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Looking for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities? We feature all that, plus in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable ag activities.
ATTRAnews - December 2008
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Finding the Best Ways to Revive and Protect the Living Soil
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Organics Can Feed the World
A conversation with leading commercial- scale organic grain growers, Mary-Howell and Klaas Martens
Our series of interviews with winners of the 2008 Patrick Madden Award for Sustainable Agriculture continues with New York field and vegetable crop growers and organic feed suppliers Mary-Howell and Klaas Martens. In an interview with Acres U.S.A., the Martenses discuss their introduction to organic production and its market potential.
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Ecological Pest Management ATTRA has created a new, on-line [
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