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I was thinking about our farm and where it is going the last few weeks and it occurred to me that we are the first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm in Plant City! We are certainly not he first farm, nor the first direct sales farm, nor the first organic farm in Plant City. But we are definitely the first CSA in Eastern Hillsborough County. I...
apprenticeship positions ? Shelton, CT (the irresistible fleet of bicycles)
Published 2010/03/15 17:18:05
Jones Family Farms is a seven generation, 400-acre sustainable agriculturefarm located in Shelton, Connecticut. Presently the farm maintains 15 acres in strawberries, 15 acres in blueberries, 25 acres in pumpkins, squash, and gourds, and 200 acres in Christmas trees, all harvested by pick-your-own guests. The farm also grows grapes and operates one of the...
Celebrating Women?s History Month with Margaret of One Woman Farm (ModLife)
Published 2010/03/15 16:00:16
With Women?s History Month in full swing, here?s the second installment of our ?Women Making History? series! I interviewed the president of One Woman Farm, Margaret Schlass, whose organic farm and Community Sponsored Agriculturefarm food cooperative has been growing like hot peppers. In December 2008, Margaret took a four-acre spot in Gibsonia, PA and began [...]
Sustainable agriculture at some local universities (The New Beginning)
Published 2010/03/13 05:00:00
In addition to the Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology , I uncovered the following websites yesterday: UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems UrbanFood.org Action Research & Education for Sustainable Food Systems UC Berkeley Environment and Sustainability...