Small Farm Quarterly - Spring 2011

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CONTENTS: SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE -Cornell Small Farms Program Update, Page 3; COMMUNITY AND WORLD -People, Not Tractors: Agricultural Volunteerism Around the Globe, by Rachel Firak, Page 4; The Youth Farmstand, by LuAnne Hughes, Page 18; COWS AND CROPS -Calf Rearing: An Advanced Course, by Phyllis Van Amburgh, Page 12; FARM TECHNOLOGY -Do-It-Yourself Farm Fixes, by Michelle Podolec, Page 3; FIELD, FOREST AND WOODLOT -Wise Gas Leasing Practices for Landowners, by Brett Chedzoy, Page 5; GRAZING -Using Goats for Vegetation Management in the Northeast, by Brett Chedzoy, Page 8; HOME & FAMILY -Summer Vacations to the Farm, by Ron Mac Lean, Page 7; HORTICULTURE -Experimenting with Caterpillars, by Molly Shaw, Page 13; LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING -Steps to a Solidarity Economy, by Elizabeth Henderson, Page 6; Kale For Sale, by Rebecca Morgan, Page 15; Pricing Your Farm Products Honestly, by Jim Ochterski, Page 17; NEW FARMERS -Get Started With Spin Farming, by Linda Borghi, Page 17; NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK -Livestock Guardian Dogs, by Ulf Kintzel, Page 15; The Tale of the Tunis, by Martha Herbert Izzi, Page 19; NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT -How to Make Kids Love Their Spinach, by Annie Bass, Page 9; STEWARDSHIP & NATURE -The Reason to Garden, by Bill Duesing, Page 19; URBAN AGRICULTURE -Creating Farms on Concrete, Rubble and Roofs, by Daisy Bow, Page 16; YOUTH PAGES -Master of the Crow, by Lucca Sacheli, Page 10; My Experience as a “Shepherdess”, by Lydia Sacheli, Page 10; Reaching Out to Touch the Hearts of Others with Miniature Horses, by Jessica Gulvin, Page 10; Skinks Don’t Stink!, by Lucian Sacheli, Page 11; 4-H & K-9’s, by Kylie Hill, Page 11