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Farm Less Ordinary: Unique Name, Autisim, Reaping a Crop of Community Contribution - The Loudoun Tribune (press release)

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Farm Less Ordinary: Unique Name, Autisim, Reaping a Crop of Community Contribution
The Loudoun Tribune (press release)
In 2016, A Farm Less Ordinary was officially launched as 501(c)3, hiring five adults – “Growers” – with intellectual disabilities and launching a Consumer Support Agriculture program with delivery to Capitol Hill in Washington. In 2017, AFLO hired a ...

Solar Farms Produce Power—and Food - Scientific American

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Scientific American

Solar Farms Produce Power—and Food
Scientific American
Similarly, agriculture faculty members at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek in Croatia grow shade-happy organic vegetables beneath solar canopies on a local farm operated partly by faculty members. The energy generated goes to power the ...

Bulger's Rivendale Farms moves into first year of operation - Observer-Reporter

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Observer-Reporter

Bulger's Rivendale Farms moves into first year of operation
Observer-Reporter
Currently, the farm is the official provider of ice cream for The Milkshake Factory, which has locations in the South Side and Downtown Pittsburgh and significant plans to expand to 25 stores over the next three years. Rivendale's farming practices are ...

Solar Farms Produce Power--and Food - Scientific American

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Solar Farms Produce Power--and Food Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the ...

Lettuce Heads puts a fresh spin on vegetables - Farm and Dairy

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Lettuce Heads puts a fresh spin on vegetables Farm and Dairy

Fifth generation farmers, and cousins, Kurk and Nicholas Ziegler, started Lettuce Heads aquaponics farm in 2014 to provide *fresh*, local produce.

Want to Get Your Hands Dirty? Visit a NYC Urban Farm This Summer. - NYC Food Policy Center (blog)

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NYC Food Policy Center (blog)

Want to Get Your Hands Dirty? Visit a NYC Urban Farm This Summer.
NYC Food Policy Center (blog)
Where to find these products: At their Sunday Farmers' Market on-site and at local restaurants within bicycling distance of the farm. When to visit: One Saturday a month. A full list of dates is available on their facebook page. Take the kids ...

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Strawberry season arrives early due to rainy April, hot May - Tribune-Review

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Strawberry season arrives early due to rainy April, hot May
Tribune-Review
Other area farmers are reporting a late start to the growing season due to weather conditions. Before heading out to the farms for pick-your-own or freshly-picked strawberries, it's best to call ahead. Local berries are ripe and ready at Sarver's Hill ...

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Rural Intentional Communities - Mother Earth News (press release) (blog)

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Mother Earth News (press release) (blog)

Rural Intentional Communities
Mother Earth News (press release) (blog)
The 11 members of Birdsfoot Farm live on a 73-acre agricultural property in upstate New York with woods, a stream, and community buildings. In their two-acre vegetable garden they grow certified organic produce for their CSA farm, local retail outlets ...

Community Supported Agriculture takes root in regional Victoria - Good Food

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Community Supported Agriculture takes root in regional Victoria Good Food

A small group of Victorian food producers are changing the way we buy *fresh* food by offering seasonal shares in their businesses.

Community Supported Agriculture takes root in regional Victoria - Good Food

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Good Food

Community Supported Agriculture takes root in regional Victoria
Good Food
We hire local people in mostly permanent positions, with the intent of providing meaningful, rewarding employment and contributing to our local economy," Deri-Anne says. With more than 80 per cent of Angelica Organic Farm subscribers based in Melbourne ...

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food - Bucknell University

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Bucknell University

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food
Bucknell University
Foundation seminars will be supplemented with field trips to sites including an industrial farm, a heritage-breed sheep farm and a local butcher. Students, who will live in a residence hall-based community, will also plant and harvest organic crops at ...

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food - Bucknell University

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Bucknell University

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food
Bucknell University
Foundation seminars will be supplemented with field trips to sites including an industrial farm, a heritage-breed sheep farm and a local butcher. Students, who will live in a residence hall-based community, will also plant and harvest organic crops at ...

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food - Bucknell University

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Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food Bucknell University

Students in the University's Food Residential College will learn to grow food and help feed the local community.

Four grocery pickup and delivery options in Alexandria - Alexandria Town Talk

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Four grocery pickup and delivery options in Alexandria
Alexandria Town Talk
WHAT: The popular food delivery app now delivers produce from Inglewood, an organic farm in Alexandria. Or place an order through the app and choose pickup from Inglewood's Harvest Barn. HOW MUCH: Waitr has a $5 delivery fee, but doesn't charge for ...

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here's how - Alexandria Town Talk

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Alexandria Town Talk

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here's how
Alexandria Town Talk
A popular food delivery app will now bring produce from an organic farm straight to your doorstep. Inglewood Farm in Alexandria is the latest business using the app Waitr as a platform to serve customers more conveniently. "It's a really big ...

Inglewood Farm, Waitr partner to offer organic produce delivery - The Town Talk

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Inglewood Farm, Waitr partner to offer organic produce delivery The Town Talk

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here’s how - Alexandria Town Talk

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You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here’s how Alexandria Town Talk

A popular food delivery app will now bring you produce from Inglewood, an organic farm in Alexandria.

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here’s how - Alexandria Town Talk

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You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here’s how Alexandria Town Talk

A popular food delivery app will now bring you produce from Inglewood, an organic farm in Alexandria.

Healthy Outlook: Local produce will freshen up your diet; here's how to use it - Lawrence Journal-World

Google Feed - Sat, 06/02/2018 - 10:03pm

Lawrence Journal-World

Healthy Outlook: Local produce will freshen up your diet; here's how to use it
Lawrence Journal-World
Common Harvest CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture): This program offers locally grown, organic produce on a subscription basis. It's delivered for pickup weekly to a few sites around town. The program is full for the 2018 season, but it does have a ...

Guest column: Sustainable ag advocate and daughter of conventional farmer - Farm Forum

Google Feed - Thu, 05/31/2018 - 1:54pm

Farm Forum

Guest column: Sustainable ag advocate and daughter of conventional farmer
Farm Forum
My parents were married at the beginning of the 1980s farm crisis, and while I grew up during many of the “good years,” the fear of the next crisis still hovers over my family. Over the years, my status as a Midwest farmer's daughter has been met with ...

Sustainable Agriculture News

Farm Less Ordinary: Unique Name, Autisim, Reaping a Crop of Community Contribution - The Loudoun Tribune (press release)

Solar Farms Produce Power—and Food - Scientific American

Bulger's Rivendale Farms moves into first year of operation - Observer-Reporter

Solar Farms Produce Power--and Food - Scientific American

Lettuce Heads puts a fresh spin on vegetables - Farm and Dairy

Want to Get Your Hands Dirty? Visit a NYC Urban Farm This Summer. - NYC Food Policy Center (blog)

Strawberry season arrives early due to rainy April, hot May - Tribune-Review

Rural Intentional Communities - Mother Earth News (press release) (blog)

Community Supported Agriculture takes root in regional Victoria - Good Food

Community Supported Agriculture takes root in regional Victoria - Good Food

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food - Bucknell University

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food - Bucknell University

Farm to Campus to Table: Bucknell's New Residential College Focuses on Food - Bucknell University

Four grocery pickup and delivery options in Alexandria - Alexandria Town Talk

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here's how - Alexandria Town Talk

Inglewood Farm, Waitr partner to offer organic produce delivery - The Town Talk

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here’s how - Alexandria Town Talk

You can now buy local organic produce from your smartphone. Here’s how - Alexandria Town Talk

Healthy Outlook: Local produce will freshen up your diet; here's how to use it - Lawrence Journal-World

Guest column: Sustainable ag advocate and daughter of conventional farmer - Farm Forum

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