Photo shows RIFGA President, Kerri Stenovitch, Heather Faubert, URI Extension Fruit Specialist and Sandie Barden, co-owner of Barden Family Orchard at RI Agriculture Day.

A diverse panel of producers, chefs, distributors and advocates spoke on sustainable …

Skip and Silas Paul have been grafting tomatoes for over a decade years at Wishing Stone Farm in …

For the past ten months, I have been involved with a volunteer project traveling around Maine visiting over 120 farms and creating complimentary webpages and personal stories about the farms for the Unique Maine Farms' project: www.uniquemainefarms.com                I am working on a 224-page book about this project and planning an educational outreach program with a traveling photo exhibit and a slideshow and discussion program. Is anyone able…

In today's local farming movement you see many females...read this story to hear a different story.

The dairy and farmhouse …

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Agriculture Education

Resources for agriculture education programs, including classroom instruction, leadership, and supervised agricultural experience programs that prepare students for college or entrance into agricultural careers.

Creating an Integrated Curriculum in Agricultural Education…

No surprise - flies are healthier on organic fruits. Don't you think this applies to people too? Learn more here

The “Award of Merit” was presented to Ken Ayars, Chief of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM)’s Division of Agriculture by the Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association (RINLA). Jean Cotta, co-owner of Portsmouth Nursery in Portsmouth, RI, presented the “Award of Merit” to Chief…

Farm visits can change your life. Farmers should take a few important steps to improve safety and ensure that farm visits  are wonderful experiences for everyone. At a…

John Spargo, Director of the UMass Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Laboratory and UMass Extension Soil Scientist, shared his experience with Nitrogen (N) dynamics in organic cropping systems at the …

Scratch Farm is a worker-owned, two-acre farm near…

Bjarteyjarsandur Farm is northwest of Reykjavík in Hvalfjörður Iceland.  It is nestled on the north side of a mountainous fjord between acres of rolling hills and the mussel-filled coastline.  If you read no further be sure to check out the …

How can a young or beginning farmer afford land, equipment, seed and …

Hello,

My name is Justin Rogers and I wanted to share my recent thesis research that I completed for the Master of Environmental Studies program at The Evergreen State College in Olympia WA. My focus within the graduate program was farm-based education and community development.

The title of my thesis is:

Youth Education Programs at College and University Student Farms in the United States: An Investigation of Initial Program Implementation and Long-Term…

This is an exciting organization - making an impact.

Plenitud Eco-Educational Initiatives is a non-profit organization that supports individuals and communities in their sustainable development by providing training, demonstrations and services in organic farming,…

A good vineyard manager encourages a balance between vine growth and fruit production achieved through pruning and soil nutrition. Dr. Paul Domoto, pomology and viticulture researcher and fruit extension specialist at Iowa State University, presented at the 2012 Eastern Viticulture workshop in Mystic CT.

Before Planting

Understand a field’s crop history to ensure residual herbicides will influence grape vines’ health and vigor. Previously grown alfalfa…

The Plough & Stars Project is an effort of married (and expecting!) couple Dina Rudick and Erik Jacobs.  They have (almost) abandoned their "real" jobs to pursue an agrarian life.  This October, Erik arrived at the Farm School in Athol, MA…

I’ve been thinking a lot about urban farming since I just finished reading the book Farm city: the education of an urban farmer by Novella Carpenter.  Her excruciatingly candid presentation of her experiences brought the text to life – often very vividly.  I couldn’t put it down!  So when I picked up my copy of the Washington Post this morning and saw a…