OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » local growers http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 New USDA Loan Program Focuses on ‘Local’ Farmers http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/new-usda-loan-program-focuses-on-local-farmers/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/new-usda-loan-program-focuses-on-local-farmers/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:15:30 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11506 The USDA has announced a low-interest microloan program intended to support small-scale local U.S. farmers that may not qualify for bank loans.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/new-usda-loan-program-focuses-on-local-farmers/feed/ 0 The Farm Wars Continue… Young Farmers to Tour U.S. to Promote Organic http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/the-farm-wars-continue-young-farmers-to-tour-u-s-to-promote-organic/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/the-farm-wars-continue-young-farmers-to-tour-u-s-to-promote-organic/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:00:12 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=9909 Baza Novic tending trees before planting

The next generation of organic farmers are hitting the road on an Organic Valley sponsored 3-week tour of the Pacific Northwest in the Generation Organic 2011 "Who's Your Farmer" campaign aimed at connecting people with their food, their local growers and to discuss how personal diet choices affect not just our own health, but the health of the planet and of future generations.

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