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This Immersive Farm Apprenticeship is Training the Next Generation of Farmers

Modern Farmer

Learning the art of affinage (the process of aging cheese), herd management like Maffie, or how to properly prune plants to encourage stem growth are experiences that students will “never get by learning in a classroom,” she says. The ASLF approached McPherson this year to include an aquaculture opportunity. Bliss Battle.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

On the impacts of neonics—the chemicals that coat most corn and soy seeds in this country—especially, her experience illuminates so much. Is it inappropriate, indulgent, myopic to contextualize my understanding of seed writ large with my understanding of self and place?” Jewell asks.

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