This is the second blog in a series by Neel Koritala. Neel is a student at the University of Illinois studying Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability. Neel is interested in climate research and policy and has been a part of climate research in New Zealand. He will be sharing changes in state and federal policy concerning the food and farm system through blogs for The Land Connection in his last semester as a student.
Farming
Story. Personality. Soul.
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 03/17/2014 – 11:31am Story. Personality. Soul. I have discovered of late, in my new work with The Land Connection, that it is these things, not corn or milk or hayrides, that the new wave of entrepreneurial farmers is selling. This year’s MOSES conference was rife with this sentiment. “You […]
You are here Farming Foibles: Equipment Review (BCS Tractor)
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Fri, 01/27/2017 – 12:48pm I have waxed poetic on several of my blog posts about our BCS 2-wheel tractor. It allows us to engage in a number of non-standard farming pursuits, and it also really excels as an all-around farming/yard tractor. These tractors are used extensively in Europe where parcels […]
You, farmer-citizen
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Fri, 08/08/2014 – 2:18pm Last year, I wrote a list of all the things a farmer must be. Zoologist, gourmand, mechanic, accountant, salesperson, naturalist, executive, and lumberjack were just a few items on the list, but I keep coming across more. This past winter, a speaker at a conference added […]
Cultivation – Fact Sheet
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Employee Management – Fact Sheet
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