Southern SAWG

07/01/2020

A Final Word from SSAWG. https://www.ssawg.org/ssawg-blawg/2020/7/1/a-final-word-from-ssawg Please visit our homepage for more info, FAQs and photos from the past 30 years. https://www.ssawg.org/

This, our final message from SSAWG, is filled with both sadness and hope. Though SSAWG is closing down, we have received so many notes and words of encouragement from you, our friends, former staff and board members, conference presenters, and supporters and countless others, as we all processed thi

06/22/2020

Southern SAWG Closing Its Doors

We invite you to share what Southern SAWG has meant to you on our blog. From our history, we know this work will continue long into the future. For nearly thirty years, SSAWG has had the privilege of convening some of the most brilliant farm minds in the region. We have witnessed the growth of organ

06/11/2020

Growing Farm Profits [Webinar].

Friday, June 12—Growing Farm Profits Webinar: Lessons Learned Please join us for our Zoom webinar where we will discuss the Growing Farm Profits course and tools designed to help farmers to build more sustainable farming enterprises. The content originally had a vegetable production slant, yet man...

06/09/2020

Growing Farm Profits [Webinar]

Growing Farm Profits Webinar: Lessons Learned Please join us for our Zoom webinar where we will discuss the Growing Farm Profits course and tools designed to help farmers to build more sustainable farming enterprises. The content originally had a vegetable production slant, yet many concepts and pr

06/08/2020

Fundamentals of IPM: Perspectives From the Orchard [Webinar]

During this webinar, Ike Kershner will share his evolution in thought and application of IPM principles at North Star Orchard, from the farm’s beginning nearly 30 years ago to the present day. Ike will discuss the traditional sampling and trapping techniques he once used to determine pesticide app...

06/04/2020

What Farmers Need to Know About USDA's new COVID-19 Aid Program

USDA's new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) opens on May 26. In this blog, NSAC breaks down what farmers need to know about this new aid program.

06/03/2020

Southern SARE has two grants closing this Friday, June 5: Research and Education Grants, which allow applicants to either apply for a Research Grant or an Education Grant, and Large Systems Meat Goat Production and Marketing Grant.

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06/02/2020

Black lives matter!!!

05/31/2020

Southern SAWG Is Closing Its Doors

05/31/2020

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Closing Its Doors

After three decades of work to strengthen, enrich, and shape the southern sustainable agriculture landscape in the south, the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) is closing its doors. Leadership looks forward to the continued development of other local and regional community organ

05/23/2020

USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Beginning May 26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Farm Service Agency (FSA), will be accepting applications from agricultural producers who have suffered losses.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic....