The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 28, 2022

Have you tried getting in to a slaughterhouse lately to get an animal processed? Have you tried getting pot pies legal to sell? How about ice cream with raw milk and real eggs? Maybe you're not a producer and you'd like to buy an authentic home-made pot pie or real ice cream. It's virtually impossible in the U.S. these days. Food regulations have reduced processing facilities and practically eliminated authenticity from the food supply.

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Agribusiness Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Kansas City Federal Reserve releases various reports each year on Ag Banking trends. T he latest report was released on January 12, 2022. Here are some interesting trends from the report: The average number of loans to farmers went down by about 30% in 2020 while the size of the loan actually went up by about 30%. However, in 2021, the number of loans went up by about 10% but the size of loans went down by about 25%.

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Caff

JANUARY 26, 2022

Introducing… the 2022 Farm Champion awardees! To make it as a small farm and to affect real, lasting change in our food system, it requires unwavering determination, hard work, ingenuity, and a deeply rooted sense of purpose with a view extending a thousand growing seasons. Those listed below exemplify these qualities bountifully. Each year, nominations pour in from across California by people like you.

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The Gleaning Project of South Central PA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Happy February Gleaners! We’re excited to not only share more information about food with you but also celebrate Black History Month all February long! Each year, Black History Month is designated a new “theme” and 2022’s theme is Black Health and Wellness and if you’d like to explore more about this years theme and learn more about Black History Month, please be sure to visit The Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s website ( [link] to learn more!

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 25, 2022

The darn pandemic knocked me out of my blogging stride, but I’m hoping (fingers crossed) to get back on the tractor to post a lot more again this year, because it’s been busy on the farm, with fun plans ahead! We’ve been digging into finding our farm’s rhythm and moving beyond what felt like a constant start-up phase. The big news is that we finally were considered “established” enough to be able to take out an infrastructure loan, and over the past fourteen months built a new heated prop house,

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Agribusiness Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Our firm just released our top ten business trends that occurred in 2021. Many of them are likely to continue in 2022. Here are my top two from the list: Labor Market Disruption – In our area it is very common to see signs at the local McDonalds trying to hire help starting at $18 per hour. Now our state has one of the highest minimum wages in the Country at about $14 per hour, but even smaller rural communities are seeing the effects of labor disruption especially for farmers.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 27, 2022

Rural Routes to Climate Solutions (RR2CS) is an Alberta-based initiative shining a spotlight on the climate solutions that farmers, ranchers and communities in rural Alberta can benefit from. RR2CS is happy to announce that we are seeking volunteers interested in becoming Advisers to our great team of community organizers, facilitators and communications specialists.

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