CONTENTS

COVER -- Page 1

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

COWS AND CROPS
Planning A Farmstead Cheese Operation -- Page 19

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

GRAZING
Electric Netting For Sheep -- Page 10
Helping Your Animal Cope With Disease -- Page 18

STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
The Bees -- Page 15
Covered Bedded Pack Project Wins National Award -- Page 20
Agricultural Environmental Management - Safeguarding Your Family's Drinking Water -- Page 23

MARKETING
Adding Value To Your Farm -- Page 7
What's A Cookie? -- Page 16
Bootstrap Marketing -- Page 21

NEW FARMERS
Understanding the Legal Nuts and Bolts of Farming -- Page 8
DoveTales Farm -- Page 17

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Acupuncture: A Staple in the Stable? -- Page 9
Shea Farm of Long Eddy -- Page 22

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Women in Agroforestry -- Page 11

HOME AND FAMILY
Raising Rural Kids to Like the Outdoors -- Page 14

HORTICULTURE
Schoharie Valley Farms and "Carrot Barn" -- Page 4

COMMUNITY & WORLD
As Small Farms Go, So Goest the Community -- Page 3
Agri-What? -- Page 5

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
"Animal Welfare Apprived" Seal of Apprival Program -- Page 5
Resource Guide to Direct Marketing Livestock & Poultry -- Page 7
New York's 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

YOUTH PAGES
Oh the Places You'll Go -- Page 12
Steer-ed Right -- Page 13
County Fairs: Hard Work and Helping Others -- Page 13