Small farmers everywhere will be impacted by Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules. In a recent webinar, Lori Babcock, co-owner of Tieton Farm & Creamery in Tieton, WA described the devastating impact of large Food & Drug Administration (FDA) fees and FSMA recordkeeping burdens on her livestock...

WEST GLOVER, VT — About 130 people from northern Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and as far away as Italy, took advantage of the Cabot Creamery Cooperative open farm at the Andersonville Dairy in October. This year Mark Rodgers led tours almost continually from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rodgers is on t...

The 2013 New England States Holstein Convention was held in Connecticut Oct. 25-27 and was hosted by the Connecticut Holstein Association. The event was geared toward the junior members and graced with superb weather for the farm tours. The Holiday Inn in Norwich, CT provided the home base for the c...

Today, email is more than email. It is a tool that can be used for a low-cost, effective marketing tool. It can be used to motivate your customers to take an action you would like them to, from visiting your farm stand, purchasing a CSA share, using the U-Pick services available or simply signing up...

The Woodbury FFA chapter located at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury will be sending seven state-winning CDE Judging teams later in October to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN. Because the Woodbury FFA members won first place in seven different state FFA judging contests during the p...

Liebe Coolidge is a USDA class C inspected exhibitor who raises registered French alpine goats, a large black and white colored milking breed. Also a lifelong owner of donkeys and an artist, she is proud to be a goat owner since the 70s, and is committed to selling “nice stock.” Three of her goats —...

A farm meeting, illustrating the compost by Coring Injection method, was held at Salomaa Tree Plantation in Stannard, VT, Saturday, Sept. 14. Growers from six northeast SARE States were present for this all day event. Fred Salo, grower and the SARE grant recipient, gave opening remarks and then pres...

That Sunday morning, Sept. 22, looked less than promising weather-wise for the final day of the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine. Yet, by 2 p.m. the in and out sunshine shone down on fairgoers and the weather became slightly humid. The sponsor of the fair, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardene...

To be successful at farming requires a number of different skills and abilities. Many farmers are natural self-starters who use their initiative and passionate commitment to the many tasks at hand on a farm as their hallmark for success. If they expand their farm, these farm business owners have to ...