On the front porch of their organic homestead in the Ozark Hills, farmers Mark Cain and Michael Crane discuss the true meaning of organic farming beyond the absence of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Mark provides personal anecdotes from coffee and tobacco farmers in Peru and Thailand who transitioned to organic methods after devastating experiences… Continue reading Dripping Springs Farm Tour – What does Organic Mean to You? (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
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PrairieWoods Farm Tour – A Journey to Organic Farming (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Meet Jeremy Baranauskas, owner and manager of Prairie Woods Farm in Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Jeremy started working on a conventional vegetable farm at the age of 15, but soon realized he wanted to do things different when he had his own farm. As owner and head farmer of PrairieWoods Farm, Jeremy discusses the importance of… Continue reading PrairieWoods Farm Tour – A Journey to Organic Farming (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Planting onions with the paperpot transplanter (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Demonstration at the CAFF Farm of how to prepare the bed, and the tools and techniques for planting onion with paperpots.
Bed layout for small-scale intensive market farms (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
CAFF Farm School Instructor discusses how to lay out beds in the small-scale intensive plots to maximize productivity and efficiency, and get the most out of a few acres of vegetable production.
Learning about Cultivation (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
CAFF Farm School students learned about site preparation using tractor equipment and preparing plots by hand. Joe worked with students one-on-one to teach them how to operate vintage cultivation tractors, including a Kubota L245H and an International Farmall 140.
Components of a drip irrigation system (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Joe from the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) walks through the components and assembly of a drip irrigation system.
Transplanting Beets & Leeks (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
The Center for Arkansas Farms and Food farm school students transplanted beets and leeks into small-scale plots.
Peebles Organic Farm Field Day (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Uncut recording from the Peebles Organic Farm Field Day in Augusta, Arkansas on May 23, 2024.
Organic Potting Mixes (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Riley from the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) discussed the NOP requirements for potting mixes used in organic farming and also walks through what it looks like to make our own organic potting mix. Learn more about organic production at https://arkansasorganicag.uada.edu/. RESOURCES: POTTING MIXES FOR CERTIFIED ORGANIC PRODUCTION: https://attra.ncat.org/publication/po… LIST OF ORGANIC CERTIFIERS… Continue reading Organic Potting Mixes (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Organic Seed Search Requirements (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Joe from the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) reviews the recordkeeping seed search requirements for crops planted each year.