Caff

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In March of this year, an Empire State Building-sized cargo ship infamously lodged itself in the Suez Canal. But while the world watched as engineers scrambled to remove this gargantuan threat to a multi-billion dollar supply chain, CAFF was back home planting seeds for local resilience. As nearly 400 equally colossal boats panicked in queue behind that floating global bottleneck, our members throughout California were helping to push forward a bill that would invest $15 million in Community Foo

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Kainai First Nation members Cyrus and Roy Weasel Fat share their success story of farming and ranching on the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta. The father and son team discuss some of the challenges of farming on the reserve and how they built a successful small business and educational outlet for the community. Useful Links: Rural Routes to Climate Solutions Siksikaitsitapi Agriculture Project Want to learn more?

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Sustainable Harvest International

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For years, SHI-Honduras field trainer Consuelo Hernández has been perfecting recipes to share with partnering farmers that use the diverse array of crops grown on their land, and now we’re thrilled to share one of her recipes with you! Consuelo’s sweet plantain empanadas are that delicious combination of sweet and salty, fried to a golden-brown perfection.

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Agribusiness Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

For every good deferred payment situation we see with farmers there always seems to be about five bad ones. We got the following from a reader of the blog: “Some of my clients tell me that they have deferred payment contracts set up ahead of the sale, but when they sell it, they don’t decide to take a check or put it in the deferred payment contract until a certain date in December, which the Elevator sets up.

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Caff

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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Agribusiness Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

We had a reader reach out to us concerning farmer’s constructive receipt of grain sales. Here are his comments: “Please address the proper way to execute deferred payment contracts. I have several farm clients that will sell grain to an elevator, processor or other entity. The client does not inform the buyer at the time of the sale if they want a check immediately or if they want to defer the payment into the next year.

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