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How would I go about starting an organic farm?

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How would I go about starting an organic farm?

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the best thing to do is get a job on a farm this summer. the easiest way to do this is to find the farmers markets in your area and go to the markets in May (or earlier if you happen to have some that either do winter markets or open up before May) http://www.localharvest.org is the best website to find such information. this site also have a great forum and you could post there asking for work. I have noticed that farms are eager to get workers right now. You should find some organic/sustainable agriculture conferences and go to at least one this winter. You will meet a lot of like minded people, can go to some workshops to learn a bit more and likely be able to find a summer job on a farm. I don’t know if getting a degree in sustainable ag would be as helpful as getting a liberal arts degree and getting a lot of hands on experience working on farms. I say that because I came into organic farming almost by accident but found my

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