Farmer Profile: Introducing Rock Paper Scissors Goat Dairy of Cummington, MA
Partners Angie Arahood and Lee Lewis are launching Rock Paper Scissors Goat Dairy, a goat microdairy selling Certified Grade A raw milk in Cummington, MA. We’ll start this year with 6 does and a few...
View ArticleIntroducing Goat Song Farm of Sheridan, OR
Goat Song Farm is an integrated livestock farm that sits on only slightly more than 1 acre of land, but the centerpiece to everything is the dairy. I run a raw milk herdshare program with both dairy...
View ArticleBootstrap @ The Golden Yoke – on Breeds and Species
Montana is considered a fluid milk state, which means that one of the primary goals for dairy farmers is to breed cows that produce a lot of milk without much regard for components. Across the state,...
View ArticleBootstrap @ The Golden Yoke – Looking Ahead at Capital and Equipment
This past month has been a big decision-making month for The Golden Yoke. Unlike the other Bootstrap farmers, we are not currently milking any cows, do not have any facilities, and do not have any real...
View ArticleWestern Water Profile: De Smet Dairy Farms
Mike De Smet is known for his friendly disposition, his inability to say no to a challenge, and a deeply ingrained love of dairy farming. De Smet grew up on the 125-acre dairy farm he now manages. But...
View ArticleBootstrap @ Chaseholm Farm – Training
Happy Summer! I’m writing after our recent (and very productive) dry and hot spell from the comfort of cool weather. The cows are loving it. This post is about the training that I have received, am...
View ArticleUpcoming Online Business Seminars through the National Good Food Network
Feeling like you want to brush up your farm-business skills? A few online educational opportunities are coming up from the Wallace Center’s National Good Food Network – check them out! May 31, 2012 at...
View ArticleApply Now to be a 2013 Bootstrap Blogger
The Bootstrap Blog – featuring viewpoints of farmers in their beginning years of running a farm – is entering its third year with a landslide of enthusiasm. With special thanks to the six...
View ArticleDairy Applications Rolling in for the 2013 Bootstrap Blog – Apply Now!
Dairy farmers! Apply now to be a 2013 Bootstrap blog writer with NYFC. 2013 will be the year of dairy, and farmers will be compensated for sharing their expertise and reflections. There are only...
View ArticleIntroducing Goat Song Farm of Sheridan, OR
Goat Song Farm is an integrated livestock farm that sits on only slightly more than 1 acre of land, but the centerpiece to everything is the dairy. I run a raw milk herdshare program with both dairy...
View ArticleIntroducing Rose Robson and Robson’s Farm LLC of North Hanover, NJ
We’re excited to publish a new Farmer Profile of an inspiring beginning farmer every few weeks on the NYFC blog to help showcase the breadth and vision of the next generation of agricultural leaders....
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – A New Approach to Marketing
This year we took a multi prong approach to marketing. I was striving toward an ideal that we would sell most of our products through a CSA. We managed to serve around a dozen members locally, and...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – A Dairy Farmer’s Perspective on Policy...
The most direct interaction I have with the government in the dairy business comes through the New York Sate Department of Agriculture and Markets. Every month, the inspector comes to collect product...
View ArticleBootstrap @ Blue Sage Farm – Reflections on Policy and Regulation
I have to say I feel really lucky that I have a great dairy inspector. I’ve heard horror stories about how an inspector can make your life miserable but I haven’t experienced that. I think it helps...
View ArticleYoung Farmer Winter Supper – February 19th in New York City
Join us at the Young Farmer Winter Supper on February 19 for an evening of farm-fresh food, fellowship and startup stories, featuring short films by women dairy farmers, presented by Etsy, Stonyfield...
View ArticleBootstrap Dairy Farmer Video Release!
The Bootstrap Dairy Farmer Videos are finally here! In 2013, five young women chronicled their experiences of starting dairy farms on our Bootstrap Blog. In the long-awaited final installment of the...
View ArticleThanks to Everyone for an Incredible Winter Supper
Last week the National Young Farmers Coalition hosted our first Young Farmer Winter Supper at Wythe Hotel. We met over a hundred of incredible like-minded people devoted to promoting NYFC’s cause and...
View ArticleBootstrap @ Chaseholm Farm – Marketing and Sales
This is post is coming at a good time for the farm, we were approved for raw milk sales last week and concrete was poured in our future tiny farm store. Getting into dairy farming from cheese making...
View ArticleBOOTSTRAP @ CHASEHOLM FARM – THOUGHTS ON PASTURE MANAGEMENT
By Sarah Lyons Chase of Chaseholm Farm This is a big one. This is my first season ever and also my first season managing a rotationally grazed dairy herd. I think I have a lot to learn about how to...
View ArticleBOOTSTRAP @ CHASEHOLM FARM – REFLECTIONS ON MARKETING
By Sarah Lyons Chase of Chaseholm Farm This is post is coming at a good time for the farm, we were approved for raw milk sales last week and concrete was poured in our future tiny farm store. Getting...
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