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Surprise and dismay over closure of Kemptville College
Kemptville College has played an important role in Eastern Ontario since 1917. (Photo Credit: University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus) Wednesday morning I turned on CBC's Ottawa Morning to check the...
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USDA wants to close local farm services offices
The USDA local farm services agency office in Canton. Photo: David Sommerstein The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reorganizing in an effort to provide more resources to help and small- and mid-size...
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A "local" minestrone soup recipe for 500 kids
This week is Agricultural Literacy week in New York State, organized by Cornell's Agriculture in the Classroom program. Every year, Cornell extension agents and other volunteers head in to the...
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Whole Foods offers big market to Ottawa area growers
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/glynlowe/ Some rights reserved. Ask any grower and they'll tell you that producing food is one challenge – selling it is another. Sure, there's a boom going for...
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12 portraits of farm folks for National Agriculture Day
Happy National Agriculture Day! You can write an essay about agriculture (theme: "365 days and 7 billion mouths to feed"), plan a get-together, or scroll through hundreds of "felfies" – farmer selfies....
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What's in the water in Essex County?
Courtney at the Saranac Lake market. Photo: David Sommerstein As we've reported for quite a while here at NCPR, the Champlain Valley has become a hotspot in the North Country for young farmers trying...
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"Hunger in the U.S. is a solvable problem."
There is an alarming amount of hunger in the United States, despite our collective wealth. This fact has been cited so often that it has lost some of its power. Income inequality is old news, but it’s...
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Organics a drop in the bucket
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been heavily promoting its organic programs lately, particularly its increased support for organic farming in the new farm bill: "Consumer demand for organic...
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New York to host food policy hearing in Potsdam
The NYS Council on Food Policy discusses how to keep produce aisles stocked with healthy food. Photo: David Sommerstein. The future of farm and food policy in New York State will take shape in Potsdam...
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Pig disease cancels popular state fair showcase
A nasty virus that's killed millions of pigs and raised the price of pork is causing New York State Fair officials to cancel this year's piglet and sow exhibits at the annual show in Syracuse. In a...
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