“the legacy begins in the soil”
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Obiora Embry
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Getting Back to Nature
By Obiora Embry In March 2013 my life was changed for the better...I stepped onto the two acres of fallow grazing land to see in person...
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Jason Detzel
- Mar 28
- 3 min
You Don't Need More Hay You Need Better Management
By jason detzel Throughout most of the winter and early spring, I entertain a variety of phone calls requesting the use of some of my...
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Stephen Shafer
- Mar 28
- 4 min
This splendid book combines botany...
The Forgiveness of Nature: the Story of Grass, by author Graham Harvey. Reviewed by Stephen Shafer, TNF Summer 2022 This splendid book...
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Rema Boscov
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Future is the keyword for this book...
Farming For Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture, authors: Peter H. Lehner and Nathan A. Rosenberg...
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ED MALTBY
- Mar 28
- 11 min
Danone Puts Local Last: The Fight to save Organic Dairy Farms in the Northeast
By ED MALTBY In August 2021, Danone North America, which owns the organic dairy brand Horizon Organic, notified 89 organic dairy farm...
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Maddie Kempner
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Opinion: Pay Farmers to Promote Biodiversity, Our Food and Our Future Depend on it
By Maddie Kempner, NOFA-VT Policy Director Vermont is on the cusp of becoming one of the first states in the nation to compensate farmers...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Mar 28
- 6 min
NOFA’s Efforts with Justice, Equity, and Anti-racism
TNF is committed to bringing attention to and generating an increased awareness of issues of race and inequality and how these have...
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PETRA PAGE-MANN
- Mar 28
- 7 min
Don’t Judge a Carrot by its Cover
The story of a carrot & how our imaginations seed the world By Petra Page-Mann Don’t judge a book by its cover… …as the proverb reminds...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
- Mar 28
- 8 min
Interview with Anita Ashok Adalja, Not Our Farm & Ashokra Farm
by Elizabeth Gabriel TNF: Tell us a little about yourself and how you got into the work you do now Anita: I’ve been farming for 12 years,...
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JOSEPH R. HECKMAN
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Golden Fertilizer for Greener Grass
By JOSEPH R. HECKMAN, Ph.D. Fertilizers are expensive and the current supply is limited. Farmers interested in sustainability are...
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Steve Gilman
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Remembering Samuel Kaymen
by Steve Gilman As a coda to the obituary for Samuel Kaymen, I feel so grateful that our Founder was with us for last year’s 50th...
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Kevin Cody
- Mar 28
- 8 min
Beginning Farmers and Land Access: A Case Study of the New Entry Incubator Program
By Kevin Cody and Olivia Richards “I probably would have started my own farm business without New Entry, but certainly not when I did....
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Chris Brown
- Mar 28
- 5 min
El Futuro of Farming
By Chris Brown, Development Director at ALBA, chris@albafarmers.org Since 1950, more than a quarter-billion acres of farmland were lost...
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ELIZABETH HENDERSON
- Mar 26
- 8 min
A Real Organic Dairy Farm
Interview with Chuck Blood by Elizabeth Henderson Q. Tell us a little about your farming Chuck: My partner Mary and I moved to Rocky Tops...
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Chris Hartman
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Building a Food Hub for Economies of Collaboration
By CHRIS HARTMAN Economies of collaboration can compete with economies of scale. That theme, first introduced to me at a National Good...
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CHRISTINE MANUCK
- Mar 1
- 7 min
Evaluating Reduced and No-Till:
Findings from a Three-Year Study of Northeast Farmers Utilizing Alternative Tillage Systems BY CHRISTINE MANUCK In 2019, the NOFA...
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j.p Muhly
- Mar 1
- 9 min
Finding Common Grounds
By j.p. MUHLY "According to traditional thought, if we fail to organize all aspects of our lives, including our work to make positive or...
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EMILY REISS
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Farmer Ground Flour - Growing a Local Grain Ecosystem
BY EMILY REISS Farmer Ground Flour (FGF) is an organic, regional, flour mill in Trumansburg, New York. Its power is more than just...
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PETRA PAGE-MANN
- Mar 1
- 10 min
Inheriting Genetic Resilience in Tomatoes & Ourselves
BY PETRA PAGE-MANN (inspired by ongoing conversations with Maddie Halpert, Matthew Goldfarb among many other curious humxns) In my...
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