ATTRA - Voices from the Field

By NCAT

From cover crops to regenerative grazing and organic production to marketing, ATTRA - Voices from the Field is your weekly sustainable agriculture podcast. Voices from the Field is produced by the Nat... more

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ATTRA - Voices from the Field episodes:

April 02, 2019 Establishing Hedgerows on California Farms
In this podcast Rex Dufour, director of NCAT's Western Regional Office in Davis, California, talks with Omar Rodriguez, sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, about working with California farmers to establish hedgerows.
Hedgerows provide many benefits to farms in addition to adding beauty. They play an important role in pest management and help prevent erosion as well as create visual and dust barriers.
Omar and Rex also discuss preparing the ground for planting a hedgerow and what kinds of plants are commonly used.
ATTRA publications:
A Pictorial Guide to Hedgerow Plants for Beneficial Insects
Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts and Resources
Conservation Buffers in Organic Systems
Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
Other Resources
Beneficial Insect Habitat Assessment Form and Guide
Hedgerows and Farmscaping for California Agriculture
Farming with Native Beneficial Insects
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
27min
March 29, 2019 From 'Shovel and Rototiller' to Conservation Champ
In this episode, Madelynn Nelson, an AmeriCorps member serving with Energy Corps as a sustainable-agriculture farm-energy educator at NCAT's headquarters in Butte, Montana, talks with West Virginia farmer and beekeeper Eric Grandon.
Eric, an alumnus of the Armed to Farm training for veterans offered by NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, runs Sugar Bottom Farm in Clay County, West Virginia. After farming for just five years, Eric and Sugar Bottom Farm won the Conservation Farm of the Year for 2018 in West Virginia's Elk Conservation District.
Eric and Madelynn talk about farm energy conservation and using solar power on the farm as well as water and other kinds of conservation. He also discusses the work and learning curve that came along with the decision to pursue sustainable energy.
Related ATTRA Resources
Crop Insurance Options for Specialty, Diversified, and Organic Farmers
Energy-Efficient Lighting for the Farm
Federal Conservation Resources for Sustainable Farming and Ranching
Renewable Energy Opportunities on the Farm
Solar-Powered Livestock Watering Systems
Farm Energy Alternatives
Other Resources
Sugar Bottom Farm Facebook
Sugar Bottom Farm website
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
27min
March 26, 2019 Sustainable Fisheries
In this episode, Lee Rinehart, a specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, takes a break during the 2019 Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Conference to talk with commercial fisherman Steve Kurian.
Steve is the owner of Wild for Salmon, which directly markets fresh and frozen wild salmon caught in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Lee, who works out of NCAT's Northeast Regional Office in Keene New Hampshire, introduces Steve, followed by a conversation about sustainable fishing practices and their effect on waterfront communities. They also discuss Steve's business model, including a Community Supported Fishery, similar to the Community Supported Agriculture – or CSA – that many small agriculture producers offer.
If you would like more information on this topic, you can contact Lee Rinehart directly via email at [email protected].
Related ATTRA Resources
Ecological Fisheries and Ocean Farming
Ocean Farming: A Conversation with Bren Smith
Other Resources
Wild for Salmon website
Wild for Salmon Facebook
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
33min
March 22, 2019 A Conversation with Atina Diffley
In this episode, NCAT community foods outreach specialist Daniel Prial, and Andy Pressman, director of NCAT's Northeast Region office in Keene, New Hampshire, talk to Atina Diffley, author of Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works, a 2013 Minnesota Book Award winner.
Both Andy and Daniel work with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program.
Atina is a Minnesota organic farmer and public speaker. Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works is a memoir based on Atina's life running the Gardens of Eagan organic vegetable farm. Her advocacy has addressed the pressures of suburban development, and she successfully led a legal and citizen campaign opposing Koch Industries to create an organic mitigation plan for organic farms in Minnesota.
Andy and Daniel have a wide-ranging discussion on organic production with Atina, touching on intermediary markets, the links between risk management and crop diversity, strategies for scaling up production, pricing, labor, the history of the organic movement, and more.
Related ATTRA Resources
Organic Farming
Scaling Up Your Vegetable Farm for Regional Markets
Scaling Up for Regional Markets
On Farm Food Safety and FSMA
Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships
Beginning Farmer Tutorials
Positive Practices in Farm Labor Management
Tips for Selling to: Wholesale Buyers at Terminal Markets
Scheduling Vegetable Plantings for Continuous Harvest
Other Resources
Atina Diffley website (including information on purchasing Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works)
Family Farmed
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
52min
March 18, 2019 Texas Farmer in Underserved Community
In this podcast, Robert Maggiani, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, talks with Juan Raygoza about his farm in South Texas.
Juan moved to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas in 2007 with little money. His goal was to farm vegetables for his family. At first he borrowed land to farm, and then was able to purchase seven acres with the help of a USDA loan and is now owner of Terra Preta Farm in Edinburg, Texas. NCAT has worked with him on several projects over the past five years and helped get his farm certified organic.
Juan talks about the challenges of starting from scratch to become a farmer in an underserved community.
Robert is a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program in NCAT's Southwest Regional Office in San Antonio, TX.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Juan Raygoza's farm website
ATTRA Resources:
Videos
Urban Farms: Commercial Farms or Socially-Minded Operations?
Crop Planning for Vegetable Farmers
Farm to Hospital in the Rio Grande Valley: Getting Ready
Pubs
Feasibility Study for a Texas Organic Food Hub
Community Supported Agriculture
Federal Conservation Resources for Sustainable Farming and Ranching
Basic Accounting: Guidance for Beginning Farmers
Food Hubs: A Producer's Guide
Scaling Up Your Vegetable Farm for Regional Markets
Organic Specialty Crop Production in Texas: A Grower's Handbook
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website /
...more
17min
March 12, 2019 Beyond Fresh, a Value-Added Guide
In this episode, Sue Beckwith and Mike Morris, co-authors of the new book Beyond Fresh: a Food Processing Guide for Texas Farmers, discuss the book and the issues it addresses.
The book, a workbook, is focused mostly on Texas farmers, helping them decide whether they should move beyond just selling fresh and whole fruits and vegetables by trying to create and sell value-added food products.
Beyond Fresh isn't a how-to book for creating particular products. Rather, it looks at product development, storage and distribution, regulations, labeling, market trends and more - as part of determining whether a product will be profitable for the producer.
A team of farmers, economists, and food experts led by the National Center for Appropriate Technology studied opportunities in Texas to create value-added food products from sustainably-grown fruits and vegetables, and created this workbook.
Though the information is derived from the market in Texas, its benefits are easily transferable to producers in other states.
If you would like more information on this topic, you can contact Mike Morris at [email protected].
Related ATTRA Resources
Beyond Fresh: A Food Process Guide for Texas Farmers
ATTRA: Value-Added Food Products
Other Resources
Texas Center for Local Food
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
41min
March 08, 2019 Crop Planning 101
In this episode, we hear a conversation between Rockiell Woods, director of NCAT's Gulf States Regional Office in Jackson, Mississippi, and Sam Humphrey, director of the NCAT Demonstration Farm at Piney Woods School near Jackson. The purpose of the farm is to give hands-on training to farmers and producers in the region, as well as to the students of Piney Woods.
This Demonstration Farm is part of Mississippi Food Justice Collaborative, NCAT's multifaceted food-justice project, which is working to improve access to healthy, culturally appropriate food for historically disadvantaged communities throughout Mississippi. It's funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Rockiell, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, asks Sam about his crop-planning process for the farm, which markets produce both to the school and through a community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription.
They talk about how to start developing a crop plan and its importance for both production and marketing.
For more information on this topic, you can contact Rockiell Woods directly at [email protected] and Sam Humphrey at [email protected]
Related ATTRA Resources
Scheduling Vegetable Plantings for Continuous Harvest
ATTRA: Voices from the Field: Crop Planning and Labor Costs
ATTRA Beginning Farmer Tutorials
Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
NCAT Demonstration Farm:
Instagram
Other Resources
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Website
The Piney Woods School Facebook
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website /
...more
30min
March 05, 2019 Low-Income Local Food Access
In this podcast, Tammy Howard, a horticulture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable-agriculture program, talks with Anna Elbon and Kim Gilchrist about their low-income local-food access work with farms and farmers markets in Montana.
Kim Gilchrist is a food access program manager at the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition in Missoula, Montana. She helped start the Double SNAP Dollar program which is a SNAP incentive program for farms, farmers markets, and some retail locations throughout Montana.
Tammy works at NCAT's headquarters in Butte, Montana.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
Zenger Farm's "The CSA Farmer's Nationwide Guide to Accepting SNAP/EBT Payments"
Double SNAP Dollars
Wholesome Wave
Double Up and the Fair Food Network
Fair Food Network
ATTRA Resources
Outreach Tips for Farms that Accept SNAP Payments for CSAs
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Southeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Northeast Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
33min
February 28, 2019 Helping Young Farmers
In this episode, Kara Kroeger, a sustainable agriculture specialist with the NCAT ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, talks with Kate Greenberg – who at the time was the acting Western program director of the National Young Farmers Coalition and chair of the board of the Quivira Coalition.
Kate has since left those positions to become the Colorado Agriculture Commissioner.
Kara works out of NCAT's Southwest Regional Office in San Antonio, Texas.
Their discussion was recorded during the recent "Regenerate" Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was sponsored by the Quivira Coalition, Holistic Management International, and the American Grass-Fed Association.
Kara and Kate have a wide-ranging conversation about the demographics in American agriculture, including the growing number of young people who are interested in becoming farmers, their diversity, and the obstacles they face. Kate talks about the National Young Farmer's Coalition – how it works and some of the recent state-level policy changes it has been involved in.
For more information on this topic, you can contact Kara Kroger directly at [email protected]
Related ATTRA Resources
Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships
Beginning Farmer tutorials
Funding Opportunities
On-Farm Food Safety and FSMA
Social Media Tools for Farm Product Marketing
Using Social Media to Grow Your Farm Business
Using Instagram to Grow Your Farm Business
Using Facebook to Grow Your Farm Business
Getting Started in Farming: an Introduction to Farm Business Planning
Other Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
National Young Farmers Coalition
Quivira Coalition
Holistic Management International
American Grassfed Association
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Re
...more
48min
February 26, 2019 Organic Integrated Pest Management in the South
In this episode, Felicia Bell, an agricultural specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program, talks with Dr. Ayanava Mujamdar, an entomology and plant pathology Extension Service specialist at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.
Felicia works out of the NCAT Gulf States Office in Jackson, Mississippi.
Dr. A, as he's known, talks about creating an Integrated Pest Management plan for organic operations that takes into account conditions in the southern states. He talks about a three-step method of organic pest control - cultural practices, exclusion methods, and finally organic bio-insecticides – as well as specific strategies for each. He also emphasizes proper management, equipment, and techniques and talks about resources available to farmers.
For more information on this topic, you can contact Felicia Bell directly at [email protected]
Related ATTRA Resources:
Tipsheet: Organic Pest Management
Companion Planting & Botantical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources
Organic IPM Field Guide
Other Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
Dr. Mujamdar's email address [email protected]
Alabama Extension's Beginning Farmer Program website
Alabama Extension Commercial Horticulture Facebook
Alabama Vegetable IPM Facebook
Alabama Beginning Farmer Slide Charts and Field Guides
Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Facebook
IPM Communicator Newsletter and Blog
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
...more
46min

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