If you’re going to be a full-time student, undergrad or graduate, during the 2013-14 school year, and are focusing your studies on sustainable ag, listen up; Annie’s, the well-known makers of organic mac n cheese Annie’s, are offering scholarships that you, being a student in the illustrious Illinois higher education system, have a great shot of […]
Month: November 2012
FLAG post
The Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) has just recently released their highly-anticipated guide to written organic agriculture contracts, Farmers’ Guide to Organic Contracts, and it’s now available, for free, right at your fingertips (scroll down, its under “Publications and Articles”). According to FLAG, “One major goal of the Farmers’ Guide to Organic Contracts is to encourage an organic marketing system […]
Webinar on AGR-Lite Insurance
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) announced this week that they will be hosting a free, hour-long webinar on Thursday, November 29, at 1 Eastern time, on federal Adjusted Gross Revenue Lite (AGR-Lite) crop insurance. The AGR-Lite is not tied to a single crop or commodity, but rather whole-farm revenue, and so is designed to protect […]
EQIP Application Deadlines Fast Approaching
This is a quick reminder that the deadline for the EQIP Organic Initiative, a program under the umbrella of the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and the USDA, is coming up very quick. November 16, to be exact, as Illinois has one of the earliest deadlines in the country. EQIP, which stands for the Environmental […]