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Starting a Small-scale farm incubator
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Victory Acres is recruiting five Partner Farmers for our "Growing Growers" program. If you are interested in small-scale, alternative agriculture, then this program may be your ticket. The Growing…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Caroline Malcolm Dec 9, 2011.
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Caroline Malcolm replied to Eric Himelick's discussion 'Starting a Small-scale farm incubator'"What a great opportunity for beginning farmers! How long has the Growing Growers program been running? There are lots of farm incubator programs in my neck of the woods, and all are excellent models for training and supporting new farmers. You…"
DB replied to Eric Himelick's discussion 'Starting a Small-scale farm incubator'"just read your listing about this over at the Farm Dreams site. sounds like a great opportunity for newbies...good luck!"
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Victory Acres is recruiting five Partner Farmers for our "Growing Growers" program. If you are interested in small-scale, alternative agriculture, then this program may be your ticket. The Growing Growers Program is a small-scale agricultural incubator at Victory Acres Farm that will work with five partner farmers to develop the production of small-scale, specialty crops. The long term goal will be for these five farmers to either transition to their own independent farms or to continue…See More
Eric Himelick posted a status"Victory Acres is recruiting five Partner Farmers for our "Growing Growers" program. R u interested in small-scale farming? We have land."
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- A Wendell Berry Style Farmer
- A bit about me:
- I live on the farm that has been in our family for over six generations. Homesteaded during Marin VanBuren's administration, my roots run deep. Grandpa was considering selling off the family farm a few years ago, and I came up with the idea of starting a CSA as a way to save the farm.
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- Liver and onions (all home grown).
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- The Gift of Good Land by Wendell Berry
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- Growing Shitake and Portabella Mushrooms... and building hardwood bluebird houses from hardwood cut and milled from our land.
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