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Farm to School: More local fresh fruits and vegetables and other farm products that feed children in schools for meals and for snacks. Educational activities that help extend and strengthen the changes happening in the school cafeteria. Grades Pre-K through 12.
Farm to Cafeteria: Specifically the fresh foods part of Farm to School.
Farm to College: Similar to Farm to School, but for College level.
Farm to School Education: Those educational activities mentioned above that can include many associated disciplines such as nutrition and health, cooking, agriculture basics, cultural history, environmental studies, outdoor education and activities such as composting and recycling, farmers in the classroom, school gardens, and field trips to farms and other food system sites.
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New Mexico Organic Farming Conference 2012
Post Date: December 2, 2011
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference 2012
the Southwest’s premiere conference on organic/sustainable agriculture
The 2012 NM Organic Farming Conference will be held on February 17-18th in Albuquerque. The event includes:
- Sessions are taught by experienced organic producers and experts in the field.
- Welcome by Dr. John Boren, Director of New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service and New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte
- Keynote by Bu Nygrens is co-owner and Purchasing Manager of Veritable Vegetable, located in San Francisco, California. (Established in 1974, VV is the nation’s oldest distributor of certified organic fruits and vegetables.)
- Delicious organic meal and snacks with a focus on locally produced items
- Over 30 sessions on crops, livestock, weed and pest management, market gardening, and farm support. Sessions are taught by experienced organic producers and experts in the field. Get all the details by DOWNLOADING THE ORGANIC CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Registration for the conference is now open. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE.
Or, if you want to mail in your registration , CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM. Print the form, make the check payable to Farm to Table and send your check and completed registration form to:
Le Adams
Farm to Table
618 B Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
If you are unable to mail your check by February 1, 2012, please register online and pay with a credit card or register and pay at the door.
2012 NM Organic Farming Conference Schedule
The New Mexico Organic Farming Conference is organized by Farm to Table, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture and NMSU Cooperative Extension Service.
For more information contact Le Adams at 505-473-1004 x 10 or Joanie Quinn at 505-889-9921.
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings, Uncategorized |
Farmers Teaching Farmers - Building Farmers in the West
Post Date: November 1, 2011
Farmers Teaching Farmers Registration Form 2011
2011 Farmers Teaching Farmers Brochure
The New Mexico Farmers Teaching Farmers program builds farm community and farmer capacity through classroom and experiential learning for beginning and more seasoned farmers. The course is a series of eight evening classes designed to give farmers tools to succeed in the business of agriculture. It will provide producers with ideas to develop, refine and enhance their business management, production, and marketing skills.
Who should participate?
YOU! If you…
- want to learn from experienced producers,
- wondering how a business plan could help your farm succeed,
- want to meet and network with other producers in your area, and
- are eager to learn about new marketing strategies.
The Farmers Teaching Farmers program is based on the idea that learning happens best in a community. In this program, farmers get to learn formally and informally from more experienced producers, while sessions explore issues relevant to producers at all levels of experience.
The program thrives with your participation!
Click here to download the Farmers Teaching Farmers Registration Form . Fill out the form and email to shaunawoodworth@gmail.com. Your application will not be accepted without payment. To PAY ONLINE, click here, scroll down and click on the “DONATE” button on the right (enter $105 for donation amount), or send a check for $100 made out to Farm to Table to:
Shauna Woodworth
Farm to Table
618 B Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings, Uncategorized |
One in Four Households with Children in New Mexico Reporting Food Hardship
Post Date: August 15, 2011
This just in from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC): More than 28% percent of households with children in New Mexico reported they suffered from “food hardship” (an inability to afford enough food) in 2009-2010.
FRAC announced the numbers in the latest report in its “Food Hardship in America” series, which analyzes data that were collected by Gallup and provided to FRAC. FRAC has analyzed responses to the question: “Have there been times in the past twelve months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?”
Some food hardship details for New Mexico:
• In 2009-2010, 28.3 percent of households with children in New Mexico said they were unable to afford enough food. The food hardship rate for households without children was 16.5 percent.
• For the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the food hardship rate for households with children was 28.2 percent in 2009-2010, and 15.8 percent for households without children. The Albuquerque MSA ranks the 19th highest MSA out of the 100 largest MSAs for food hardship.
• Two of the three congressional districts in New Mexico had more than one in four households with children reporting food hardship in 2008-2010.
The food hardship data were gathered as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index project, which has interviewed more than one million households since January 2008.
Find out more at FRAC’s website http://frac.org.
Topics: Education, Health and Nutrition, Partners & Other Links |
2011 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference
Post Date: November 29, 2010
2011 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference
the Southwest’s premiere conference on organic/sustainable agriculture
Registration now open!
The 2011 NM Organic Farming Conference will be held on February 18-19th at the Mariott Pyramid Hotel in Albuquerque. The event includes:
- Welcome by Dr. John Boren, Director of New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service
- Keynote by Jane Sooby, Director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Delicious organic meal and snacks with a focus on locally produced items
- Over 30 sessions on crops, livestock, weed and pest management, market gardening, and farm support. Sessions are taught by experienced organic producers and experts in the field. Get all the details by DOWNLOADING THE 2011 CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Registration for the conference is now open. Click here to register online. Or, if you want to mail in your registration, click here to download the registration form. Print the form, make the check payable to Farm to Table and send your check and completed registration form to:
Le Adams
Farm to Table
618 B Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
The New Mexico Organic Farming Conference is organized by Farm to Table, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, and the New Mexico Organic Commodity Commission. Conference sponsors include: La Montanita Coop, Los Poblanos Organics, NMDA, and the Silver City Food Co-op.
For more information contact Le Adams at 505-473-1004 x 10 or Joanie Quinn at 505.841-9067.
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings |
Building Farmers of the West–Farmers Teaching Farmers
Post Date: September 28, 2010
BUILDING FARMERS REGISTRATION FORM
The New Mexico Building Farmers program builds farm community and farmer capacity through classroom and experiential learning for beginning and more seasoned farmers. The course is a series of 8 evening classes designed to help new farmers explore agriculture as a business. It will also provide more experienced producers with tools and ideas to refine and enhance their business management, production, and marketing skills.
Who should participate?
YOU! If you…
- want to learn from experienced producers,
- have never written a business plan, but want to,
- want to meet and network with other producers in your area, and
- are eager to learn about new marketing strategies.
The Building Farmers program is based on the idea that learning happens best in a community. In this program, new farmers get to learn formally and informally from more experienced producers, while sessions explore issues relevant to producers at all levels of experience.
The program thrives with your participation!
Click here to download the BUILDING FARMERS REGISTRATION FORM. Fill out the form and email to ladams@cybermesa.com. Your application will not be accepted without payment. To PAY ONLINE, click here, scroll down and click on the “DONATE” button on the right (enter $105 for donation amount), or send a check for $100 made out to Farm to Table to:
Le Adams
Farm to Table
618 B Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings |
Post Date: September 21, 2010
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings |
2010 Southwest Marketing Network Conference–Lehi, Utah on June 29-30th
Post Date: May 28, 2010
The Southwest Marketing Network (SWMN – www.swmarketingnetwork.org) is hosting its annual conference targeted at small to mid-size farmers and ranchers (and food processors and distributors) on June 29-30. This conference will be conveniently held at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. We are going to stress farm to institution marketing ideas and strategies for our producers so they can learn how better to approach and do business with institutional food buyers in their region. We will talk about aggregating producers and products for greater marketing power. We will talk about the importance of understanding institutional food buyer’s needs. We will hear from the USDA, the FSA and ag lenders, in detail, about their beneficial grant and loan programs. We will also spend time on how to develop policies and practices that are more beneficial to small to mid-size producers. Helping create a culture of “Buying Local” helps create greater profitability and sustainability for our great local and regional producers.
The Conference is being co-sponsored by: USDA Risk Management Agency, National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT and ATTRA), Utah State University Cooperative Extension, USDA Rural Development (Utah), Farm Service Agency (FSA Utah), Utah Farmer’s Union, Farm to Table, “Utah’s Own”, Salt Lake County’s Urban Farming Initiative, Utah Farm to School, Utah Slow Food, Healthy Community Food Systems, Community Food Security Coalition, USDA Resource Conservation & Development Agency . . . and more.
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings, Regional News |
New book: “Call of the Land: an Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century”
Post Date: December 3, 2009
“Food and farms are involved in a blitzkrieg of changes,” writes veteran journalist Steven McFadden in The Call of the Land, published this October by NorLightsPress. The book gives voice to a growing chorus of 21st century agrarians who are demonstrating a new vision for food and agriculture.
In a time of stark challenges to our food and farms — both globally and nationally — this affordably priced sourcebook presents basic agrarian theory concisely and then offers readers dozens upon dozens of proven creative responses to the call of the land. These working models are supplying hundreds of thousands of families with clean, fresh food, restoring the environment, and providing dignified work in nature.
Subtitled “An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century,” the book documents a broad range of positive pathways to food security, economic stability, environmental health, and cultural renewal. The surging range of creative, innovative responses — from individuals, communities, cities, churches, colleges, and other institutions — is both practical and inspirational. These models can — and need to be — widely emulated now.
Among the dozens of positive pathways featured in the book:
· The Food Depot of Santa Fe, NM, encourages home gardeners to plant an extra row for the hungry and donate the produce to local food pantries.
· A Pasadena, CA family’s urban homestead grows 6,000 pounds of produce on a mere fifth of an acre.
· Colleges, universities, and schools across America are pioneering pathways for clean campus food.
· Milwaukee’s Growing Power empowers inner-city youth to raise healthy foods and reduce their community’s risk of obesity and diabetes.
· American Farmland Trust protects over 1 million acres of farmland.
· Canada’s City Farmer teaches people how to plant and harvest edible rooftops.
· Sharing Backyards in Vancouver, B.C., links property owners with landless gardeners.
· North American gardeners and farmers are extending the growing season with cold frames, hoop houses, and high tunnels.
· Farmers markets and CSAs can accept food stamps to increase access to fresh produce.
· Food-shed co-op distribution sites help small-scale farmers reach their markets while avoiding costly deliveries.
· Appalachia’s Growing Minds serves local foods in the schools, offers farm field trips and nutrition education, and hosts a school garden.
Steven McFadden is co-author with Trauger Groh of Farms of Tomorrow (1991), America’s first book on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The volume helped inspire the movement to grow from two farms in the late 1980s to thousands, with hundreds of thousands of shareholders, in 2009. Whole Earth News named Farms of Tomorrow “the best book to access the CSA movement.” Farms of Tomorrow Revisited (1998) recounts the lessons learned.
A journalism graduate of Boston University, he is the author of six other non-fiction titles, including: The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors; Profiles in Wisdom: Native Elders Speak About the Earth; and The Little Book of Native American Wisdom. His epic Odyssey of the 8th Fire chronicles a prophetic transcontinental walk in 1995-96 (www.8thFire.net). A longtime resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, McFadden now resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is promoting The Call of the Land with his partner, writer and editor Elizabeth Wolf, founder of Good Medicine Media.
To order The Call of the Land:
http://www.norlightspress.com/our-books-cotl.html
For more information:
Author’s blog: http://www.thecalloftheland.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Call-of-the-Land/15833348577#/pages/The-Call-of-the-Land/158333485770?ref=ts
Topics: Resources and Publications |
Scaling Up Workshops: How to grow more, sell more and make more
Post Date: October 21, 2009
Consumer demand for local foods is growing and Farm to Table, NMDA, and NMSU and University of Arizona Coop Extension are teaming up to offer a series of two workshops that will help farmers and ranchers in the Middle Rio Grande Valley and the Four Corners area to expand their businesses and meet this demand. The theme of the workshops is “Scaling Up: How to grow more, sell more and make more.”
In the first workshops, successful farmers from the area and beyond will present on their experience with:
- Community Supported Agriculture programs (CSAs),
- Selling to restaurants and institutions,
- Season extension for year round production and sales,
- Livestock marketing, and
- Diversifying product mix.
The workshops will also provide farmers and ranchers with the opportunity to meet in small groups with these farmers to think about which production and marketing improvements will work best for their own farms or ranches.
Workshop participants will be eligible to receive free, one-on-one consulting about their farm and ranch business.
The workshops will be held in the following three locations:
FARMINGTON
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
3pm to 8pm
First Presbyterian Church
865 North Dustin Avenue
SHIPROCK
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Shiprock Chapter House
US 64
10 am to 3 pm
BELEN
Saturday, November 14
Belen Public Library
333 Becker Ave
10am to 3pm
A $5 registration fee covers lunch or dinner and refreshments. To eat, YOU MUST RSVP one week before the workshop. For more information or to RSVP, contact Ilana Blankman at (505) 473-1004 x 12 or ilana.blankman@gmail.com.
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings, Uncategorized |
Southwest Marketing Network Hosts Utah Urban Farming Conference
Post Date: October 20, 2009
November 16, 2009
Utah Cultural Celebration Center
West Valley City, Utah
Are you an urban farmer along the Wasatch Front, or are you interested in producing, processing, distributing, buying or supporting local foods along the Wasatch Front? Then join us for an opportunity to network and strategize. Click here for more information and online conference registration. Register today!
Topics: Farm To Table Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings |
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