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Author Archives: Marissa Lee
Documentary Seeks to Inspire Next Generation of Farmers to GROW!
/ August 23, 2011 10:19 pm
Christine Anthony and Owen Masterson want to inspire young men and women to consider sustainable farming as a career. To do so, the couple produced and directed a 50-minute documentary entitled GROW! that follows 20 young sustainable farmers on 12 farms in Georgia as they doggedly pursue careers in agriculture despite challenges related to land ownership and lack of farming Continue reading
Once a Gas Station, Now a Thriving Sustainable Urban Farm
/ August 17, 2011 7:01 pm
On the borderline between the affluent Gold Coast section of Chicago, IL and the neighborhood that was once home to Cabrini-Green, one of America’s most infamous housing projects sits a sustainable urban vegetable farm called City Farm. The farm occupies one acre of land surrounded by a fence latticed with six-foot tall sunflowers. City Farm is run by the Resource Continue reading
Vermont ‘Farm to Plate’ to Create Jobs and Strengthen Local Food System
/ August 11, 2011 9:06 pm
In 2009, the Vermont Legislature approved the Farm to Plate (F2P) initiative as part of the state’s 2010 jobs bills. The F2P initiative tasked the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) with creating a 10-year strategic plan to strengthen and expand the state’s food system. Two years and a $400,000 later, the VSJF released a plan that contains 33 goals and Continue reading
Online Tool Gives Sustainable Farmers Competitive Advantage
/ July 27, 2011 5:11 pm
WesMar Farms is one of two licensed goat dairies in Louisiana. Marketing their fresh goat milk, cheese and seasonal produce can be an obstacle for this sustainable family farm, Marguerite Constantine said. “I am not a large company. I don’t have a big advertising budget. I can’t afford an ad agency or a PR person,” she explained. “My resources are limited Continue reading
