Sustainable Food Production Program at M State

Check out this short course in January: “Deep Winter Production of Greens and Livestock Fodder Utilizing Passive Solar Energy,” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25, 2014, in Ashby, Minn.

Short Course on Winter Greens Production Short Course on Winter Greens Production Jan. 25, 2014 • Paradox Farm • Ashby, Minn. A new class from the SFA Sustainable Food Production Program, “Deep Winter Production of Greens and Livestock Fodder Utilizing Passive Solar Energy,” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25, 2014, in Ashby...

If you live in or near Steele County, the Sustainable Farming Association's South Central Chapter is having its annual conference in Hope, a small hamlet just south of Owatonna. On Saturday, June 27, they'll be meeting and touring the Hope Creamery, among other things. It's not far from the cities. Check it out if you get the chance!

Sustainable farming organization to host annual conference in Hope HOPE — For the last five years, members of the South Central Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association have met during the summer to discuss issues and provide education.

After many requests, I posted an online petition to keep the program running. Here's the link. Please keep sending letters to the administration (at this point, Chancellor Rosenstone); direct letters will carry a great deal more weight from each person than the petition. Thanks for support of the program to everyone!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/361/625/145/m-state-fergus-falls-reinstate-the-sustainable-food-production-program/

M State-Fergus Falls: Reinstate the Sustainable Food Production Program! - The Petition Site This program give students the knowledge and skill necessary to meet the many agricultural and...

In the Fargo Forum this Sunday:
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/380793/

MSCTC suspends sustainable food program | INFORUM | Fargo, ND Lack of interested students cited FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Twenty-six-year-old Noelle Harden has three degrees: one from the University of Wisconsin, one from the University of Minnesota, and one from a much smaller community college here that she says gave her the biggest boost of all.

on a brighter note, Dan Fabian, one of this year students has been keeping a blog of our experiences (and a few of his own). Here's a link for those who would like to check it out!
http://www.fabe-sabbatical.blogspot.com/

An Engineer in Sustainable Agriculture Following the quizzes in Farm Skills we jumped into Crops and Forage Class with a discussion of Forages which are a primary component of most ruminant livestock rations. We began with Legumes and how they play an integral part of sustainable ag. practices in the Midwest. They serve as: livestock f...