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Stall set-up and point-of-sale devices to expedite market check-out

Point-of-Sale (POS) software is readily available for use on smart phones and tablets. The technology allows farms to easily check-out customers while gathering important data for production and marketing decisions. POS applications, such as Square, allow the farm to quickly and easily capture data about each customer transaction including item name, weight and/or quantity, price

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Treehouse Farm Collective: One model for how multiple farms can share the same resources

Our farm is a mystery — one farm, but also three farms — like a holy farming trinity. I jest, but what I mean is this: on the land we lease, three different farming operations have shared the land and infrastructure to suit their needs. Together we are able to afford the significant rent while

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Carbon credits reach down to small acreages

Kristen Efurd Osgood and her partner Joe Balooshi established Beyond Description Farm last year on 30 acres in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains region.  With extensive backgrounds in sustainability, farming and permaculture, they are trialing crops to see what will thrive in their temperate climate, now hit with hotter summers, extreme temperature swings, and excessive rains. When

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