ATTRA - Voices from the Field

Growth of a California Organic Operation

In the this episode, Michael McCormick, the executive director of the Food Resource Center in Livingston, Montana, talks about how the FRC grew from a more typical food pantry to a more active role in addressing poverty and its effects in the community.

In this episode, Tracy Potter Finns and Margaret Debona from Country Rail Farn near Huson, Montana, talk about why they became GAP certified and the process of developing their food safety plan.

In this episode, we take a question from the “Ask an Ag Expert” feature offered by NCAT’s ATTRA program. The question is whether it’s a better idea to start a pastured poultry egg operation.

In this episode, Demetrius Fassas, a Local Food Program Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Aubrey Roth, the Montana Food to School Coordinator with Montana Team Nutrition discuss the producers' role.

In this episode, Dave Prather of the Western Montana Food Growers Cooperative talks about the challenges that were overcome when the cooperative was created.

In this episode, Demetrius Fassas and Aubrey Roth discuss the “Harvest of the Month” program in Montana.

Kevin Ellis, a Sustainable Agriculture Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, visits with two presenters at the 2017 Texas Hispanic Farmer and Rancher Conference.

Dave and Lee talk about ATTRA's grazing calculator spreadsheet.

In this edition, Dave Scott, a livestock specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology and co-owner of Montana Highland Lamb near Whitehall, Montana, discusses how to prepare for the “before, during, and after” of shearing.

Keys to creating an effective composting strategy.

Andrew Coggins, Agriculture Project Coordinator with the National Center for Appropriate Technolgy’s headquarters in Butte, MT, discusses the goals of cover cropping. He also describes the cover-cropping strategy NCAT’s SIFT demonstration farm in Butte.

You've gone to great effort to raise a nice set of finished lambs and have them processed. Now what?

Food Safety in Montana with Betsy Miller; New Federal Safety Regulations

Tammy Howard talks with him about the internal audit program and different food safety certification programs throughout the state.

Marketing Vegetables Workshop Panel Discussion

Robert Maggiani, a horticulture specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology, talks with Larry Butler, co-owner of Boggy Creek Farm in Austin, Texas.

Ocean farming is the new frontier for sustainable and restorative food production. More than that, it holds promise for job creation, coastal community development, and ecosystem restoration. In this podcast Lee Rinehart, a Sustainable Agriculture Special

The world demand for seafood is increasing and is putting pressure on our oceans for protein.

National Center for Appropriate Technology specialist Luke Freeman hold a conversation about blackberries with Dr. John Clark of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Growing Brambles in High Tunnels

Entrevista con Aldo Andres Marega

No, the butcher did not have it for his dinner. By federal law, any beef that is older than 30 months is subject to the Specific Risk Material regulation.

Experiences living with and trying to manage vertebrate pests like birds, deer, rabbits and more.

Vertebrate pests distinguish themselves from insect pests and diseases by their ability to learn.