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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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http://www.mda.state.mn.us Governor Mark Dayton has proclaimed March 13-19 as Minnesota Agriculture Week. The designation is an effort to raise awareness of the positive and important contributions agriculture makes to Minnesota’s economy and its people.

Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson recorded this message urging all Minnesotans to take time this week to recognize the contributions of the state’s farmers and ranchers.

Nearly one in five jobs in the state are linked to agriculture. And according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, Minnesota agriculture generated $13.3 billion in farm income and $4.3 billion in exports in 2009.

Minnesota Agriculture Week is being recognized in conjunction with National Ag Week. 2011 marks the 38th anniversary of the national celebration.

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For years now Burkina Faso has heavily relied on agriculture to create jobs and income for its people. But environmental degradation and climate change threatens the livelihood of 86 % of the employment and income, generated by agriculture. To combat the threat, the Government of Burkina Faso is shifting its rural strategy to encourage those living off the land to diversify.

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FARM RESCUE helps heart transplant recipient.

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Sustainable farming and sustainability seem like lofty, out of reach goals. Julie Jensen, owner of Echoview Farm in Asheville, NC, describes small steps people can take to help support sustainable farming and sustainability. Actions such as buying unprocessed foods and growing your own garden, even if it as small as herbs on a windowsill, make a a measurable difference in the effort to sustain and nourish the land.

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Farm Rescue and sponsor volunteers help farmer after severe flood.

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Farmers and their Diversified Horticultural Marketing Strategies [DVD]. V. Grubinger. 1999. University of Vermont Extension. Available for purchase at: http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/Videos/marketvideo.htm Featuring Paul and Sandy Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm. Argyle, NY.

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