dairy
best milking practices online course
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR3QU2UYMIM&w=563&h=374] Penn State Extension are running a best milking practice course for professionals in the dairy industry who want to learn about problems on dairy farms that result from mastitis. […]
graziers wanted in NY
Dairy farmer apprenticeship training program opportunities in NY state.
milk: the new crude oil?
NPR's The Salt, on why the USDA is purchasing $20,000 worth of cheese to help US dairy farmers-- and why it doesn't really make a difference to the big dairy industry. […]
maine dairy: eight generations and counting
[vimeo 12225749 w=640 h=360] Meet Your Farmer - Tide Mill Farm from Pull-Start Pictures on Vimeo, featuring Aaron Bell and Carly DelSignore and their four children. Aaron is the 8th generation […]
heritage grass discovered in wisconsin
A forgotten forage grass imported from Europe in the 1800s could soon begin to help boost cattle and dairy production in parts of the Upper Midwest. U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
A training facility for low-input and small scale dairy in new england
*they're also hiring! Wolfe’s Neck Farm Secures Major Grant from Stonyfield to launch an Organic Dairy Farmer Training and Research Program FREEPORT, Maine — For many years, the story of […]
a great revision of a classic
A well-worn favorite on our bookshelf, Keeping A Family Cow, is out again in a revised and updated edition! Joann S. Grohman wrote the book back in the early 1970s, […]
dairy grazing apprenticeships
http://www.dairygrazingapprenticeship.org/welcome Earn while you learn! The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship is the first legally recognized, fully accredited apprenticeship for farming in the United States. Mission The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship of GrassWorks, […]
sending milk
The faces and places that send milk by Skye Chalmers for the Burlington Free Press Skye Chalmers is the photographer behind a new book, Sending Milk, which features images of […]
report from MOSES Organic Farming Conference in Wisconsin
Severine reports in from Wisconsin. I'm at the MOSES Organic Farming conference in downtown Lacrosse, Wisconsin. A wonderful small town in the "riftless" region on the state border with Minnesota […]