Small Farm Quarterly - Spring 2009

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CONTENTS: SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE: Cornell Small Farms Program Update, Page 3; BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Announcing the Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New Enland Farmers, by Dorothy Suput, Page 6; COWS AND CROPS: Mass Nutrient Balance Project for Small Dairies, by Sara Zglobicki, Page 8; Dear Vicki Vetch, by the Drinkwater Lab, Page 17; FOREST AND WOODLOT: Stop the Spread of Feral Swine, by Wendy Baltzersen and Marie Kautz, Page 4; GRAZING: Key to Continued Sustainability is Profitability, by Mike Dennis, Page 7; The Grazier’s Eye, by Jean Tyler, Page 9; HOME AND FAMILY: Radical Homemakers Reveal True Wealth, by Shannon Hayes, Page 18; HORTICULTURE: Cover Crops Case Studies: Maple Tree Gardens, by Molly Shaw, Page 20; LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING: Assessing the Market Potential of Products, by Laura Biasillo, Page 17; Does Your Marketing Program have a GPS? by Debra Perosio, Page 18; NEW FARMERS: Anybody Can Feed a Pig, by Bob Comis, Page 5; Labor for Learning, by Carla Shafer, Page 14; Cultivating Vegetables and Myself, by Abha Gupta, Page 15; NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK: Does Raising Sheep Pay? by Ulf Kintzel, Page 16; NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT: Pastured Livestock Internship Program, by Violet Stone, Page 10; ORGANIC FARMING: Ecological Control of Pasture Flies, by Fay Benson, Page 13; RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS: Skills for Self-Reliance, Page 15; SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHTS: Portrait of a Very Small Farm, by Nicole Ayers and Gary Olcott, Page 3; My Life at Sweet Grass Meats Farm, by Onagh MacKenzie, Page 12; STEWARDSHIP & NATURE: Agricultural Environmental Management: Big Opportunities for Small Farms, by Barbara Silvestri, Page 19; WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE: We Should Have Listened to Grandma, by Susan Neal, Page 15