Opinion: Water and Farming: A Crucial Connection
By Adjoa Kittoe Water and farming are inextricably linked, and access to a reliable supply of water is essential for food production and...
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Devin Cornia
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Farmer Wellness Matters
By Devin Cornia By now, many of us have likely seen or heard the phrase “No Farms, No Food." It’s simple, true, and in just four words,...
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Crystal Stewart Courtens
- Jul 11
- 9 min
Ten Years of Research on Garlic: Part One
By Crystal Stewart Courtens Here we are, our garlic crop is all tucked into the ground while we rest for the winter and eagerly await...
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Rema Boscov
- Jul 10
- 9 min
Simple Gifts Farm
By Rema Boscov Spring planting time. Four people wait to take their seats on the newly adapted water-wheel transplanter. In their...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Spring 2023 - Letter from the Editor
By Elizabeth Gabriel It’s been a balmy winter in upstate New York and worries about the sap season (not to mention the general longevity...
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ELIZABETH HENDERSON
- Apr 5
- 5 min
Editorial for Countering Corporate Capture Issue
by Elizabeth Henderson, guest editor In this issue of TNF, we focus on concentration in the food system. As the cover image chart shows,...
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PHIL HOWARD
- Apr 4
- 17 min
Concentration and Power in the Food System
BY PHIL HOWARD As you know, there's a tendency in many industries to move away from markets characterized by many small firms towards...
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MICHAEL SLIGH
- Apr 3
- 5 min
Farmers’ Rights: It Is not too Late to Set This Right
BY MICHAEL SLIGH Farmers’ Rights in the international area is used as shorthand for the hard-fought rights to save, share and sell seeds...
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George Nayler
- Apr 3
- 8 min
A Parity Farm Bill for a Future with Family Farms and Monarchs
by George Naylor Once again, so many groups are focused on the “Farm Bill”, the key piece of legislation that could possibly put some...
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EDITH COUCHMAN
- Apr 2
- 5 min
Defending the US Organic Movement Against Corporate Capture
BY EDITH COUCHMAN There is a general consensus among informed observers that industrialized, large-scale, corporate interests have...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Letter from the Editor: Farmer Stress & Wellbeing
Letter from the Editor As you may know, this issue on Farmer Stress & Wellbeing was supposed to be published in September 2022. I’m not...
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Christa Nunez
- Mar 31
- 7 min
The Beginning of Things: Acknowledging the Origins of Common Gardening Techniques
By Christa Núñez Ecological Gardening & Knowledge Sharing Have you ever been out working in your fields or kitchen garden and been...
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Ann Adams
- Mar 31
- 5 min
Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
By Ann Adams As we near the end of 2020, we find our world vastly changed from how the year began. If someone had told me that most...
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Becca Toms
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Growing Health at Daigle Farm in Brooklyn CT
By Becca Toms As you drive down the long driveway to reach Daigle Farm in Brooklyn, you may see deer pausing by the property's pond after...
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Jac Wypler
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Cultivemos: Cultivating Farmer Wellbeing in the Northeast
By Jac Wypler (they+she) Since living through Covid-19, it’s easy to recall times when friends and family sought to relieve stress by...
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Valerie Woodhouse
- Mar 31
- 6 min
Just Breathe: Coping Skills on the Farm
By Valerie Woodhouse Self-care as we usually imagine it doesn’t have a place on my farm. I’d love to say that my clinical social work...
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Hamadi Mganga
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Finding a Home in Farming
By Hamadi Mganga, he/him Alam is Providence Farm Collective’s newest incubator farmer. Providence Farm Collective, or PFC, is a nonprofit...
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Maggie Cheney
- Mar 31
- 10 min
Farmer & Collective Care at Rock Steady
By Maggie Cheney This is a good point in the season to talk about farmer care. In the Spring, there’s always such a palpable joy and...
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Jon Magee
- Mar 31
- 7 min
Solidarity & Organizing get us a Food System that Supports Workers’ and Farmers’ Wellbeing
By Jon Magee “We have to break with the professional doctrine that ascribes virtually all of the problems that clients experience to...
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Claudia Kenny
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Conflict Mediation
By Claudia Kenny Conflict Stress Conflicts are stressful and over time can have destructive effects on our relationships. During a...
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