Small Farm Quarterly - Spring 2015
| dc.contributor.author | Cornell Small Farms Program | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-27T19:52:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-27T19:52:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-04-06 | |
| dc.description | Small Farm Quarterly is for farmers and farm families — including spouses and children - who value the quality of life that smaller farms provide. OUR GOALS ARE TO: Celebrate the Northeast region’s smaller farms; Inspire and inform farm families and their supporters; Help farmers share expertise and opinions with each other; Increase awareness of the benefits that small farms contribute to society and the environment; Share important research, extension, and other resources. The most recent issues can be found on the SFP website here: http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/quarterly/ | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | CONTENTS: SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE -Cornell Small Farms Program Update, Page 3; COMMUNITY AND WORLD -Feeding a Vision, by John Piotti, Page 13; -Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Soil, by Amy Overstreet, Page 15; DAIRY AND FIELD CROPS -Hot Topic: Improving Water Quality on Dairy Farms in Vermont, by Rachel Carter, Page 19; FARM TECH -Keeping Your Tractor Running! Part 3, by Rich Taber, Page 17; FOOD SECURITY -Growing Sub-tropic Vegetables in New York City, by Sarah Nechamen, Page 12; FOREST AND WOODLOT -Lions Mane: A new candidate for profitable forest mushroom cultivation, by Ken Mudge, Page 6; -Weighing the Pros and Cons of Producing Birch Syrup, by Michael Farrell, Page 16; GRAZING -Vital Signs: Split-Second Animal Performance Monitoring for Cows, by Meg Grzeskiewicz, Page 5; LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY -Small Ruminant Grazing: The Trouble With Worms, by Sam Anderson, Page 3; -Copper Poisoning and Copper Deficiency in Sheep, by Ulf Kintzel, Page 7; LOCAL FOODS AND MARKETING -Perfecting the Package: The Importance of Labeling Farm Products, by Miriah Reynolds, Page 8; -Certification Programs: Labeling Farm Products for Consumer Understanding, by Elizabeth Burrichter, Page 14; NEW AND BEGINNING FARMERS -USDA’s Youth Loan Program Attracts Young Women to Farming, by Devon Kenny, Page 9; RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT -Organic Mushroom Farming & Mycoremediation, Page 19; SEED STORIES -Habanada: The Unmasked Habanero, by Petra Page-Mann, Page 10; SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHT -Kinderhook Farm: Sheep of Leisure Flock Together, by Angelique Pinet, Page 11; STEWARDSHIP AND NATURE -Farming With Nature: The Next Agrarian Frontier, by John M. Thurgood, Page 18; YOUTH PAGE -Edible Schoolyard NYC, “Thank You Gardeners, Thank You Cooks!”, by Annette Slonim, Page 2 | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Cornell Small Farms Program, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, USDA NRCS, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/39928 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Cornell Small Farms Program | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Farming | en_US |
| dc.title | Small Farm Quarterly - Spring 2015 | en_US |
| dc.type | periodical | en_US |
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