Showing posts with label Plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plans. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2008

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship Listing Sites
  • http://attrainternships.ncat.org/ (incredible listing)
  • Rural Heritage online (the small farmer's journal folks)
  • SOIL (canada)
  • Eatwild.org
What a place to work... Beeves grazing in winter...


Folks to Check Into
  1. Hawthorne Valley Farm (November, March/April) NY
    biodynamic, dairy, csa
  2. Maveric Heritage Ranch (year round?) SD (emailed)
    grass fed heritage livestock
  3. Broadwater Farm (year round?) PN
    grass fed livestock, orchard, csa
  4. Ebert Family Farm (April - Nov) CO
    grass fed raw milk dairy, 800 ac pasture, 120 dryland farming (feed?)
  5. Rockin J Cattle (April - Oct) CO
    steamboat springs, grass fed, may/june calving, and no hay, and horses...geeze if only it wouldn't be snowing in wintertime so I can go work for them right away
  6. Nicks' Organic Farm (April - Oct) MD
    works closely with extension, organic practices research, 170 ac cut pastures in grain, corn, soy, other feeds using machines. grass fed cattle

Monday, July 28, 2008

Agave blooms at Berkeley

15 years to bloom, otherwise 40-60 years. 18 ft tall flowering stalk and dies after blooming.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Society for Range Management

Professional Accredited Universities

  • Colorado State University - interdisciplinary, mongolia
  • Oregon State University - interdisciplinary
  • New Mexico State University - equestrian center
  • Texas A&M - no
  • University of Arizona - management, desert
  • University of Idaho - grazing management, ecology, invasive plants
  • University of Wyoming - soil
  • Utah State University - no

Monday, July 21, 2008

CSU Rangeland Advisors

Child (rangeland management)
Roath (extension specialist)
Fern-Gimenez (pastoralistm)
Child, R. Dennis
L. Roy Roath
MARÍA
E. FERNÁNDEZ-GIMÉNEZ
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CSU Center for Riparian Ecology Faculty Research

  • Trlica, M.J., E.A. Nibarger, W.C. Leininger and G.W. Frasier.  2000.  Runoff water quality from grazed and ungrazed montane riparian plots.  Pp. 263-268.  In: P.R. Wigington, Jr. and R.L. Beschta (eds.) Proc. AWRA's 2000 Summer Speciality Conference: Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds.  Portland, OR.
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