“Nourishing the Planet”: The International Year of Family Farming
This year is an exciting one for family farms all around the world! 2014 has been declared the International Year of Family Farming by the United Nations. The campaign is being run by the World Rural...
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This post is the second in a series that Sarah Campbell, an intern with FSN, will be doing around the International Year of Family Farming this summer, gathering stories of family farming from around...
View ArticleA Conversation with Jeremy Carter of Nagels Hill Agri-Products
This post is the third in a series that Sarah Campbell, an intern with FSN, will be doing around the International Year of Family Farming this summer, gathering stories of family farming from around...
View ArticleA Conversation with Sarah Crocker and Judy Lien of Seed to Spoon and the Lien...
This post is the fourth in a series that Sarah Campbell, an intern with FSN, will be doing around the International Year of Family Farming this summer, gathering stories of family farming from...
View ArticleA Conversation with Evan Murray and Brian Kowalski of Murray Meadows Farm
This post is the fifth in a series that Sarah Campbell, an intern with FSN, is doing around the International Year of Family Farming this summer, gathering stories of family farming from around the...
View ArticlePlanting the Seeds of Food Security : A Conversation with Dan Rubin of...
Dan Rubin's enthusiasm is infectious. A former teacher and curriculum designer, now a writer, musician, and seed company owner, Dan runs Perfectly Perennial Herbs and Seeds on the edge of the ocean at...
View ArticleBreaking New Ground : A Conversation with Jim and Michelle Lester of Lester’s...
If we're talking family farming in Newfoundland, we'd better talk Michelle and Jim Lester. And they've been breaking new ground from the beginning. Speaking to them about their work, the word that...
View ArticleA Conversation with Terry Dobbie and Donna Bishop of GrowDat Farms
Terry Dobbie farms up (way up!) on a hill outside Heart’s Content, overlooking Southern Cove Pond. The fifty-five acres of land that he leases were at one time Reginald Legge’s, before being used...
View ArticleA Conversation with Corinne Higden-Wharram and Lisa Simms of Roots Country Farm
These two new farmers have been operating Roots Country Farm near Bay Roberts for two seasons now. [...] Continue reading A Conversation with Corinne Higden-Wharram and Lisa Simms of Roots Country Farm
View ArticleUnderstanding Soil & Building Great Garden Soil
Great gardens start with soil but many of us don't know enough about the incredible resource beneath our feet to be able to help our gardens thrive. Join FSN for two upcoming educational...
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