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CONTENTS

COVER -- Page 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Page 2

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

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Annoucing the Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers, by Dorothy Suput -- Page 6

COWS AND CROPS
Mass Nutrient Balance Project for Small Dairies, by Sara Zglobicki -- Page 8
Dear Vicki Vetch, by the Drinkwater Lab -- Page 17

FOREST AND WOODLOT
Stop the Spread of Feral Swine, by Wendy Baltzersen and Marie Kautz -- Page 4

GRAZING
Key to Continued Sustainability is Profitability, by Mike Dennis -- Page 7
The Grazier's Eye, by Jean Tyler -- Page 9

HOME AND FAMILY
Radical Homemakers Reveal True Wealth, by Shannon Hayes -- Page 18

HORTICULTURE
Cover Crops Case Studies: Maple Tree Gardens, by Molly Shaw -- Page 20

LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING
Assessing the Market Potential of Products, by Laura Biasillo -- Page 17
Does Your Marketing Program have a GPS? by Debra Perosio -- Page 18

NEW FARMERS
Anybody Can Feed a Pig, by Bob Comis -- Page 5
Labor for Learning, by Carla Shafer -- Page 14
Cultivating Vegetables and Myself, by Abha Gupta -- Page 15

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Does Raising Sheep Pay? by Ulf Kintzel -- Page 16

NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT
Pastured Livestock Internship Program, by Violet Stone -- Page 10 & Page 11

ORGANIC FARMING
Ecological Control of Pasture Flies, by Fay Benson -- Page 13

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Skills for Self-Reliance -- Page 15

SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHTS
Portrait of a Very Small Farm, by Nicole Ayers and Gary Olcott -- Page 3
My Life at a Sweet Grass Meats Farm, by Onagh MacKenzie -- Page 12

STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Agricultural Environmental Management: Big Opportunities for Small Farms, by Barbara Silvestri -- Page 19

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
We Should Have Listened to Grandma, by Susan Neal -- Page 15