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Access to Markets: Growing for a Farmers Market
2017-01-10 16:29:55| National Farmers Union
By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Coordinator Farmers markets can be an important source of supplementary income and public exposure for both small scale producers and beginning farmers and ranchers. Not only do they provide access to additional markets and new consumers, but they also eliminate the costs of processing, storage, wholesale, and distributing associated with traditional […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Forage and Biomass Planting
2017-01-09 17:57:50| National Farmers Union
By Thomas Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education Since October, when the Climate Column started featuring ways farmers can address climate change, we have primarily discussed practices to build climate resilience in crop production. There are, of course, many things livestock producers can do about climate change as well. Livestock producers often have […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Vegetative Barriers
2017-01-02 17:00:03| National Farmers Union
By Thomas Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education Installing vegetative barriers, defined by the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) as permanent strips of stiff, dense vegetation established along the general contour of slopes or across concentrated areas, is another way producers can adapt to and mitigate climate change. […]
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Access to Markets: Managing a Farmers Market
2016-12-29 17:00:33| National Farmers Union
By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern Nestled next to Basalt Town Hall, with access to main street shops and eateries, the Sunday Market in Basalt, Colorado is an economic driver for our rural mountain town. To the credit of previous market managers and board members, the 40-plus vendor market is the social occasion of the summer, […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Stripcropping
2016-12-26 17:00:31| National Farmers Union
By Thomas Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education As noted frequently here at the Climate Column (for example, in last weeks post on grassed waterways), preventing soil erosion is an important way farmers can adapt to and mitigate climate change. Impeding erosion improves soil health. This, in turn, allows soil to both store […]
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