Farm Answers

In This Episode John Clendaniel from Delaware State University talks about offering a Farm School program to Nanicoke and Lenape tribes.  Links cast.desu.edu [website] @DSUSmallFarms [Facebook]

In This Episode Marianne Cufone of Recirculating Farms talks creating food access via urban gardening, hydroponics, and aquaponics, in Louisiana and surrounding states. Links recirculatingfarms.org [website] @RecirculatingFarmsCoalition [Facebook] @RecircFarms [Instagram] @RecircFarms [Twitter]

In This Episode John Munsell from Virginia Tech discusses his program that helps people add value to “goods from the woods,” such as shrubs, mushrooms, and botanicals. Links appalachianforestfarmers.org [website] @AppalachianBeginningForestFarmerCoalition [Facebook] @AppalachianBeginningForestFarmerCoalition [Facebook Group] @ForestFarming [YouTube]

In This Episode Joanna Winkler of Future Harvest discusses a tiered training program for all types of beginning farmers. Links futureharvest.org [website] @FutureHarvest [Facebook] @FHCASA [Instagram] @FHCASA [Twitter]

In This Episode Micaela Colley of Organic Seed Alliance talks about its program that teaches people how to grow seed via on-line, cohort, and mentorship programming. Links seedalliance.org [website] organicseedcommons.org [website] @OrganicSeedAlliance [Facebook] @Organic_Seed_Alliance [Instagram] @Seed_Alliance [Twitter]

In This Episode Leslie Schaller of the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACENet) talks about growing the regional economy in the hills of southern Ohio through a beginning farmer program. Links acenetworks.org [website] @AppalachianCenterforEconomicNetworks [Facebook] @ACENetAthens [Instagram] @ACEnetAthens [Twitter]

In This Episode Rigoberto Delgado of the National Immigrant farming Initiative joins the podcast to talk about his group’s work with Latino farmers. Links nationalimmigrantfarminginitiativeinc.org [website] @NationalImmigrantFarmingInitiative [Facebook]

In This Episode Frank Taylor and the team from Winston County Self-Help Cooperative is on the podcast to talk about rural America and their efforts to renew it. Links www.wcshc.com [website] @WinstonCountySelfHelpCooperative [Facebook]

In This Episode Dr. Samuel Scott, Scotty, of the North-South Institute, joins the podcast to discuss risk management for fruit growers in Florida and the Southern U.S. Links www.nsied.org [website] @North-SouthInstituteTrainings [Facebook] @NorthSouthInstitute_NIS [Instagram] @NSICEED [Twitter]

In This Episode Liza Marron of the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition shares how her group created a farm incubator program and farm park in Southern Colorado. Links riograndefarmpark.org [website] @RioGrandeFarmPark [Facebook] @RioGrandeFarmPark [Instagram]

In This episode Margaret DeVos of Southside Community Land Trust shares about her group's engagement with immigrant farmers and partnership with Brown University. Links southsideclt.org [website] @SouthsideCommunityLandTrust [Facebook] @southsideclt [Instagram] @southsideclt [Twitter]

In This Episode Michael Carter Jr. of Carter Farms discusses African-American farmers' challenges and how his group helps beginning farmers be profitable. Links thecarterfarms.com [website] @carterspecialtyfarm [Facebook] @carterfarmsva [Facebook] @carterfarmsva [Instagram]

In This Episode Natalie Hughes of Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming shares about her group’s farm incubator and land access programs. Links groundswellcenter.org [website] @groundswellcenter [Facebook] @groundswellcenter [Instagram] @GroundswellCenter [YouTube]

In This Episode Lucy Spence of RISE discusses how her program in upstate New York helps immigrants and refugees begin farming in the US. Links refugeeandimmigrant.org [website] @refugeeandimmigrant [Facebook] @syracuserise [Twitter] @refugee-and-immigrant-self-empowerment-rise [LinkedIn] @RISE2077 [YouTube]

In This Episode Robin Hackett of OEFFA discusses his group’s resources for beginning farmers, including mentorship and a phone line to provide technical assistance. Links Progress Report [Farm Answers] www.oeffa.org [website] @OhioEcologicalFoodandFarmAssociation [Facebook] @ohioecological [Instagram] @OEFFA [Twitter] @OEFFAEducation [YouTube]

In This Episode Margaret Morgan-Hubbard of Eco City Farms shares how her group educates and trains the next generation of urban farmers who provide access to fresh food for people living in food deserts. Links Progress Report [Farm Answers] ecoffshoots.org [website] @ECOCityFarms [Facebook] @ECOCityFarms [Instagram]

In This Episode Erin Karney of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association talks about CCA's Ranching Legacy Program and program delivery challenges during Covid-19. Links Colorado Cattlemen’s Association [website] @ColoradoCattlemensAssociation [Facebook] @ColoradoCattlemen [Instagram] Colorado Cattlemen [YouTube]

In This Episode Matte Wilson of Siċaŋġu Co joins host Betty Berning to talk about his group’s efforts to promote food sovereignty on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, an area twice the size of Rhode Island with only three grocery stores. Siċaŋġu trains people to grow their food and access fresh produce. The group is embracing its old traditions of regenerative agriculture to pro...

In This Episode Betty Berning interviews Robert Elliott of the Veteran’s Farm of North Carolina, a 501(c)3 organization that provides training, support, and equipment to beginning veteran farmers. Robert shares about the training opportunities available to veterans interested in starting a farm, along with his group’s unique equipment usage program that allows farmers to borrow a piece of equipmen...

In This Episode Host Betty Berning talks with Maile Auterson of Springfield Community Gardens about their work to address the needs and enhance the success of young, beginning, and disadvantaged farmers in rural and urban areas of Greene County, MO. Links Reducing Barriers for Disadvantaged and Beginning Farmers in Greene County Missouri [Progress Report on Farm Answers] Springfield Community Gard...

In This Episode Host Betty Berning talks with David Reed of the National Farmers Organization about the work they are doing with beginning farmers in the midwest. Links AgProfit Strategies Beginning Farmer Seminars [website] @AgProfitStrategies [Facebook]

In This Episode Betty Berning is joined by Suraya Arlslan and Alejandro Tecum of Adelante Mujeres, part of the Washington Organic Sustainable Alliance. Adelante Mujeres offers programming to Spanish-speaking farmers in various ways, including traditional classes, in-the-field training, mentorship, and conferences. One of the unique facets of this group is that all programming is offered in Spanish...

In This Episode Host Curtis Mahnken talks with Denis Ebodaghe, National Program Leader for small farm research and Extension Program Development for USDA-NIFA. They discuss the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) , Farm Answers, and more. Links Farm Answers (USDA-NIFA's official BFRDP Clearinghouse) [website] Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) [website]