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Benefits of Intercropping in Organic Systems
Intercropping — growing two or more crops in proximity — enables farmers to reduce tillage, expand opportunities to incorporate cover crops in rotations, and can be an integral part of …...
Farm Revenue Protection Webinar
Learn how the new USDA Whole Farm Revenue Protection can help cover economic losses due to weather or low market prices. By tying coverage to revenue and diversification, the streamlined …...
Risky Business: Assessing Areas of Risk for Current and Potential Organic Operations
Risks are threats, but can also be opportunities in life and business. During this webinar we will cover topics to help organic operations make strides in managing various potential risks. …...
USDA Whole Farm Revenue Protection Webinar
Learn how the new USDA Whole Farm Revenue Protection can help cover economic losses due to weather or low market prices. By tying coverage to revenue and diversification, the streamlined …...
Using NRCS to conserve water and increase farm production
Certified organic farms are required to maintain and improve natural resources. Covering the costs to take on conservation efforts can be a barrier for some. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation...
Reduced Tillage in Organic Specialty Crop Systems
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and focuses on research aimed at methods to improve soil health by minimizing tillage in...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Energy and Climate Change
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Through the use of leguminous cover crops, compost, and other organic-approved materials for...
$15/hour: Disaster or Opportunity?
If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, the $1.60 of 1968 would be $10.96 today, so workers’ demands for raises are getting serious consideration. The fast-food workers Fight …...
The More You Spend, the More You Save
Principles are great. They guide our daily decisions, help us keep matters in perspective and encourage us to aspire to be better tomorrow than we are today. But adhering to …...
Farmer Training
Joe Rowland didn’t grow up on a farm, but he always wanted to be a farmer. Childhood memories of long, hot summers spent at his grandparents’ farm may have had …...