Beginning Farmers
Growing the Farm Enterprise Incubator in 2012
The Farm Enterprise Incubator at EcoVillage at Ithaca in 2011. By Devon Van Noble This winter marks a new phase for Groundswell’s Farm Enterprise Incubator — a program designed to…
Read MoreStudent Profile: Lynne and Justin of Finger Lakes CRAFT
Lynne and Justin plowing with horses at Northland. Interview by Audrey Gyr, Groundswell volunteer Lynne Haynor and Justin Schaude were both members of the Finger Lakes CRAFT program this year…
Read MoreDynamic Equilibrium as a Farm Goal
Elizabeth Henderson, farmer of Peacework Organic Farm, ag justice champion and regional organic/CSA pioneer, wrote this piece back in 2002 for Growing for Market. We wanted to share it with…
Read MoreA New Farmer's Story
Antonio and Rebeca are starting their farm on a small scale this season. We’d like to share the story of one of our trainees in the New Farmer Training Program.…
Read MoreGroundswell welcomes 2011 New Farmer Training Program participants!
Trainees will be instructed by experienced farmer mentors like Maryrose Livingston and Donn Hewes of Northland Sheep Dairy, who’ll be teaching about livestock husbandry and farming with draft animals (shown…
Read MoreReport from the Field: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started in Farming
, What kinds of pathways can an aspiring farmer take to get up and running? And what new tools can be found in a Northeast-based beginning farmer’s toolkit? This past…
Read MoreKeys to Success for Start-Up Farms
Do certain factors predict success or failure in the start-up farming operation, and if so, can we use this information to make recommendations to beginning farmers? This article, written by…
Read MoreGroundswell USDA grant award in Ithaca Journal
A nice article about the Groundswell Center’s new USDA grant in the Ithaca Journal: EcoVillage’s Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming has received nearly $350,000 in a federal grant…
Read MoreGroundswell to receive major USDA grant award!
The Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming will launch a three-year training program for beginning farmers and market gardeners The EcoVillage at Ithaca Center for Sustainability Education is pleased…
Read MoreCultivating a sustainable local food system
By Joanna Green Published in Tompkins Weekly Let’s say you’re a young adult – or maybe a not so young adult – and you’re interested in learning about small-scale farming…
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