Every farmer story has a little bit of magic in it
Portland Press Herald - 4/13/2011. By Avery Yale Kamila – The average age of American farmers is 57, but if you tease through the statistics, you'll find that in recent years more and more people in their 20s and 30s have begun taking up pitchforks and plows. On Saturday, Space Gallery in Portland hosts the screening of a documentary profiling young farmers as part of its annual Food+Farm series. Called "The Greenhorns," the film and the organization by the same name that it spawned are projects of 29-year-old New York farmer Severine von Tscharner Fleming. |
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High corn and soy prices increase erosion risk in Iowa
New York Times - 4/13/2011. By William Neuman – When prices for corn and soybeans surged last fall, Bill Hammitt, a farmer in the fertile hill country of western Iowa, began to see the bulldozers come out, clearing steep hillsides of trees and pastureland to make way for more acres of the state’s staple crops. Now, as spring planting begins, with the chance of drenching rains, Mr. Hammitt worries that such steep ground is at high risk for soil erosion. |
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Deal spares farmland
Kennebec Journal - 4/13/2011. By Mechele Cooper – Kents Hill: It takes a community to save a farm. Case in point: Kents Hill Orchard. Purchased in 2009 by the Maine Farmland Trust, the 84-acre orchard is being sold to Belle Vue Farm LLC owners Brian and Lee Ann Baggott, of Manchester, the Trust announced Tuesday. Brian Baggott said the orchard will become a vegetable farm where he will grow zucchini, squash and cucumbers. |
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What’s your game plan as corn prices skyrocket?
Energy Bulletin - 4/13/2011. By Gene Logsdon – Forgive me for returning to this topic again, but history is being made in the corn market and the mainstream press isn’t paying attention. Corn prices hit an all time high last week. As you pull on your boots and head for the garden or fields for spring planting, what are your plans? Are you ready for some seismic changes in food prices? |
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