COVER -- Page 1
On our cover: Rory O'Dwyer, farmer, on a summer morning at Farm Girl Farm, North Egremont, MA.
Photo by Jason Houston

FROM THE EDITORS
Progress -- Page 3

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

COMMUNITY/WORLD
Reconnecting Farms, Food and Communities -- Page 18

COWS AND CROPS
Dealing with High Fertilizer Prices -- Page 6
Composting Bedded Pack Barns Get Attention -- Page 9
Klearview Farm Dairy: Downsizing and Specializing -- Page 12
Double Cropping - Potential for Intensive Animal Production -- Page 13

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Agriculture Feeds Us - Could It Also Fuel Us? -- Page 19

FOREST AND WOODLOT
Are You Growing Nuts? -- Page 22

GRAZING
Keep It Simple -- Page 7

HOME AND FAMILY
On Raising Rural Kids: Safety First, Never Last -- Page 4
Not all Returns on Investment are $$$$ -- Page 6

MANAGING RISK
For CSA, Managing Risk is Just Good Business -- Page 8
Diverse Livestock, Multiple Markets -- Page 12
Farm Equipment on the Highway -- Page 20
Farm Vehicle Regulations -- Page 20

MARKETING
Cooperative Farm Stores: A Chilean Example -- Page 11
Lessons from North Carolina: Sunshine Lavender Farm -- Page 5

NEW FARMERS
Land of Opportunity: Immigrant Farmers Put Down Roots in
Holyoke, Massachusetts -- Page 23
Trials and Tribulations of a New Grazer -- Page 24

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Breaking Through the Bottleneck in Marketing Meats -- Page 14

ORGANIC FARMING
Three New Organic Dairy Initiatives Underway in the Northeast -- Page 15

PHOTO ESSAY
From Field To Table: Photo Essay by Jason Houston -- Page 10

READERS WRITE -- Page 4

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Rural Youth Resources -- Page 5
Apply Early For An FSA Loan -- Page 20

STEWARDSHIP AND NATURE
Fringe Benefits by David Kline -- Page 21

YOUTH PAGES
FFA Winter Weekend -- Page 16
What? Rabbits? -- Page 16
Activity: Chalk It Up To Agriculture -- Page 16
Dairy Life -- Page 17
Learning from Horses -- Page 17
Country Living -- Page 17