Re: REQUEST: Referrals on Farmer-To-Farmer Networks

shadev@ext.missouri.edu (csare@vms2.macc.wisc.edu)
Tue, 11 Jul 1995 13:44:42 -0400

I recommend that they first contact the Illinois Stewardship Alliance
(hn1046@connectinc.com) and the Illinois Sustainable Agriculture Society
(Jack Erisman 217-226-4050) and the Illinois Sustainable ag Network
(cavanaughd@idea.ag.uiuc.edu). Also Jerry Jost with Kansas Rural Center has
a farmer-to-farmer network going (jjost@ksuvm.ksu.edu). The folks at AERO
in MT really pioneered this kind of network organizing
(Nancy_E._Matheson@desktop.org and barbara_rusmore@desktop.org). Also,
we've started a column on this (edited by Barb Rusmore) in the Consortium
News. Look at the June issue, p. 3.

>
>Dear saneters:
> I've had a request from Illinois from some folks who want to set up
>a farmer-to-farmer network for sharing of limited resource answers to some
>soil erosion and other questions.
>
> I'm familiar with some of the efforts going on out there, but would
>like to hear from you as to your favorite suggestions for who (whom?) to
>contact in this arena.
> Thanks,
>
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