December 8-9, 2014 Philadelphia, PA, USA 133 billion lbs (31%) of available food is lost annually in the U.S. retail and consumer levels alone $161 billion retail value for the annual food loss 49 million Americans live in food-insecure households, including 16 million children Wasted food squanders our resources: land, water, energy, nutrients, biodiversity, results […]
Category: Organic Agriculture
WEBINAR: “Evaluation for Transformation”: A Cross-Sectoral Evaluation Framework for Farm to School
“Evaluation for Transformation: A Cross-Sectoral Evaluation Framework for Farm to School” provides common language for defining farm to school core and supplemental elements, guidance on program articulation, a comprehensive literature review of farm to school and farm to preschool outcomes, priority outcomes, indicators and measures for the four sectors of public health, community economic development, […]
Application Open for “Preparing a New Generation of Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Farmers”
Aspiring Illinois farmers, new growers with less than five years’ experience, commodity farmers interested in diversifying to include fruit or vegetable production, and high school and community college agriculture teachers are invited to apply now for the next session of a free training program offered through the University of Illinois crop sciences department.
Ceres Trust Organic Research Initative
Application due date: September 25, 2014 Ceres Trust, a privately administered charitable trust based in the Midwest, has as its main focus the support and promotion of organic and sustainable agriculture. The competitive Organic Research Initiative (ORI) program awards grants of up to $60,000 per year for up to three years. Ceres Trust anticipates that […]
September 4th Field Day: Keystone Cover Crops, Soil Health, and Value Adding with Diversity Workshop
Mark your calendar for Thursday, September 4th and plan to be a guest at this Workshop/Field Day which showcases three separate ongoing research projects being conducted at Dave Bishop’s PrairiErth Farm as well as other conservation practices. PrairiErth Farm’s Dave Bishop will discuss the 3-crop system of farming being used on his farm, as well as other value adding […]
2014 Research and Education and Graduate Student competitive grant programs
NCR-SARE is pleased to announce the projects recommended for funding for the 2014 Research and Education and Graduate Student competitive grant programs. More than 25 projects were awarded a total of more than $1.7 million through these two NCR-SARE grant programs, which offer competitive grants for researchers, graduate students, organizations, and others who are exploring sustainable […]
Job Opportunity: Eden Hall Farm Assistant
Go to http://www.chatham.edu/careers/ to check available position for Farm Assistant On-line applications must be received by August 1, 2014
Farm Foundation Forum: The Soil Renaissance
Healthy soil is key to maintaining vibrant, profitable and sustainable natural resource systems. Without healthy soils the challenge of feeding the world’s population becomes more daunting. The July 16 Farm Foundation Forum will examine the Soil Renaissance, an initiative by Farm Foundation, NFP and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation to make improving soil health the cornerstone of […]
Woody Perennial Polyculture Site: Summer 2014 Update
Earlier this summer, I went out with Rob Kanter (writer of Environmental Almanac, instructor in by the School of Earth, Society, and Environment, and also my dad) to the Woody Perennial Polyculture site. The trees were just beginning to bud, and the bushes stretching out green growth. It’s quite a place: The Woody Perennial Polyculture site […]
ASAP Board Member Update: Richard Weinzierl
Last week, I sat down with ASAP board member Dr. Richard Weinzierl, professor of entomology employed by University of Illinois Extension. He began his description of his work by saying it has two sides: entomology and non-entomology. The entomology side is easy to understand; that’s the field that he earned his master’s and PhD in […]