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Coming into the Foodshed
Bioregionalists have championed the utility of the concept of the watershed as an organizing framework for thought and action directed to understanding and implementing appropriate and respectful human interaction with…
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Dairy farmer career paths
This report is based on observations of dairy farmer career structures in New Zealand gathered during a field trip to that country in the spring of 1995. These observations are…
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Management intensive rotational grazing’s sense…and dollars (Research Brief #19)
What we’re seeing is a little extra money from grazing while putting in a little less labor. — Gary Frank How can dairy farmers make their time worth more? A…
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Why make the transition to grazing? Wisconsin farmers share their perspectives
In 1994 and 1995, CIAS conducted case studies with six Wisconsin dairy farming families who’ve adopted management intensive rotational grazing practices. One topic these farmers discussed was how they made…
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Regional Food Systems Research: Needs, Priorities, and Recommendations
Why question the modern food system? While the modern food system is efficient and bountiful as measured by many traditional criteria, a growing number of people question whether this system…
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CROPP study maps paths to small-scale co-op marketing success (Research Brief #18)
The 1993 study helped us see the potentials for marketing cooperatives, and the decisions CROPP has made since then are instructive for anyone interested in that topic. — Steve Stevenson…
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Land stewardship practices on the Krusenbaum organic dairy farm (Research Brief #17)
It’s important that we farm organically. That’s the whole reason we’re in farming. We have ethical reasons we feel it’s important to treat the soil biodynamically. — Altfrid Krusenbaum The…
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An organic dairying overview from the Krusenbaum farm studies (Research Brief #16)
It’s important that we farm organically. That’s the whole reason we’re in farming. We have ethical reasons we feel it’s important to treat the soil biodynamically. — Altfrid Krusenbaum With…
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The Grass IS Greener: Dairy Graziers Tell Their Stories
The report tells the story, from the perspective of the 16 Wisconsin and Minnesota farm families involved, of their involvement in an innovative research, education, and outreach project about management-intensive…
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Radially Organized Teams
Radially organized research teams can bring together researchers, farmers, consumers and policy makers to do systems level work. A small hub manages the team, with the remaining participants linked to…