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Small-scale organic farming school offered in Washington state

Does a lifetime of digging in the dirt (building soil!) sound like an enticing career goal? If so, we just may have the solution to your post-pandemic career blues. Next month the critically acclaimed Organic Farm School begins accepting applicati... more

Respected Vermont organic vegetable grower dies

Jonathan “Jon” E. Satz died suddenly on Aug. 25, 2021, following a long illness. He was the owner of Wood’s Market Garden in Brandon, Vermont, for the past 22 years, where he lived and farmed with his family. He fought two different cancers ... more

First-ever scalable ag carbon farming program sees farm payments

Indigo Ag announced Sep. 9 the disbursement of initial payments to the inaugural cohort of Carbon by Indigo participants. The 267 paid growers are the first to implement on-farm practice changes and provide the data required to ensure the rigorous... more

Accountability office’s USDA Food Box Program report gets United Fresh response

USDA Food Box Program: Key Information and Opportunities to Better Assess Performance,” released this week, sheds additional light on the program which delivered more than 176 million boxes of food from May 2020 to June 2021. The report indicate... more

What you need to know about PMA’s Sept. 23 soil health webinar

Soil health is on everyone’s mind. You can learn the latest at the Produce Marketing Association's Soil Health webinar on Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific. Hear about the latest soil research, what others are doing to ensure they have... more

Sustainability Challenge winner announced by SVG Ventures|THRIVE and Bayer

SVG Ventures|THRIVE and Bayer announced on Sept. 9 the winners of their 2021 Sustainability Challenge. The Sustainable Startup Award was presented to Haystack, a U.S.-based company that enables carbon market scalability by helping farmers and carb... more

New chance to vaccinate California farmworkers offered by NCAE

The National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) announced Sept. 9 that the council’s ongoing collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has resulted in another new opportunity to protect farmworkers from COVID-19. “Earlier ... more