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This historic family-owned property was recently used to raise grass-fed beef before being partially converted to corn and soybean …
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12/19/2019 – If you have a reason to ship hemp or hemp products, please read this post! I run …
Vermont Law School Releases Free Online Lease Builder Template
Are you a beginning farmer looking for land, or a landowner hoping to lease land? Creating a farm lease …
Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!
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Are You Prepared for Wildfire
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Rare Farm Transition Opportunity: Orange County 12 Ac Turnkey Operation + Farmhouse
Take a careful look at this operating vegetable farm & nursery on 12 acres with great infrastructure including 2 …
Old Farm, New Farm. John and Jessica Rowe of Cannabis Consortium Breathe Life Into Montgomery County Farm
“They aren’t going to make any more land, especially the land you grew up on,” thought Mary Jo Shuping …
Young Farmers Mixer! Chef Prepared BBQ Dinner, Square Dancing, and No Cost!
The National Young Farmers Coalition and Hickory Nut Gap Farm present a Young Farmers Mixer at HNG Farm Thursday, …
Scholarships Still Available for 2019-20
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Another NCSU Hemp Field Day Coming Up!
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20 Acres, Nineteen 100' Hoop Houses, Irrigation, Social Enterprise Business Partnership for Local Food Production Available, Guilford County
Do you have the passion and the experience to grow tons of local food for your community? Do you …
Hops, Hemp, Truffles, and More-See What We Are Doing!
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Connecting Herb and Specialty Crop Growers With Buyers
6/7/2019 – Are you looking for liner trays of false unicorn (star grub root)? Are you a North Carolina …
Getting Diseases and Insects Identified on Your Hemp Crop
Unfortunately, hemp plants are susceptible to many diseases and insects. The pathologists and entomologists at NC State University are …
Mushrooms, Herbs, Plants and More Available on Herb Connection
6/10/2019 – In the search for new crops that will potentially bring higher returns than many commodity crops, North …
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With June has come hotter, dryer weather. Even though we might get short storms and pop-up showers, rainfall this …
Forest Farming and Ginseng Growing Podcasts
6/7/2019 – The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry has put together a series of podcasts on agroforestry. The …
Growing Organic Produce for the Wholesale Market
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