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DRA Small Farms Committee to meet with Health Department on Clarifying Rules for Direct Farm to Consumer Sales

flyingtomato wrote 2 days ago: Cross-posted from Flying Tomato Farms. Members of the Dakota Rural Action Small Farms Committee (mys … more →

Tags: Events, Farmer's Markets, health department, local food, South Dakota

DRA Small Farms Committee to Meet with Health Department on Clarifying Rules for Direct Farm to Consumer Sales2 comments

flyingtomato wrote 2 days ago: Members of the Dakota Rural Action Small Farms Committee (myself included) will be traveling to Pier … more →

Tags: Community, Local Food, News & Politics, sustainability, Farmer's Markets, health department, local food, South Dakota

Heading for the Coteau

flyingtomato wrote 2 months ago: At the last minute, I had a change of scheduling with M so that he’ll be up north for Summit … more →

Tags: Random Personal, Summit SD, Gary SD, Buffalo Ridge Resort, fog fest, prairie coteau

Beginning Farmer and Rural Community Workshops

flyingtomato wrote 4 months ago: Beginning Farmer and Rural Community Workshops Beginning Farmer Workshops on Available Farm Bill Pro … more →

Tags: sustainability, market farming, News & Politics, Farm Beginnings, center for rural affairs, Farm Bill

South Dakota Local Foods on the Web!

flyingtomato wrote 5 months ago: Dakota Rural Action has put their South Dakota Local Foods Directory on the internet in a searchable … more →

Tags: Announcements, South Dakota, local foods

Farm Beginnings Training Program in Brookings

flyingtomato wrote 5 months ago: From the Dakota Rural Action Press Release: “Farm Beginnings” Training Program Offered in Brookings … more →

Tags: farming & gardening, sustainability, market farming, Community, News & Politics, South Dakota, Farm Beginnings, farm training, farm mentors

SD Local Foods on the 'Net!

flyingtomato wrote 5 months ago: Exciting news for South Dakota local foodies–Dakota Rural Action has put their incredibly usef … more →

Tags: Local Food, Community, local food, South Dakota

Schedule Change2 comments

flyingtomato wrote 7 months ago: Up and at ‘em early this morning, though I had to set the alarm (something I almost never do) … more →

Tags: farming & gardening, market farming, Food & Drink, Local Food, Farm News, local food, Weather, watering, SD Local Food Directory

Trellis-pulling and tax subtraction

flyingtomato wrote 7 months ago: Spent a good portion of yesterday out in the gardens–pulling the rest of the posts and cattle … more →

Tags: farming & gardening, Local Food, Farm News, Farmer's Markets, Earth Day, EBT, Sales Tax, local foods

An Evening of Green!2 comments

flyingtomato wrote 8 months ago: … more →

Tags: sustainability, Earth Day, Events

Farm Beginnings Program

flyingtomato wrote 10 months ago: I have been working with Dakota Rural Action on implementing a program to get more individuals and f … more →

Tags: sustainability, market farming, Community, farming, Farm Beginnings, Land Stewardship Project

Road Trip!

flyingtomato wrote 11 months ago: I’m hitting the road to Brookings this afternoon for a Dakota Rural Action Small Farms Committ … more →

Tags: Random Personal, South Dakota, Road Trip

Snow! Cold! Local Food Directories!

flyingtomato wrote 1 year ago: There are some days when I think being a postal carrier would be a pleasant job.  Today is not one o … more →

Tags: local food, winter

Are You a Member of Dakota Rural Action?4 comments

flyingtomato wrote 1 year ago: One of the organizations that can most positively influence the preservation of our quality of life … more →

Tags: sustainability, South Dakota, Environment, Natural resources, quality of life

Dakota Rural Action Local Food Directory

flyingtomato wrote 1 year ago: If you are a local grower or producer–here’s a great way to get some free advertising bo … more →

Tags: local food

Farmers Markets and the "Other"5 comments

flyingtomato wrote 1 year ago: Today has been a pleasant day–I am fairly exhausted, but I’ve managed to get a couple of … more →

Tags: farming & gardening, market farming, Community, VAFM, Vermillion Area Farmers Market, Vermillion, Farmer's Markets, Hutterites, Mennonites


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