Tag Archive for: Regional Food Systems

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Practicing Resurrection: Using Green Manures on a Small Semi-Urban Homestead

By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist The garden entrance…

How Sweet It Is: South Texas Citrus Stays Home to Delight Local School Kids

By Robert Maggiani, NCAT Agriculture Specialist It's National…
Becky Weed of Thirteen Mile Farm sells her produce.

Next Gen Regen: Becky Weed on Building Resilient Agroecosystems

Thirty-five years ago, Becky Weed and Dave Tyler left successful careers to start a farm in Montana’s Gallatin Valley. As first-generation farmers, “Dave and I didn’t know our heads from a hole in the ground, but we wanted to merge our interest in conservation and ecological systems with jobs in agriculture,” recalled Becky.
By Linda Poole, Regenerative Grazing Specialist

Weekly Wednesday Workshop: Barbara Shipman

In this video, Felicia Bell, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist…

Episode 215. ‘Urban Ag is People Taking Care of People’

In this episode of Voices from the Field, we travel to Jackson,…

Weekly Wednesday Webinar: Barbara Shipman

In this episode, Felicia Bell, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist…

Episode 194. Kansas City Food Hub and KC Farm

In this bonus episode of Voices from the Field, Lacy Stephens…
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Farm to Food Hub to School

In this video, Daniel Prial, a specialist with the National Center…

Episode 190. Alderspring Ranch. Part 2

This episode of Voices from the Field is the second in a two-part…
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A Senator’s View of a Post-COVID Food World

While in Washington, DC, last spring, just as the rising tide of COVID-19 began, I had the pleasure of visiting with Senator John Boozman of Arkansas during a chance encounter outside the Capitol. A warm and friendly man by temperament, his dedication to sustainable agriculture and local food systems quickly animated our curbside conversation.
By Steve Thompson, NCAT Executive Director
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Montana Farm-to-Grocery Webinar

Catch up on our virtual convening of growers, grocery store managers,…

Mississippi Food Justice Collaborative: Transforming Mississippi Food Systems

Food culture is very rich here in Mississippi. No matter where your adventures lead you, food will navigate you across the state to people, culture, landmarks, history, and all of the things that I feel make The Magnolia State so great.
By Asha Tillman, NCAT Agriculture Specialist and Co-Coordinator of the MS Food Systems Fellowship