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Dan Sullivan
Jan 36 min read
Iconic New York Lakeview Organic Grain Mill Turns a Page
By Dan Sullivan The ties that bind. For nearly 30 years, Lakeview Organic Grain has been providing organic livestock feed grains, bagged...
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Avery Stempel
Jan 36 min read
From Farmer to Advocate: Finding Ways to Help Those in Need.
By Avery Stempel The Legislative Office Building at the State Capitol in Albany, NY, has so much marble. Whenever I visit, I am...
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Renée Scott and Brucie
Jan 34 min read
Introducing the Massachusetts Pollinator Network
By Renée Scott and Brucie Moulton Advocate for Native Pollinators The Massachusetts Pollinator Network launched in 2021 to provide...
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Becca Toms
Dec 26, 20243 min read
Finding the Market that Fits Your Farm Business
By Becca Toms It doesn’t matter what kind of farmer you are; finding the right market for your products is a journey every farmer must...
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Liza Gabriel
Dec 26, 20241 min read
The Natural Farmer Gets a New Look
By Elizabeth Gabriel Seasons Greetings TNF Subscribers and advertisers, We hope the season of the solstice arrives with delight. We are...
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Lauren Griswold
Dec 23, 20245 min read
Checking in: Vermont Organic Milk for Vermont Schools
This past school year, a project to transition three Vermont schools from conventional milk to local organic milk ultimately led to the...
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Annie Sholar
Dec 23, 20245 min read
A Different Kind of Potato Farming
By Annie Sholar Potatoes are an extremely versatile food – they’re delicious fried, mashed, roasted, or boiled, even soaked in water with...
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Liza Gabriel
Oct 11, 20247 min read
Aquaculture Letter from the Editor
A flamingo in Suffolk County, brown Pelicans in Long Island, lobsters in New England and northern shrimp nearly depleted in the Gulf of...
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Liz Susman Karp
Oct 3, 20246 min read
Cover Article: The Black Farmers Growing Rice
By Liz Susman Karp This was originally published at Ambrook Research on March 29, 2024, a publication about modern agriculture",...
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Liza Gabriel
Oct 3, 20248 min read
Farmer Profile: Sean Barrett, Montauk Seaweed Supply
People feel connected to NOFA because of our shared love of the land and farming and because we’ve gotten to know each other over the 50...
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Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce
Oct 3, 202411 min read
RESTORATIVE AQUACULTURE FOR PEOPLE, PROFIT AND PLANET
By Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, reprinted with permission Narratives continue to provide the public and decision-makers with a bleak...
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ELIZABETH HENDERSON
Oct 3, 20244 min read
Farmer Profile: Dock to Dish - Community Supported Fisheries Interview with K.C. Boyle
Interview by Elizabeth Henderson Pushing against the same downward pressures on prices and markets that make economic viability a...
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Ann Molloy
Oct 3, 20243 min read
Turning seafood by-products into organic fertilizer for zero waste and healthy soil and crops
By Ann Molloy Neptune's Harvest Fertilizer's parent company, Ocean Crest Seafoods Inc., in Gloucester, MA, inadvertently ended up in the...
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Natalia de Cuba Romero
Oct 3, 20248 min read
The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers Are Healing Our Waterways
By Natalia de Cuba Romero , Photos by Lindsay Morris This article appeared in Low Summer 2023: Issue No. 77 of Edible East End and was...
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Other
Oct 1, 20244 min read
Indigenous and Customary Aquaculture
It must be noted that integrated aquaculture systems that provide ecological benefits and sustain ecosystem outcomes are not new. On the...
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Allie Push
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Fish of Lake Ontario by Allie Push
“Fish of Lake Ontario” is a collage piece that is a reference to the local, natural ecology of Lake Ontario. Each of the fish in the...
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Liza Gabriel
Oct 1, 20248 min read
TNF NOFA FARMER PROFILES: Lisa Calvo, Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm
By Elizabeth Gabriel People feel connected to NOFA because of our shared love of the land and farming and because we’ve gotten to know...
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Brittany Peachey
Oct 1, 20246 min read
Hudson Valley Fisheries
By Brittany Peachey Imagine you’ve been tasked with developing a fish farm on a distant planet. The conditions outside your biosphere...
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Cynthia Liepmann
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Ode to the Garden
When the world wearies and ceases to satisfy there is always the garden. ~author unknown By Cynthia Liepmann You bring me to my...
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Donn Hewes
Oct 1, 20246 min read
Draft Animal Power: Building Healthy Soil & Strong Community
By Donn Hewes Draft animal power will be the theme of The Natural Farmer's Spring 2025 issue , and I want to introduce the topic...
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