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December 2007:

column	Book Reviews: Good reads
column	Dr Paul's Research Perspectives: Fabricated food has become a profitable problem
column	One farm to another: He's making his list and checking....the price of grain?
column	Intern Journal: Those cabin fever blues
feature	Canada’s efforts to make organics official have come a long way, still work to be done
feature	Delivering on a quality promise
feature	Striking a balance
feature	On the Plains, there’s room outside the box
feature	Ask Jeff: Can I plant a rye cover crop in the spring?
feature	Variation is a good thing
feature	Reader Mail: Do you have a list of farms that cater to Muslims for the festivals of Eid?
feature	Reader Mail: What can you tell me about integrated weed management and no-till?
feature	Reader Mail: How can I get involved with the "eat local" effort in my area?
feature	Reader Mail: Can I post a classified ad on New Farm if I don't live in the United States?
feature	Reader Mail: Can I get a list of past OPR price lists?
NEWS	If it’s fresh and local, is it always greener?
NEWS	Safety fears prompt Europe to consider first ban on GM crop
NEWS	Oil expert says in 100 years all farming will be organic
NEWS	Organic undersupply stunts market growth
NEWS	Hog MRSA infection spreading to farmers in Europe, Canada
NEWS	Floods decimate farms in Southwest Washington

November 2007:

feature	Reader Mail: How can I update my information in the Organic Certifiers Database?
feature	Reader Mail: Can you send me a list of organic farmers who sell directly to the public?
feature	Reader Mail: How can I sell my homegrown products at farmers' markets?
feature	Reader Mail: How much is tuition for your online Transition-to-Organic course?
feature	Reader Mail: Can you tell me more about the feasability of growing crops for ethanol?
feature	Reader Mail: Can you help me with the business planning of an organic farmstead?
NEWS	Farm-to-school buys create local markets
NEWS	Ethanol better, or worse, than gasoline
NEWS	Paper explains GMO issues in organics
NEWS	Survey links local foods with extra value
NEWS	New mycotoxin website identifies feed risks
NEWS	Excessive N depletes soil organic carbon
NEWS	State prevents honest label for rBGH-free milk
column	One farm to another: Fall drought demands invoking Plan D—or creating it
column	Intern Journal: Playing with your food
column	Dr Paul's Research Perspectives: Measuring on-farm soil carbon changes
feature	A vision of Misty Brook
feature	Emerging technology may give farmers instant read in the field on soil-carbon changes
feature	Promoters of national livestock ID plan shift to focus on benefits of global traceability
feature	Pioneering Illinois farmer recounts transition to organic
feature	Heartland Mill continues to pioneer organic agriculture

October 2007:

feature	Ask Jeff: What equipment do I need and how do I start making hay?
feature	Ask Jeff: How much rye should I use in my no-till oats/vetch/rye mix?
feature	Reader Mail: Are there any specs to build the no-till roller for do-it-yourselfers?
feature	Reader Mail: Can I get this newsletter and course info if I live in Canada?
feature	Reader Mail: Is it possible for agents to travel to another country to do a certification?
feature	Reader Mail: What would be a good cover crop to use after conventional corn?
NEWS	Article addresses organic farming disasters
NEWS	Food co-op to buy, operate Gardens of Eagan
NEWS	USDA: market will resolve ethanol/food issues
NEWS	Biotech rice genetic escape “a mystery”
NEWS	Compost cuts black root rot in strawberries
column	Op/ed: FAO issues report calling for new thinking on avian flu poultry risks
column	Intern Journal: A matter of perspective
feature	Lessons learned in a mature organic sector
feature	A Homegrown Festival
feature	Heritage breeds perfect for small-farm revival in Missouri’s River Hills
feature	The skinny on a big problem…weeds

September 2007:

NEWS	Low wheat stores threaten famine relief
NEWS	Goal: 10 percent organic by 2010
NEWS	Video boosts flood fund for organic farmers
NEWS	Groups call for food-systems in public plans
NEWS	Library offers extensive sustainable ag expertise
NEWS	Aurora Organic Dairy agrees to alter practices
NEWS	Livestock diversity critical for changing climates
feature	West African rice farmers explore alternatives to cheap, dangerous insecticides
column	Seize pre-harvest gaps to plan on-farm research
column	Staying connected
feature	Ask Jeff: Can you provide more details on planting organic no-till rotations?
feature	Ask Jeff: Should I ted my wet hay or just let it lay?
feature	Reader Mail: How do I work out a land lease agreement?
feature	Reader Mail: To raise organic chickens, do I have to start with organic chicks ?
feature	Reader Mail: Is it profitable for me to grow corn for ethanol?
feature	Reader Mail: What do I need to do to sell wild-harvested rice as organic?
feature	Reader Mail: Where would I find bulk seed for annual rye and hairy vetch?
feature	Reader Mail; When will we be able to see market prices for poultry and meat?
feature	Improved compost mix great on the pad, but slow to deliver in the field
feature	Institute seeks Communications Director
feature	Cheap biofuel feedstocks take a toll on soil health
feature	Boston common
feature	Recipe for success

August 2007:

NEWS	Autism linked to prenatal pesticide exposure
NEWS	Organic food boosts quality of mother’s milk
NEWS	Chefs say local, organic are top trends
NEWS	NC legislature bans new hog waste lagoons
NEWS	Online map shows factory farm details
NEWS	Crops absorb antibiotics through manure
NEWS	Resistance mounts to almond fumigation
NEWS	Raw-milk market booms despite barriers
column	Replacing imports with local food
feature	Reader Mail: Where can I get information on grants, loans and NOP guidelines?
feature	Reader Mail: Where can I learn more about micro farming?
feature	Reader Mail: How can I send you an important press release and calendar item?
feature	Reader Mail: May I print your articles and distribute them at my farmers' market stand?
feature	Reader Mail: How can I be listed in your Farm Directory?
feature	Reader Mail: Can I sell my homegrown veggies on NewFarm.org?
feature	Reader Mail: Where can I go to learn about organic farming?
feature	Book Review: Less nutritious and more toxic
column	Intern Journal: Transitions
feature	The end of farming for me, for now
feature	Local food networks reflect progress and potential
feature	Yes, Africa can feed itself—through a sustainable agriculture revolution
feature	Strategic thinking
feature	Bootstrapping the organic market for NZ lamb

July 2007:

feature	The Rodale Institute welcomes first CEO
feature	Ask Jeff: What's a good planter/cultivator system that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
feature	Ask Jeff: How do I thicken my new hay planting?
feature	Ask Jeff: Any advice for restoring my old hay fields?
feature	Reader Mail: Where do I find local support for raising organic, free-range beef cattle?
feature	Reader Mail: What does it take to set up an investors/buyers group for produce?
feature	Reader Mail: What is NewFarm.org's stance on combining COOL with NAIS?
feature	Reader Mail: How do I certify my tree farm organic?
feature	Reader Mail: What can I give my rooster for persistent ear infections?
NEWS	Contaminated hay mulch knocks out crops at Waterpenny Farm
NEWS	Canadian organic food tops $1 billion in sales
NEWS	Ag-chemical air pollution faces new limits
NEWS	Mixing varieties increases wheat yield
NEWS	Air-freighting organic food questioned in U.K.
NEWS	Natural fungus key to whitefly control product
NEWS	Booklets creatively dissect Farm Bill issues
NEWS	Island nations to exploit GMO-free status
column	One farm to another: Welcoming interns to the farm brings potential benefits
column	Reckoning with the natural, sustainable self
feature	Book Review: A good overview of how meat-goats are different from the rest
feature	Cover crops offer benefits from fertility to weed management
feature	The Real deal in organic pastured poultry
feature	Weeds of the globally warmed future, Part II
feature	Alberta couple pioneers organic fruit wine enterprise

June 2007:

feature	Ask Jeff: Can you tell me more about using vinegar as an herbicide?
feature	Ask Jeff: Should I use my harrow or rotary hoe to control the weeds in my corn?
feature	Ask Jeff: Can I roll my field of monster hairy vetch?
feature	Group goal to expand rights of small farmers to sell whole food to willing buyers
feature	Reader Mail: Can I plant buckwheat as a cover? Any tips for building a root cellar?
feature	Reader Mail: Are there loans specifically for minority farmers?
feature	Reader Mail: How can we keep our community garden free of dangerous pesticides?
feature	Reader Mail: Where can I find a farming partner?
feature	Reader Mail: What does it take to be an organic farmer?
feature	Reader Mail: What chicken breed is best for us?
NEWS	Change chemical regulation, group says
NEWS	California dairy loses organic certification
NEWS	Farmer John movie hits theatres
NEWS	Bacteria in food may lead to “super bugs”
NEWS	Iowa study: organics better for region
NEWS	Organic methods for safe leafy greens
column	Research Perspectives: Correlation between ag chemicals and birth impacts
column	One farm to another: Make time to leave home for farmer-to-farmer learning
column	Intern Journal: Sustainability in a wasteful world
feature	Shouldn’t the market serve us, instead of the other way around?
feature	Whacking the hornet nest: Talking about humane cow care is a good thing, isn’t it?
feature	Undocumented workers need to be respected, paid and given a way forward
feature	Fact sheet lists critical areas for raw-milk safety
feature	Weeds of the globally warmed future
feature	Going (well) against the grain, emmer and all

May 2007:

column	In Season: Life on EARTH
column	One Farm to Another: Scrambling to find Plan B after a nasty winter for vetch
column	Intern Journal: The root of everything
column	Letter from Ontario: Ontario farm innovation awards hit the mark
feature	Ask Jeff: Do I need to apply compost through my planter like starter fertilizer?
feature	Ask Jeff: What hay mixture is best for my farm?
feature	Ask Jeff: How do I get no-till soybeans started?
feature	Reader Mail: Why are my turkeys not incubating properly?
feature	Reader Mail: How do I certify my land organic?
feature	Reader Mail: Can I position my greenhouse north to south?
feature	Reader Mail: Just passing along a helpful tip?
feature	Reader Mail: I need some advice on managing my mixed herd
feature	Reader Mail: Do you offer training in India?
NEWS	Sustainable Farm Bill action
NEWS	Think tank says buy out all crop subsidies
NEWS	Judge orders halt to GMO alfalfa planting
NEWS	Experts detail pesticide caution for bees
NEWS	Sharp food-price inflation seen ahead
NEWS	UK tells citizens to eat seasonally
feature	Meeting in the middle
feature	Bellies up
feature	Bare earth is scorched earth
feature	When it comes to animal health and welfare, there are worse things than antibiotics
feature	Chucking the classroom for the carrot patch
feature	Are all your eggs in one basket?
feature	From the Garden State to the Sunshine State

April 2007:

column	Letter from Ontario; Everyone has an opinion on farm size
column	Intern Journal: Take cover
column	Dr Paul's Research Perspectives: “Old” Asian Soybean Rust research holds clues
column	One Farm to Another: Legumes buffer organic farms from this year’s high N costs
feature	Earlier-flowering hairy vetch a great advance, but northern farmers need more
feature	Reader Mail: Improvement in organic yield due to increase in buffering capacity?
feature	Reader Mail: Can you give me more information on organic farming in Nebraska?
feature	Reader Mail: Certified Naturally Grown versus Certified Organic?
feature	Going broke in BC
feature	“Equivalent” in sourcing crop seeds isn’t really equity
feature	Ask Jeff: Does organic farming increase an area's weed population?
feature	Ask Jeff: Would a disc or a rototiller be a better purchase for me?
feature	Ask Jeff: Is there software out there for organic recordkeeping?
feature	Harvesting a sense of place from Italy's agriculture
feature	Vermont rallies for 2007 Farm Bill input
feature	Farmers and chefs connect through great food
NEWS	Co-op launches regional food effort
NEWS	Cause of honeybee die-off still unknown
NEWS	Group deconstructs anti-organic report
NEWS	Organic dairy giant ups commitments
NEWS	Arsenic residue taints US rice
NEWS	Public comment extended for cloning issue

March 2007:

NEWS	Group threatens USDA suit over organic grazing regs
NEWS	New site romances Iowa’s place-based foods…
NEWS	…as new webzine boosts the local in New England
NEWS	Factory farming hearings to travel the country
NEWS	New water filter purifies without chemicals
NEWS	Send back the clones
feature	Farmers need an organized way to improve organic seed quality
feature	Seed allowances help farmers, make bigger seed business investment more risky
feature	Organic seed producers have to release high-quality seed to build confidence
feature	Seed quality problematic, as is need for more genetic information
feature	Vegetable growers in tight rotations can’t afford seeds that fail
feature	Ask Jeff: What is the best way to seed a new pasture?
feature	Ask Jeff: Any advice for getting my farm and greenhouse certified?
feature	Ask Jeff: What can be frost seeded besides clover?
feature	Ask Jeff: How do I work out a fair land lease agreement?
feature	Reader Mail: Is worm farming a possibility for us?
feature	Reader Mail: How can I break into farming gradually?
feature	Reader Mail: How can I stop my chickens from eating their own eggs?
feature	No Till + quick wrap
feature	Researchers roll out the details of 2006 no-till organic corn numbers
column	One Farm to Another: Spring gleanings as winter melts into spring
column	Letter from Saskatchewan: Ag income in most provinces will decrease in 2007
column	Letter from Ontario: How can farming be so challenging, yet so stimulating and fun?
feature	Training transforms lives of Mexican subsistence farmers and field laborers
feature	A good life, if you can do it: selling direct to the wholesale market
feature	Judge rules careful herdshare arrangements are a legal deal in Ohio
feature	What women (farmers) want
feature	Fertile Ground
feature	California farmers dropping organic certification

February 2007:

column	One Farm to Another: People and their questions make my work a delight
column	Dr Paul's Research Perspectives: Organic challenges conventional for yield potential
column	Intern Journal: Salatin keynote gets the wheels turning
feature	Organic farmers left holding the bag for substandard seed
NEWS	Berry good news
NEWS	You have to know your (vegetable) colors to eat them
NEWS	No more airborne organic for UK consumers?
NEWS	Boiler could make switchgrass biofuel a boon for farmers
NEWS	Hessian fly back on top
feature	Can you clone an organic cow?
feature	Snow as snow
feature	The end was the beginning: Things are much better five years into a re-started CSA
feature	Can I feed soy hay to my horses?
feature	Can I plant soybeans witha 7-inch no-till grain drill?
feature	Do you have measurement details for the roller?
feature	Where can I find hull-less barley seed?
feature	Which came first, the chicken or the house?
feature	Get ready for global warming
feature	2007 Farm Bill
feature	Thanks for the inspiration
feature	Organic farmers left holding the bag for substandard seed
feature	What's best to plant between vegetable rows that won't compete for nutrients?
feature	Is it better to feed chickens organic grains or have them out on pasture?
feature	How can we as community tackle land access for farmers?
feature	What's your latest research on carbon sequestration and mycorrhizal fungi?
feature	How can carbon and nitrogen be sequestered and still be "available"?
feature	Can you help me with these questions for my school project?
feature	Do you have an organic program for African farmers?
feature	How can we get your support for an agricultural project in South America?

January 2007:

feature	What can we grow between hardwood trees in Guatemala?
feature	What do I need to do to start alfalfa on pasture land?
feature	How can I manage weeds in a no-till system without herbicides?
feature	Native fruit bolsters immune systems in birds and is used to treat Avian Flu-like disease
feature	More than one way to determine healthy soil…
feature	Is there an East Coast university offering a degree in organic agriculture?
feature	Do the solutions you propose for Senegal hold true for the rest of Africa?
feature	Why are bats dying around wind farms?
feature	Farm Locator directory users believe online marketing future strong
column	Let it snow (or freeze, at least)
column	Year 2006 is breakthrough for organic no-till corn yield
column	First year on the NOSB: Hard work, tough issues, good energy
column	Will alternate farm bill options retain agricultural safety net?
NEWS	Studies document factory farm downsides
NEWS	“Who Owns Organic” roadmap updated
NEWS	Study: Small hog farms cut salmonella risks
NEWS	“Greener Eggs & Ham” report highights grass
NEWS	Brown: Grain-to-fuel hopes wildly misplaced
NEWS	Farmer floats web-support service for farmers
NEWS	China halts corn for biofuel on food concern
NEWS	Report: keep biofuels sustainable
NEWS	Scientists seek to disable aflatoxin genes
feature	The right web-based mailing program frees farmers to farm
feature	Poor Taste
feature	Fighting for the future of our family farm
feature	Young farmer couple and established landowner explore innovative land access
feature	Vermonters work in many ways to re-weave local food system