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CONTENTS

COVER -- Page 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Page 2

SMALL FARM PROGRAM UPDATE
Cornell Small Farms Program Update -- Page 3

COMMUNITY & WORLD
As Small Farms Go, So Goes the Community, by Gerald Monnat -- Page 3
Agri-What? by Bill Henning -- Page 5

COWS AND CROPS
Planning a Farmstead Cheese Operation, by Fay Benson -- Page 19

FOREST AND WOODLOT
"How 'Bout Those Trees?" by Jerry Michael -- Page 6

GRAZING
Electric Netting for Sheep, by Ulf Kintzel -- Page 10
Helping Your Animal Cope with Disease, by Bill Henning -- Page 18

HOME AND FAMILY
Raising Rural Kids to Like the Outdoors, by Celeste Carmichael -- Page 14

HORTICULTURE
Schoharie Valley Farms and "Carrot Barn", by Elizabeth Lamb -- Page 4

MARKETING
Adding Value to Your Farm, by Bernadette Logozar -- Page 7
What's A Cookie? by Marty Broccoli and Juanita Finn -- Page 16
Bootstrap Marketing, by Bernadette Logozar -- Page 21

NEW FARMERS
Understanding the Legal Nuts and Bolts of Farming, by Laura Biasillo -- Page 8
DoveTales Farm, by Roger C. Thomas -- Page 17

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Acupuncture: A Staple in the Stable? by Martha Herbert Izzi -- Page 9
Shea Farm of Long Eddy, by Janet Aldrich -- Page 22

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
"Animal Welfare Approved" Seal of Approval Program -- Page 5
Resource Guide to Direct Marketing Livestock & Poultry -- Page 7
New York's New Beginning Farmer Loan Program -- Page 8
Northeast Grasstravaganza 2008 -- Page 10
Agroforestry Resources -- Page 11
From Restaurant to Retail -- Page 16
FSA's Beginning Farmer Down Payment Program -- Page 17
Fundamentals of Beef Management -- Page 18
Farmstead Cheese Resources -- Page 19
Alternative Swine Production Health Reference -- Page 20

STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
The Bees, by David Kline -- Page 15
Covered Bedded Pack Project Wins National Award -- Page 20
Agricultural Environmental Management: Safeguarding You Family's Drinking Water, by Barbara Silvestri -- Page 23

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Women in Agroforestry, by Susal Neal -- Page 11

YOUTH PAGES
Oh the Places You'll Go, by Kerrie Walker -- Page 12
Steer-ed Right, by Tom Smith -- Page 13
County Fairs: Hard Work and Helping Others, by Brie Olsen -- Page 13