New Live Webinar Explores the Challenges and Successes Through Virtual Tours of Operations in Florida and Puerto Rico

Presented by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)

The Florida Organic Growers (FOG) will lead short virtual tours of certified organic operations in Florida and Puerto Rico as part of a live webinar being broadcast on Thursday, May 31, by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) as...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – Tools and strategies for small farmers and ranchers will be the theme of Langston University’s 21^st annual Small Farmers Conference, taking place at the Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City May 23-25.

The event will include farm tours of several Langston University research facilities, including the E. (Kika) de la Garza American Institute for Goat Research and aquaculture research facilities; and agritourism...

GOLDSBORO, North Carolina -- The Center for Environmental Farming Systems held its field day on May 3 in Goldsboro, NC. The event, supported by Southern SARE and North Carolina SARE, highlighted North Carolina State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sustainable agriculture research projects. About 300 participants were treated to farm tours of such topics as biochar, water quality, no-till...

Ron Young (center) shares his grass-fed beef concept with Mississippi farmer Alonzo Miller (left). Also pictured is Frank Taylor of the Winston County Self Help Cooperative.

Southern SARE Administrative Council members Ron Young and Frank Taylor recently collaborated at an event in Mississippi to bring sustainable agriculture information to area farmers.

Ron Young, a beef cattle producer from Tennessee,...

Adell Brown Jr. has joined the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) Administrative Council as the 1890 Research representative.

Brown is executive vice chancellor and vice chancellor for research at Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Baton Rouge, La. His vision is for Southern University Ag Center to become a major partner in providing innovative new discoveries to help...

Southern SARE welcomes a new Administrative Council member for 2012.

Annie Donoghue, a research leader for the Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, USDA-ARS, at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas, has joined the Southern SARE Administrative Council. She replaces Randy Raper, who has retired, as the USDA-ARS appointed representative. Donoghue will serve on the AC for three years...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – The 2012 Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG) Conference was the best attended yet, with preliminary numbers coming in at around 1,275 participants.

Farmers, ranchers, researchers, Extension agents, and community groups gathered in Little Rock, AR, Jan. 18-21 for the Southern SAWG “Practical Tools & Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms” Conference to visit farms, attend intensive...

SAVANNAH, Georgia – Farmers, industry specialists and education representatives turned out in record numbers for the 2012 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah Jan. 5-7.

The event, conducted by the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, is the largest educational conference and trade show in the southeast for growers, vendors and suppliers of producing and marketing specialty crops, fruits and...

Georgia Sustainable Agriculture Consortium

SAVANNAH, Georgia – Farmers and farmer groups who face the challenge of direct marketing their products to local consumers may find a solution in food hubs, and a newly created sustainable agriculture consortium is leading the way in Georgia to bring those infrastructures to the state.

During the recent Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference...

Written by: Julia Gaskin
Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, University of Georgia

As I have traveled around the state working with farmers over the past several years, I have heard several issues brought up time and again. One of these is how difficult it is for small and mid-size farms to get their crops to a market.

We hear about growing demand for local food and the numbers seem to support this. For example, the number of...