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Hello. I'd
like to announce a great new opportunity for an
editor and writer with strong agricultural background. We are seeking
an experienced journalist and manager for a full-time, 3-year temporary
assignment position here at The New Farm, funded by the USDA's Risk
Management Agency.. We'll need someone who can shepherd two large
projects to completion over a three-year period. These projects
include development of an online training course in transitioning
to organic, and development of a simulation tool that will allow
farmers to evaluate the economic benefits of transitioning to organic.
This position is available because of two grants we've received from the USDA totally more than $3 million. The grants will allow us to expand the OPX to 13 new markets and develop the two tools described above. If you'd like more details on the grants, click here. We've updated the bookstore again.
We've added dozens of new books in the last week, two new reviews,
and 16 staff recommends for books we'd like to give to friends and
family. Check out the bookstore homepage, and we encourage you to
take advantage of our reader review feature at the bottom of each
book entry and share your thoughts about a book with other readers. --Chris Hill, Executive Editor Don't forget to check out our latest Organic Price Index. |
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| "The
Meatrix" casts an eat-sustainable message across the Internet An animated MATRIX spoof uses humor to educate the uninitiated about factory farms. 2 million visited it in the first 3 weeks. Check it out and you’ll understand why. |
The Meatrix | ||
| GLEANINGS UNEARTHED GEM! Iowa ag economist makes dispassionate—and utterly convincing—economic case against GM crops before a hostile crowd In his address before the American Seed Trade Association in 2001 titled “Who Benefits from Biotechnology?” Michael Duffy proved resoundingly that it certainly is not the farmer who uses that technology. |
Michael Duffy | ||
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Shumei
Natural Agriculture: Nobuaki Nakayasu has it far worse than most farmers, cramped on his small plot in a suburban nightmare. Yet gradually and patiently over the past 6 years, a farm has bloomed in Himeji. |
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FARM TO ANOTHER Jeff’s making his lists and checking them twice … … mostly because he can’t believe how much has to get done this winter to be ready for next season. |
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| LOTS OF TALKING SHOPS We've sent writers to conferences in Washington, Iowa, Montana, Delaware, Vermont and South Carolina ... so far. We'll be covering conferences in 15 other states in the next three months. Here's some of the early crop of gleanings from these conferences: Carolina Farm Stewardship
Association Conf., Biodynamic
Farming Conference, Future
of Our Farms Summit, Washington
Tilth Producers Conf., |
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