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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
Membership in a Chamber of Commerce Makes Business Cent$, by Amy Shaw -- Page 10
Are Northeast Farms in a Financing Fix? by Dorothy Suput -- Page 14

COWS AND CROPS
Bugs in Your Beans, by Brian Aldrich -- Page 4
Got Energy Savings? by Mary Wrege -- Page 8
Dear Vicki Vetch, by the Drinkwater Lab -- Page 17
Industrial Crops, by Tom Kilcer -- Page 22

COMMUNITY/WORLD
Youth and Adults Partner to Support Community Food Pantry, by Celeste Carmichael -- Page 13
Terra Madre, by Challey Corner -- Page 18
The Center for an Agricultural Economy, by Martha Herbert Izzi -- Page 21

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
What will President Obama do about food and agriculture? by Andrew M. Novakovic -- Page 9
Farming for Naps, by Bill Henning -- Page 22

GRAZING
Guide to Pasture Forage Species, by Mary-Howell and Klaas Martens -- Page 5
The Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, by Karen Hoffman -- Page 16

HOME AND FAMILY
The Return of the Meat Pie, by Shannon Hayes -- Page 5
Raising Rural Kids to be More Alert, Active & Happy, by Celeste Carmichael -- Page 19

HORTICULTURE
Savor the Flavor of Fresh Fall Strawberries, by Cathy Heidenreich -- Page 6

LOCAL FOODS & MARKETING
Community Supported Livestock Farming, by Erica Frenay -- Page 12
Hoop Houses Help Meet Demand for Locally Grown Food, by David S. Conner -- Page 17
To Market, to Market, by Rebecca Schuelke Staehr -- Page 19

NEW FARMERS
Hurdles for Beginning Farmers, by Laura Biasillo -- Page 20

NON-DAIRY LIVESTOCK
Does Raising Sheep Pay? by Ulf Kintzel -- Page 15
Reduce Your Feed Costs, by Betsy Hodge -- Page 16
High Welfare Farming, by Bill Henning -- Page 18
Growing the Northeast Meat Goat Industry, by Abha Gupta -- Page 24

NORTHEAST SARE SPOTLIGHT
Beauty Under Cover, by Violet Stone -- Page 11

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHTS
Day Neutral Strawberries -- Page 6
Membership Organizations for New/Beginning Farmers -- Page 20
Contact NRCS about Conservation Planning on Your Farm -- Page 23
Meat Goat Farming -- Page 24

SMALL FARM SPOTLIGHTS
Ovinshire Farm, by Jessica Hanson -- Page 7

STEWARDSHIP & NATURE
Agricultural Environmental Management: Over the River and Through the Woods, by Barbara Silvestri -- Page 23