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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] a research project is born
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:11:24 -0500 (CDT)

We have that program in Illinois, and it works really well. There are some
economic tie-ins that help the young folks too.

I should mention that not only is there little enrollment in University Ag
programs in Illinois, many of the community college programs are
disappearing. They need more enrollment. Perhaps they need better programs to
attract enrollment!?

Bill

>Finally, we'd like to see a program (and some states have them) for pairing
>young aspiring farmers with farmers wanting to retire. Allow those who want
>to farm to acquire the farm and the knowledge to farm it while the "old
>folks" are still there to help. We know we can't farm forever, and don't
>have any children to leave it to. And, even if we did, many children don't
>want to "farm" the farm. IT would be nice to know our work and farm would
>continue after we are gone, rather than be divided up for yet more urban
>sprawl.
>
>Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
>
William H Shoemaker, UI-Crop Sciences
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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