Home What's New What's New Menu What's New -- Oct. '97 Sustainable Farming Connection Where farmers find and share information. What's New -- Oct. '97 A chronological list of additions to this site. Improve Your CRP Bid [10/24/97] -- Minn. Dept. of Ag page explains how to improve your bid's chances of being accepted. See also Free CRP Tip Sheet. Inside The Beltway -- October '97 [10/23/97] -- Ag policy update from the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. Alternative Hog Production Conference [10/23/97] -- Dec. 5, Lafayette, Indiana, featuring Iowa State researcher Mark Honeyman and producers Jim Van Der Pol and Greg Gunthorp. Local contact Seattle Tilth Association [10/23/97] New Organic Certification Discussion Group [10/20/97] -- On our Organic Farming, Marketing, and Certification Resources page. Weigh in on the issues as national standards come to fruition. To subscribe, send the message: subscribe organic-certification firstname lastname to listproc@listserv.oit.unc.edu. New local contact listings for California Certified Organic Farmers , Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, and USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse - World Hunger Year [10/17/97] Surfing With Michele [10/17/97] -- Eclectic links from Univ. of Wis. sustainable ag communicator. Cover Crop and Forage Seed Sources [10/17/97] -- Find the varieties that fit your cropping or pasture system. Internet Guide for Farmers, Extension Agents [10/16/97] -- Tips to help you get started and sharpen your Internet skills from the UC-Davis Sustainable Ag Research and Education Program. Link to National Organic Program, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service [10/16/97] -- from our Organic Farming, Marketing, and Certification Resources page. Free CRP Tip Sheet [10/15/97] -- 'Bid To Win' tells how to increase your score and land that contract. Link to Purdue Cooperative Ext. Sustainable Ag Page [10/10/97] from our University Sustainable Ag Programs links page. Agroforestry Hot Links [10/10/97] -- Links from our Agroforestry menu to the USDA National Agroforestry Center and other sites. Link to Sustainable Ag Grants Announced [10/8/97] -- USDA's North Central Region SARE program awards 70 grants totalling $1.9 million to researchers, educators, producers, organizations and others. Project topics include marketing, whole-farm planning, pest management, community development, animal agriculture and crop diversification. Low-Stress Livestock Handling [10/4/97] -- Herding methods and facilities that put less stress on you and your stock. Cow Dreams -- Poems by Steve Lucas [10/2/97] -- In the tradition of the Cowboy Poets but with a modern grazier's twist. Enjoy! Making Sense of Federal Programs [10/1/97] -- How to use flexible planting rules and conservation programs to make your farm more sustainable and profitable. New Farm Program Options Guide [10/1/97] -- Making the Most of Freedom to Farm shows how to make planting flexibility pay. Top of Page Home What's New What's New Menu What's New -- Oct. '97 ©1997 Committee for Sustainable Farm Publishing Please read about our usage permission policy and disclaimer. Send comments, suggestions and questions to the site author: Craig Cramer cdcramer@clarityconnect.com Coded using HoTMetaL Pro 3.0. Best viewed in Netscape 3.0 or later. Please see our credits page for more information. http://sunsite.unc.edu/farming-connection/whatsnew/9710.htm