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Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
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Take your camera or smart phone with you next time you go out to work. Yes, it is a very busy time of year for farmers. But it's also a perfect time to capture a fantastic photo, or video, of your farming or ranching operation. Show off your beautiful crops, fields, livestock, market booth, value-added products, equipment, CSA box... well you get the idea.
By entering you could win a free registration for the 2016 Southern SAWG conference. Click below to submit your entry, along with a brief description of how SSAWG has benefited your farming or ranching operation. Deadline is August 21, 2015.
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Food Hub Publications
Two new publications came out recently that are must-reads for anyone involved in food hubs.
From the USDA, Running a Food Hub: Lessons Learned from the Field, includes business best practices and in-depth profiles of food hub operations. Visit link for summary and access to an electronic version.
The National Good Food Network Food Hub Collaboration released Counting Values: Food Hub Financial Benchmarking Study, which draws on financial and operational data from 48 of the more than 300 regional food hubs in the nation. The report marks a significant advancement in the business of moving local food into high-volume sales channels and provides comparative data, or benchmarks, that food hub managers can use to analyze and adjust operations. Visit link for resources.
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