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Farmers Edge Opens the Door to a New Future of Farming with Grand Opening Celebration at New Shakopee Headquarters
2015-07-23 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
(Shakopee, MN) July 21st, 2015 — Farmers Edge™, a global leader in precision agriculture and independent data management solutions, today celebrated their Grand Opening at their new Shakopee, MN, headquarters. Farmers™ Edge representatives, along with special guests, Mayor Brad Tabke, Jamshed Merchant, Consulate General of Canada and business leaders from the Shakopee Chamber of Commerce, were present for the ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration. read more
03.09: Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America
2015-02-14 01:01:37| Powells Books Events Calendar
In Lentil Underground (Gotham Books), journalist Liz Carlisle, a protégé of Michael Pollan, shares the inspiring story of a little-known group of farmers who defied agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm-to-table food movement. Carlisle reports on the handful of colorful pioneers who have successfully bucked the chemically based food chain and the entrenched power of agribusiness by stubbornly banding together. Lentil Underground weaves an eye-opening and richly reported narrative that will be welcomed by readers of food and farm memoirs as well as everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world.
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UK's Female Farmers: Vital to Future of Farming
2014-07-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Female farmers are becoming increasingly more important to the future of the British agricultural and livestock sectors.
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Farmers Union Outlines Future Funding Priorities
2014-03-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Last week National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson submitted testimony to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Agriculture Appropriations, outlining NFU’s priorities for Fiscal Year 2015 funding for agricultural programs. In his testimony, Johnson listed five main requests.
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VIDEO: Recruiting Britain's future farmers
2014-03-21 10:41:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Research from Lantra, the UK's Skills council, has suggested that tens of thousands of new farmers are needed to plug the gap.
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