Alianza Agricola – an Interview with Luis Jimenez
By Xochitl Antziri and Elizabeth Henderson Against all odds, undocumented farmworkers on conventional dairy farms in Western NY have...
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ELIZABETH HENDERSON
Oct 3, 202310 min read
Farm Work –the Agony and the Ecstacy
By Elizabeth Henderson Like many TNF readers, I chose to become an organic farmer because I enjoy farmwork. When people asked me and my...
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Mary Jo Dudley
Oct 3, 202311 min read
Immigration Reform: Farmworker Voices
By Mary Jo Dudley Immigration reform is a priority among farmworkers in New York State, yet current legislative proposals offer a complex...
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Jahdea Clare
Oct 3, 20233 min read
The Reality of the H2A Farmworker Program: the Jamaican experience
By Jahdea Clare The H2A farm worker program has been running for decades to fill American farms' labor gaps and shortages. Growing up in...
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Alex Baten
Oct 3, 20239 min read
A Farmworker Story
By Alex Baten Spanish submission is translated below. My name is Alexander Baten. I am from Guatemala, originally from Totonicapán (a...
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Alberto del Castillo Troncoso
Oct 3, 20234 min read
More than a Wall/Mas que un Muro: Photographs and Oral Histories by David Bacon
reviewed by Alberto del Castillo Troncoso From the Afterword: A journey through images By Alberto del Castillo Troncoso. The book is...
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Roger Plant
Oct 3, 20233 min read
Opinion: What Materials Qualify for Use in Organic Production? OMRI
What Materials Qualify for Use in Organic Production? The Role of OMRI Editorial note: Soon after the National Organic Program launched...
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George Naylor
Oct 3, 20235 min read
Opinion: Solutions to Replace the Destructive International Neoliberal Agricultural System
By George Naylor Life becomes more precarious day by day because of multinational monopolies’ priorities for cheap labor and raw...
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Sarah Greenberg
Oct 3, 20235 min read
Opinion: Let's Talk: Land Access for Beginning Farmers
By Sarah Greenberg In a speech delivered in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. discussed the distortion our government imposes when asking...
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Ernest (Buster) Caswell
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Opinion: Farmworker Housing
By Ernest (Buster) Caswell As I continue to advocate for housing for agricultural workers across the State of Vermont, multiple parties...
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Casey Merkle
Sep 26, 202311 min read
Hatching the Great Chicken Rescue
By Casey Merkle When I was 9 years old, I wanted to save all the chickens. I wanted to rescue all the eggs from going sunny-side up on...
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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
Sep 26, 202314 min read
Changing the World—One Chicken at a Time
by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin The chicks have arrived! A 6 a.m. phone call from the Northfield, Minnesota, post office alerted Eric...
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Holli Cederholm
Sep 26, 20238 min read
TNF NOFA FARMER PROFILE: Elizabeth Henderson of Peacework CSA
Interviewed by Holli Cederholm, TNF Advisory Committee Member People feel connected to NOFA because of our shared love of the land and...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Letter from the Editor - Summer 2023
By Elizabeth Gabriel After a first look at the hazy skies before heading out on the farm today, I excitedly thought some rain might...
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Elizabeth Gabriel
Sep 25, 20237 min read
Why Do I Farm?
By Elizabeth Gabriel Farming is so damn hard. I’ve just walked inside after inspecting the fruitlets on our apple trees and very few, if...
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Steve Gabriel
Aug 7, 202310 min read
Working with Water at Wellspring Forest Farm
by Steve Gabriel From the moment we stepped onto the land that became our farm and livelihood, water was a central element. We found...
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Jason Detzel
Aug 7, 20235 min read
Grass-Fed Beef for a Post-Pandemic World:
How Regenerative Grazing Can Restore Soils and Stabilize the Climate Written by Ridge Shinn and Lynne Pledge Reviewed by Jason Detzel The...
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Bec Sloan
Aug 7, 20234 min read
Hoofprints on the Land
Reviewed by Bec Sloane Written by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson “Documenting traditional knowledge does not really preserve it - it needs to be...
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Ben Falk
Aug 7, 202313 min read
Water and Earthworks
By Ben Falk A resilient homesteader and designer must be a water process facilitator. Through an awareness of how water affects living...
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Richard Robinson
Aug 7, 20233 min read
I Love my Drip Irrigation. My Plants do Too.
By Richard Robinson There are three major reasons I love to use drip irrigation in the garden: It puts water where it does the most good,...
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