Entries by Rich Myers

Medicinal Plants at Blue-Ridge Eco-Fair: Tinctures

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Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant farm and apothecary in Floyd County, Virginia, discuss the uses of tinctures made from medicinal plants and how to make them. They’re talking with Devona Bell, Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities of the National Center for Appropriate Technology. The Blue Ridge […]

Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Introduction

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Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant farm and apothecary in Floyd County, Virginia, discuss the uses and growing strategies for medicinal plants. They’re talking with Devona Bell, Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities of the National Center for Appropriate Technology. The Blue Ridge Eco Fair and ATTRA bring […]

Medicinal Plants at Blue Ridge Eco Fair: Dosages for Teas and Decoctions

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Maya and Ed Skopal, the owners of I-TAL Acres, a medicinal plant farm and apothecary in Floyd County, Virginia, discuss how to determine dosages for teas and decoctions made from medicinal plants. They’re talking with Devona Bell, Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities of the National Center for Appropriate Technology. The Blue Ridge Eco […]

Soil Steaming for High Tunnels

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Soil steaming on farms is an emerging technology that is being utilized to manage disease, weeds, and pests in high tunnels. Although soil steaming is a proven technology, particularly for perennial challenges, the use of steam is not yet a widely adopted practice in the Northeast. One problem is that soil steamers are expensive and […]

The Science and Art of Product Pricing

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In this webinar, Gail Nickel-Kailing, an experienced food marketing professional with GoodFood World at Home, gives a strategic business approach to pricing new products and new variations on current products. Gail explains how to price strategically to offer your product at a logical and competitive price point. By working through a detailed worksheet, you’ll analyze […]

Grazing to Avoid Trouble

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This webinar took place in January 2021 as part of a webinar series presented by the Food Animal Concerns Trust. NCAT Specialist Linda Coffey, who raises sheep and goats in Arkansas, briefly discusses bloat, toxic or poisonous plants, fescue toxicity, internal parasites, predation, and overgrazing. Tips for prevention are provided. This webinar recording is produced […]

Pasture Biodiversity for Animal Health

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The health of livestock, humans, and the environment is closely tied to plant diversity. Sustainable farming practices, which use grazing animals, are seen as a potential solution to continued biodiversity loss resulting from over or under grazing. There is evidence that healthy ecosystems with minimally disturbed soils, adequate access to diverse, high quality forages, and […]

Protecting the Integrity of Seed: A Listening Session on GMO Contamination

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Organic Seed Alliance (OSA);, Friends of Family Farmers; Cultivate Oregon; Our Family Farms; OSU Extension Small Farms Program; Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families; and the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) host a listening session to hear from farmers, seed growers, seed companies, plant breeders, and other food and farming stakeholders about issues they face with […]

Lessons from the Hemp Field

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Dr. Gordon Jones, an Oregon Extensionist who works with hemp growers, provides a good overview of hemp to start this video conference. Then, three farmers discuss their experiences with hemp production and some of the challenges they’ve encountered. The farmers note the great potential of hemp, as well as the great need for more information […]

A Talk with Fred Provenza. Part 1

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This episode is the first of two featuring a conversation between Kara Kroeger, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, and Fred Provenza. Fred is a well-known author and expert on animal health, human health, plant health, and how they are related – as well as their role in the care of […]