by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Oct 16, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Three
Check out our new Facebook Notes Series about raw milk production! In this new series the leading experts on raw dairy production will present tips and suggestions for your dairy. New topics in the series will be published every other week. Topics will alternate...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Oct 16, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Three
The FTCF Fresh Milk Production Publication was completed in July and is available for purchase on the FTCF website! Ten individuals, including farmers, veterinarians, researchers, health professionals and educators, served as members of the expert panel and...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Oct 16, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Three
We now offer an educational resource center on our website for FFA students and teachers! In response to requests over the years for more information about the local food movement and sustainable agriculture, the FTCF now provides a collection of resources that can be...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Oct 16, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Three
At the National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, CA in September 2015, Tim Wightman, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Foundation, presented a workshop entitled “The Biological Advantage – Better Soils for Organic Food and Forage through Biological Farming”. In this...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Oct 16, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Three
In addition to exhibiting at the FFA convention, as we have in previous years, Tim Wightman will present a teacher workshop at the 2015 National FFA Convention & Expo entitled “Feeding People, Not Corporations: Local Food and the Future of Agriculture”. Tim will...
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Oct 16, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Three
In August 2015, the FTCF launched a new project in order to address the growing need for information and education about the connection between healthy soil and human health. The FTCF and holistic nutrition experts from Hawthorn University are collaborating to create...
by Hannah Westheimer | Sep 20, 2015 | Farm-to-Consumer Foundation News
Click here to read the full article It may take one person to both monitor the robots and manage the herd, but it takes another two people to manage an organic pasture and another two minimum to grow and harvest crops. Also, even after 20 years of improvement and...
by Hannah Westheimer | Sep 18, 2015 | Farm-to-Consumer Foundation News
What the Sale of Niman Ranch Could Mean for Farmers The author used a misleading photo for the story cover and left out the fact that the support system for small farms is so disassembled that you have to scale up in order to compete. Get big enough and you become...
by Hannah Westheimer | Jul 22, 2015 | Farm-to-Consumer Foundation News
From our good friends at Grist- – Thank you Dr. Grandin for bringing an objective viewpoint to the conversation. Check out the article here.
by Farm To Consumer Foundation | Feb 5, 2015 | Newsletter Issue Two
Proposed FFA Curriculum Program The Farm-to-Consumer Foundation is currently developing an alternative curriculum for high school students active in the National FFA Organization, one that focuses on the benefits and importance of local sustainable agriculture....
