Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York The 2013 Northeast Organic Farming and Gardening conference took place at the Saratoga Hilton and the theme was Resilience. This was my first time at a NOFA Conference and was to be my “coming out into farming” party, so to speak. The scheduled workshops had high interest but […]
Category Archives: Farming
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Jan
Jan
I recently joined a growing community on Google+ for “Future Farmers” and I thought it might be helpful to share a list of beginning farmer resources. Now I wouldn’t say that I’m a beginning farmer, but I definitely fit into the category “Future Farmer.” During my research phase I have come across these sites that […]
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Jan
Jan
In search of land to nurture People are going to at some point probably get sick of hearing us mention that we’re looking for land. We’re spreading the word to almost everyone we meet and even posted an ad on Craigslist. A few land listings that I saw online before I returned from Norway that had some real potential have […]
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Jan
Jan
I have embarked on a transition from corporate life at a desk and cubicle for a bread oven and a barnyard. We look to buy land, build a tiny eco-home and “bootstrap” a small farmstead. Abraham Lincoln once said “the finest art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small […]