by maddietemple | Jan 23, 2024 | Farmers, Farming, Farms
It’s time to get those seed catalogs out and start thinking about ordering seeds for the coming season! This is the time of year when hope springs eternal and all of us farmers get to dream about the bountiful harvest to come. While you’ve got seeds on your mind we wanted to write a post to mention some considerations before you place that seed order.
by amycpat | May 24, 2023 | Farm School, Farmers
After retiring to Arkansas, a couple started a sheep farm and is now expanding into vegetable production. The female farm owner, at age 70, enrolled in the CAFF Farm School. She is now putting everything learned into practice on her farm as it expands to provide fresh vegetables for local farm-to-table restaurants.
by amycpat | Oct 8, 2021 | Beginning Farmer Classes, Farmers, Farming, Farming Community News
CAFF awarded scholarships to our Beginning Farmer Classes in 2022 to several winners in the vegetable growing competition at the Benton County Fair. A new roster of twenty-one classes will begin in January of 2022. Classes are just $10 each and range from production...
by amycpat | Sep 28, 2021 | Farm School, Farmers
About sixty miles east of Fayetteville is the small Arkansas farm town of Alpena, population 397. A little northwest is Berryville, population 5,550. These are the two communities that formed and influenced Brian growing up. In 2020, when the pandemic devastated the...
by amycpat | Mar 19, 2021 | Farmers, Farming, Farms
Lucy has a heart for the Marshallese community in northwest Arkansas. She also has fresh organic vegetables for them. Lucy is farming a plot of land in Fayetteville and donating much of her abundance. She helps her Marshallese community adapt their traditional diets with local produce
by amycpat | Dec 17, 2020 | Farm Apprenticeship, Farmers, Farming
Frank’s farming journey has twisted and turned in exciting ways so far. He is an example of someone following their convictions and passions down a road less traveled.
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