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Here’s A Chicken Tip: What To Know When Starting Out

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry |
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Thinking about getting some laying hens this year? Experienced keepers offer up a chicken tip (or two) they wish they'd known earlier.

20 Homesteading Skills To Learn In 2020

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Want to learn new homesteading skills in 2020? Great! Here are 20 skills to learn, practice and add to your search for self-sustenance.

Get Into The Micro-Farming Movement

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farm |
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Amy Stoss quit a teaching job to pursue some "dirt therapy." We spoke to her about bringing micro-farming and permaculture principles to the suburbs.

Build Your Farm’s Brand Through Social Media

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Marketing your farm and farm products online is nearly a necessity these days. Learn the basics of building an online presence for your market venture.

Playing With Poultry: Try A Chicken Game For Family Fun

Beginning Farmers
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Being cooped up with your kids during the cold, winter months doesn't have to be trying. Spend some quality time with these fun, farm-flavored games.

10 Gift Ideas For Farmers

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry |
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Stuck on what to buy this holiday season? Here are 10 gift ideas that are sure to put a smile on the face of that farmer in your life.

Fruits And Pheasants

Animals | Beginning Farmers |
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Jacey Dean left LA for her family’s 100-acre Wisconsin farm with two goals in mind. She wanted an orchard and a flock of pheasants (on a budget).

Seasonal Produce Led To Good Health For This Grower

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Get inspired to grow your own food, even through the winter months, with a little help from Arkansas-based gardener Becky Porter.

How to Add Livestock to Your Chicken Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Looking to expand beyond chicken keeping? Consider ducks, geese, guinea fowl or rabbits to enhance your farming experience.

Storytelling: A Great Method to Grow & Sustain Farming

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading | News |
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Storytelling is central to much of farming's history. It just might be the key to preserving its future, too. Here's how that could work.

Use Floating Row Cover to Protect Crops This Fall

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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You can use floating row cover to protect your crops from the coming colder temperatures. Here are several ways and their benefits.

To Learn Its History, Read These 4 Organic Farming Books

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading | News |
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Learning the history of small-scale organic farming can help you better understand and improve growing practices. These books are ideal starting points.

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