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Posted on May 10, 2013
The January issue of Consumers Report featured an article summarizing the findings of a group of investigators from the magazine who conducted a representative sampling of pork products from several sources to determine their level of bacterial contamination. It is recognized that while the animal i...
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Sanne Kure-Jensen 
Posted on May 3, 2013
A diverse panel of producers, chefs, distributors and advocates spoke on sustainable protein at the ninth annual RI Food Forum organized by Farm Fresh RI and hosted by Brown University. Meat ranchers, chefs, distributors and a representative from the seafood industry shared their business challenges...
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Melody Reynolds 
Posted on May 3, 2013
As every animal farmer knows, manure can pile up quick. The daily cleaning of the barns and pastures of animal waste can become a problem if a plan is not put in place. We have a dairy goat farm in Rhode Island. Here we make goat cheese and goat milk soaps to support our family and our love for goat...
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Tamara Scully 
Posted on May 3, 2013
Silvopasture is the managed integration of trees and livestock, utilizing the land both to produce a tree crop and to graze livestock. This multi-tasking can result in diverse income streams, with money from timber, nuts, syrup or other tree by-product, plus income from livestock production. Silvopa...
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Laura Rodley 
Posted on May 3, 2013
Dysfunctional soil in your fields can’t attend a self-help program. It needs your help to bring it back to life, following nature’s system of using microbes and nutrients in organic matter to bring it back to life. Benefits include higher crop yield, less petroleum-based product use, less pesticide ...
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Sanne Kure-Jensen 
Posted on April 26, 2013
The dairy and farmhouse cheese operations are an integral part of Shelburne Farms, a non-profit education organization in Shelburne, Vermont whose mission to cultivate a conservation ethic for a sustainable future. Tours of the dairy barn and cheesemaking operation are included in their three-day AB...
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Lee Newspapers 
Posted on April 26, 2013
by W. Dee Whittier, DVM, MS, Extension Veterinarian, Beef Cattle — College of Veterinary Medicine, VA Tech Like in any other part of our cattle operations, resolving to do some things better for the health programs we have on our beef cattle operations might pay us dividends. So here is my list of t...
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Sally Colby 
Posted on April 26, 2013
If farmers could adopt new, beneficial practices without oversight by the government, would they? Dr. Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State agronomist, believes they will. The ‘Without Carrot or Stick’ project was designed to evaluate and promote the use of cover crops after corn silage with an emphasis on smal...
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Lee Newspapers 
Posted on April 19, 2013
NEW HAVEN, VT — A record number of 4-H’ers turned out for the State 4-H Horse Hippology Contest held on April 6 at two locations in Addison County. A total of 93 competitors from clubs in nine Vermont counties competed at the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H event held at Wishful Thinking F...
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