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Martina Fleckenstein (Director EU Policy and Agriculture, WWF, Germany) gives an answer to the question, if it is possible to earn money with sustainable farming.

More information: http://www.agro.basf.com/agr/AP-Internet/en_GB/content/news_room/media-events/basf-at-fruit-logistica-2011

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Cutting the grass at Howmars Farm for the first time for the season, farmer Ben tries to keep up with the hay baler. Howmars Farm supplies Stonyfield farm with organic milk to make its yogurts.
See http://stonyfield.typepad.com/bovine for the daily diary of the farmer.

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12500 or 13500lb (the heavy class) Hot Farm Tractors at Pickrell, NE on 8/8/09.

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As Fresh Start Farm is beginning its first year of commercial produce production, Katrin shows how this small, organic farm is getting started.

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Festa Frawli 2011: 10th April from 10:00am – imgarr.com

The first edition of ‘Trades of Our Fathers’ (Hidmet Missirijietna), a traditional agriculture and rural crafts festival, was held in Mgarr, Malta, right in the wide expanse of wheat fields and meadows of the Bingemma Valley.

Mgarr farmers contributed the variety of animals, including heavy horses, donkeys, piglets, lambs, poultry birds and more. Besides the children’s petting zoo, many animals were used for re-enactments and demonstrations. The traditional harvesting, winnowing and threshing of wheat (qiegha) was also performed repeatedly throughout the event. Several craftsmen showed off their skill in purpose built stalls, which featured wicker baskets, sheep wool looms, fishing net weaving and more. The event was closed off with a large BBQ dinner based on skewered pig prepared with a traditional rural recipe. All with the unique scenery of Mgarr acting as a backdrop.

The Festival is the brainchild of a young Mgarr farmer, barely out of his teens, who has the Maltese agricultural traditions and heritage at heart. He spearheaded the effort to kickstart this event and rallied the Mgarr Youth Drama Company (MYDC – which he heads), the Mgarr Youth Committee as well as the local council to volunteer to put up this unique event.

Being the first edition, attendance was not only very encouraging, but exceeded all expectations. The public flocked to Mgarr, not merely viewing but also participating in the re-enactments; trying their hand at threshing and winnowing wheat, ploughing fields and milking cows together with the participating farmers and actors. Indeed, several visitors also generously offered to lend their own farm animals and antique tools for next years’ edition.

Just as Lejla Mgarrija (the Mgarr village festival, fast approaching it’s 30th edition) started off the village festivals in Malta, and just as Festa Frawli spawned the numerous village exhibitions which fill the Maltese calendar, so it seems that ‘Trades of our Fathers’ will spin off similar events.

Of course, this is all thanks to the selfless efforts of the many volunteers who worked night and day to organize this festival. Without their dedication these free events, open to all,and to be enjoyed equally by the Maltese public and tourists would simply not be possible.

For the technically minded, the video was shot with a nice little Sony XR520E camcorder (with a Sony HC3E acting as a stationary ‘B’ cam) and edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio, and colour graded using the free AAV plugin.

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i found this farm and it had hay on it still so i asked and now i have another 140 acres to make COOL!!!

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See some of the antique farm equipment on parade at the 37th annual Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Association show July 31, 2008, at Berthusen Park in Lynden, Wash. Video by Cookson Beecher of the Capital Press agriculture newspaper and www.capitalpress.com.

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The Dirt Warriors of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agri-Business Development Team got a paradigm-shifting surprise when they visited the Salar Bagh Research and Demonstration Farm near Asadabad, in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The farm, built 20 years ago by the Chinese after the Soviets left Afghanistan, was in great shape. And the farm manager was an expert on local agronomics, soils and cropping techniques. The experience highlighted the fact that one of our key missions is to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from ag-savvy Afghans like the farm manager to ordinary Afghan farmers.

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Rich Pond Hardware & Farm 270-495-0687 http://www.yellowbook.com/profile/rich-pond-hardware-and-farm_1848850179.html

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“Here’s how we benefited from renewable energy on our farm” – Hear how one farmer uses renewable energy to cut down his carbon emissions and to increase his profits.
View an accessible version of this video at http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/farmingenergy
or read the transcript at http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/transcript/farmingenergy

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