The Life and Death of Lucy the Sow
By Nina Prater, NCAT Agriculture Specialist “Farms are businesses,” we at ATTRA often say at workshops or webinars. If you want to succeed, you have to treat it like a […]
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Episode 287. Uber for Tomatoes: Could “Crowdshipping” Solve Food Transportation Problems for Small Farms?
/in Business and Marketing, PodcastIn this episode of Voices from the Field, we meet Dr. Carolyn Krejci, an industrial engineer and expert on supply-chain management at the University of Texas at Arlington who is […]
Beekeeping: Overwintering Bees in Warm Places
/in Blog, LivestockBy Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist I recently drove 250 miles to teach some new beekeepers how to ensure their hive survived a brutal cold snap. I hear too […]
Free Organic Farmer Training Coming to Fargo
/in Press ReleaseThe National Center for Appropriate Technology, along with nationally recognized organic leaders, will offer an Organic Academy Roadshow session in Fargo, North Dakota, on January 26-27, 2023. Beginning farmers and […]
Episode 286. What is Biochar?
/in Podcast, SoilIn this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Luz Ballesteros talks with Michael Navarro of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley about his biochar research. […]
Financing an Organic Farm with Federal Programs
/in Business and Marketing, VideoStarting a farm can be tough, especially if you don’t have cash upfront to invest into your business. Luckily, there are many government programs that beginning farmers can take advantage […]
Improving Profitability: Sheep, Goats, and Cattle
/in Blog, LivestockBy Linda Coffey, NCAT Agriculture Specialist As I write this, it’s the last week of 2022. I am thinking about upcoming tax information to file and looking at the barn […]
AgriSolar Podcasts Ep. 2: Keeping Family Farms in Family Hands with AgriSolar in Massachusetts
/in Energy, PodcastThis episode is a conversation between Stacie Peterson, NCAT’s Energy Program Director and Manager of the AgriSolar Clearinghouse, and Nate Tassinari, the owner of Million Little Sunbeams, a third-generation hay […]
Rangeland App: Modern Tool for Graziers
/in Blog, CropsBy Darron Gaus, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Rangeland managers, whether grazers or wildlife conservationists, have many decisions to make about vegetation in their fields and the soil sponge that the vegetation […]
Episode 284. Carbon Farm Planning
/in Podcast, SoilLynette Niebrugge, Associate Director of Education and Training at the Carbon Cycle Institute (CCI), and Loren Poncia, co-owner of Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, California, broke new ground with one […]
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