Thorsten Arnold While lobbyists and some politicians have managed to paint the climate change debate as a partisan issue, farmers are increasingly feeling the impacts on their production environment and asking themselves: How can I re-think my operation in order to continue farming with increasingly unpredictable weather conditions? In this article, I am
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By Andrew Mefferd In the August 2019 issue of Growing for Market, we published an article entitled “Social and racial justice on farms.” As the editor, I did not think it was particularly radical. In my eyes, it was mainly a guide for farmers who have been underserved and discriminated against by our farming system (more on
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