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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/12/164955205/kind-of-like-efarmony-matching-farmers-with-urban-landowners-for-fun-and-profit “… [Marilyn] is with the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). She’s trying to match owners of underutilized land outside Philadelphia and people who want to farm. In this case, the match would take the form of a lease… …While leasing is common among big factory farms of corn or soybeans, Anthony says many…
The popular “Ask an Ag Expert” feature on ATTRA’s website now includes a texting option. Just text a question to askanag@ncat.org, and you’ll get a reply via your phone from the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s (NCAT) staff of sustainable-agriculture experts. “Farmers and ranchers are about the busiest people on the planet,” said Carl Little,…
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NOFFN is proud to share lesson plans and handouts developed by the Grow Dat Youth Farm during their initial year. The curriculum is a combination of lessons created by Grow Dat staff and borrowed from The Food Project, a project located in Boston which has served as a model for Grow Dat. The materials below…
A few years ago, it was nearly impossible to find food jobs online that were not related to cooking. As the food industry grew to accommodate artisans, farmers, scholars and food enthusiasts, friends Taylor Cocalis and Dorothy Neagle wanted to make it easier for foodies to find jobs in the field they were passionate about….
http://communityfunded.com/start-it/ Friends, If you haven’t heard of Community Funded, here’s some background. Mission: To create tools that enable individuals and organizations to connect with the necessary resources to achieve their objectives. Community Funded connects people, ideas and resources in historic new ways, empowers our communities, and promotes “grass-roots economic recovery.” Like KickStarter, Community Funded gives…
Arts Market of New Orleans Palmer Park, S. Carrollton and S. Claiborne Ave. New Orleans. Last Saturday of each month 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Biloxi Farmers Market Howard Avenue at I-110 in Biloxi, MS. Tuesday and Thursday 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 228.435-6185 Camellia City Farmers Market Robert Street and Front Street, Slidell. Saturday,…
Had a great conversation with John Burns, CEO of Jack & Jake’s, a couple weeks back. Looking forward to the working with Louisiana’s first urban food hub. Check out the Regional Food Hub Resource Guide, a new resource developed by USDA and the Wallace Center at Winrock International, released in April at the Food Hub…
http://ioby.org/ Do you need money, volunteers or other resources for your community garden, urban farm or food project? ioby.org is a new environmental nonprofit designed specifically to provide a platform for environmental leaders to do online fundraising and idea sharing. ioby stands for “in our backyards” and the belief that environmental knowledge and stewardship begin…
Link: http://www.annies.com/our-practices/farming/agricultural-scholarships/apply/ Annie’s Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship Program is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students studying at an accredited 2 or 4 year college or graduate school in the U.S. for the 2013-2014 school year. Students must be focusing studies on sustainable agriculture. The program offers $100,000 in funds to students studying sustainable agriculture. Applications…
Last citrus season, the New Orleans Fruit Tree Project harvested over 3,000 pounds of fruit from the backyards and side lots of thirteen resident’s homes in six different neighborhoods across the city. NOFTP not only kept A LOT of fruit from going to viagra online uk waste, it helped get fresh, local produce to those…
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Another tipsheet is available — Raised Garden Bed Design — as part of our growing NOLA Growers Guide!
To create greater community awareness of factors that influence personal and community health outcomes in New Orleans, the Healthy NOLA Neighborhoods website is a relatively new resources to help increase public engagement in community health improvement activities. The new site, http://www.HealthyNola.org was developed with guidance from local neighborhood and community organizations, community planning experts and…
FarmHack is a resource for farmers who embrace the long-standing farm tr Mack Tactics: The Legendary Seduction System For Men aditions of tinkering, inventing, fabricating, tweaking, and fixing things that they broke. Open to farmers of all ages, it has special relevance for young and beginning farmers, who may want to learn from…
