2014 International Year of Family Farming

2013-12-05T19:24:01+00:00

From our friends at Foodtank.org (the food think tank) this news:  The United Nations recently declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). This the first United Nations year that is the result of a campaign by civil society--the World Rural Forum (WRF) campaigned heavily for the year and it was backed by more than 360 civil and farmers’ organizations in five continents. According to the FAO: The International Year of Family Farming honors over 400 million family farms in both developed and developing countries, defined as farms that rely primarily on family members for labour and management. Such farms [...]

2014 International Year of Family Farming2013-12-05T19:24:01+00:00

Newman’s Own Supports Iowa Women Farmer Veterans

2013-12-03T21:58:41+00:00

STORY CITY, IA – Women, Food and Agriculture Network has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Newman's Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman. Newman's Own Foundation gave seven grants this week totaling $300,000 as part of its "Honoring Women Who Serve" campaign to support career development for female veterans.WFAN will use the funds to create an Iowa Women Farmer Veteran Network within its broader network for women engaged in healthy food and farming nationwide. The project will serve Iowa women veterans interested in farming careers. WFAN will connect aspiring and beginning women farmer veterans [...]

Newman’s Own Supports Iowa Women Farmer Veterans2013-12-03T21:58:41+00:00

Newman’s Own Supports Iowa Women Farmer Veterans

2013-12-03T21:58:41+00:00

STORY CITY, IA – Women, Food and Agriculture Network has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Newman's Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman. Newman's Own Foundation gave seven grants this week totaling $300,000 as part of its "Honoring Women Who Serve" campaign to support career development for female veterans.WFAN will use the funds to create an Iowa Women Farmer Veteran Network within its broader network for women engaged in healthy food and farming nationwide. The project will serve Iowa women veterans interested in farming careers. WFAN will connect aspiring and beginning women farmer veterans [...]

Newman’s Own Supports Iowa Women Farmer Veterans2013-12-03T21:58:41+00:00

Want “safe” food?

2013-11-05T21:23:26+00:00

Everyone wants clean safe food. That's a given.  So when you hear the USDA promoting the "Food Safety Modernization Act," you likely think ... "good, the government is improving things."   Think again.  The new rules of the game have been drafted to suit Big Ag and will likely make it super difficult and expensive to farm organically or sustainably, on a smaller lever. Ground Operations joins with FarmAid and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to urge the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) & USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) to make changes to the proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernizatoin Act [...]

Want “safe” food?2013-11-05T21:23:26+00:00

$22 Million for Healthy Food Financing Initiative

2013-10-18T23:14:15+00:00

Wow - what surprising good news just landed in the "In Box", from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.  A sweet $22 million has been made available to increase healthy food in low to moderate-income under-served communities - rural, urban and suburban (... that's everyone, right?) through the creation and expansion of healthy food retail outlets like grocery stores, farmers markets and co-ops. And get this - it also applies to food hubs -- for packaging and distribution, so essential to local food.  $22 million isn't really so much, but it's surprising how helpful $25,00 - $250,000 can be to a local [...]

$22 Million for Healthy Food Financing Initiative2013-10-18T23:14:15+00:00

A Simple Fix for Farming

2013-10-07T14:02:25+00:00

Tired of the same old David & Goliath debate of organic vs. "conventional" food production? What about a simple premise of MUCH less chemical use and the same bottom line?   In honor of October as Food Month, I thought I'd share an article Mark Bittman wrote this time last year for the New York Times. Read on .... "It's becoming clear that we can grow all the food we need, and profitably, with far fewer chemicals. And I’m not talking about imposing some utopian vision of small organic farms on the world. Conventional agriculture can shed much of its chemical use [...]

A Simple Fix for Farming2013-10-07T14:02:25+00:00

Growing Warriors – New Group, New Film Screening

2013-07-24T17:13:48+00:00

Kentucky Proud is what they call themselves. The Growing Warrior Project is a partnership that includes veterans, civilians and organizations. The intention is to bring these partners together to work as one as a driving force to help develop a local reliable food system.  They have developed their own food label in Kentucky, Homegrown Heroes.  They have developed a multi-farm CSA called Acres of Harvest, an on-line food hub and buying club, that is a group of small family farms adhering to Certified Naturally Grown Principles, which insure that the soil is enriched each season, pesticide regulations are more stringent than even Certified [...]

Growing Warriors – New Group, New Film Screening2013-07-24T17:13:48+00:00

Ground Operations Film Clip: Brother & Sister Inherit Civil War farm

2013-05-11T05:39:30+00:00

Matthew Gilliard saw the Berlin Wall come down in the Army. Althea Gilliard was a Navy M.P. at Guantanamo before finishing two degrees in Forensic Psychology.  Now they are returning to the family farm, organic since the days of the Civil War, and now one of only two African-American farms listed in the Georgia Centennial Family Farm register.

Ground Operations Film Clip: Brother & Sister Inherit Civil War farm2013-05-11T05:39:30+00:00

Ground Operations Film Clip: Marine Corps to Horse Rancher

2013-05-11T05:40:25+00:00

Meet Phil Northcutt, formerly a Marine with two tours in Iraq.  First tour he was in the worst position possible -- riding in full view as a Turret Gunner in armored vehicles; his second tour was spent as House Arresting Officer in the sweeps of insurgent homes.  So you can imagine how welcoming the bleet of goats and nicker of horses are at Northcutt Ranch, after the tumultuous sounds of war. Help us get this message to other veterans by contributing to our campaign!

Ground Operations Film Clip: Marine Corps to Horse Rancher2013-05-11T05:40:25+00:00

Ground Operations Film Clip: The Veteran’s Farm

2013-05-11T04:54:42+00:00

The Veteran's Farm from Dulanie Ellis on Vimeo. Meet Adam Burke and Pat Sanders from the Veterans Farm in Florida. The irony about Adam is that as a third generation blueberry farmer, he joined the Army to get away from the farm! After being severely wounded in Iraq, he returned to the family farm to recover and found that the very work of farming actually accelerated his cognitive and physical repair! That got him thinking, "if this is working for me, why not for other guys." Two years later, the Veterans Farm was born. Adam just recently received the Presidential Civilian [...]

Ground Operations Film Clip: The Veteran’s Farm2013-05-11T04:54:42+00:00
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