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-Joel Salatin, Editor

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May all of your carrots be straight.

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EQUIPMENT
Bale Handling
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Norden Manufacturing 877-296-5851

FENCING
Charger
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Valley Farm Supply 717-786-0368

SEED
Grazing Corn
www.raybrothersseedfarms.com
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Chris Ray 541-446-3265(O) 208-880-6344(C)

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Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture, is hosting a kickstarter. He collected gobs of high-quality video of many different kinds of Rocket Mass Heaters and other Rockety contraptions. Now the Kickstarter question is: Are enough people interested in the potential positive global impact of Rocket Mass Heaters to justify the cost of editing the raw footage into a lovely, feature-length movie?

 

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Coming Up

Our grass farming mentors and extended practioner family have some answers!


August 25 - 26, 2022
Swoope, Virginia

The SGF Gathering at Polyface (GAP) will give you VIP access to hobnob and fellowship with some of the best practitioners in the grass farming movement today.  Escape the isolation to build new relationships with like minded producers.  Two full days to soak up information on topics from soils to grazing, finance and marketing.  Visit with a select group of vendors.  Each day enjoy home cooked lunch from the fields of Polyface Farm.
 
 
The SGF family of key presenters who will be present both days includes:
    • Abram Bowerman - Sheep: Corner the Profit
    • Steve Kenyon - Starting from Scratch
    • Daniel Salatin - Ways to Move Livestock without Losing Your Marriage
    • Urban Customers:  Christine Lewis, Cheryl Hilton, Patti Cheatharm - Walking in Your Customer's Shoes.
    • Allen Williams - Growing Your Genetics from the Ground Up
    • Will Winter - Ears Up for Herd Health
    • Joel Salatin - Designing Your Landscape

Stockman Grass Farmer 2022 School Calendar

Polyface Intensive Discovery Seminar

Polyface Farm (Swoope, Virginia) ∎ July 18-19 sold out or July 22-23 or July 29-30

The Salatin family crams all material possible into two days of fantastic food, sweet fellowship and intensive information. This is a hands on, in-the-field seminar which goes from dawn to dusk both days and includes 3 meals per day. It is a comprehensive look at a multi-generational multi-species direct market grass farm and business. Visit stockmangrassfarmer.com or call 601-853-7755 for more details. Tuition is $900.00.

SGF’s Gathering At Polyface

Polyface Farm (Swoope, Virginia) ∎ August 25-26

The SGF Gathering at Polyface will give you VIP access to hobnob and fellowship with some of the best practitioners in the grass farming movement today. Two full days to soak up information on topics from production to finance and marketing. Vendors will be on site and lunch is provided both days. Speakers will be announced soon! See your future issues of SGF for details. Tuition is $600.00 per person or $500.00 for two or more participants.

Grazier’s Business School

Joel Salatin and Steve Kenyon

Jackson, Mississippi ∎ October 18-19

Your production plan and your business plan are two sides of the same coin. To have a successful business they cannot exist alone. When you structure your financial foundation right you’ll see profits every year. Joel and Steve will share their decades of knowledge and practical experience on how to lay the foundation for a successful farm or ranch. Tuition is $650.00

Grazier’s Marketing School

Joel Salatin and Sheri Salatin

Jackson, Mississippi ∎ October 20-21

This school is designed for graziers who want to pocket the other fifty percent of the consumer’s meat dollar.

This school will cover the advantages and disadvantages of on-farm store, on-farm cooking schools, restaurant sales, farmers’ markets, festival marketing, enterprise stacking and metro buying club marketing. Tuition is

$650.00.

Call 800-748-9808 today!

You may also register at www.stockmangrassfarmer.com

At the Stockman GrassFarmer, we believe you can create a healthy planet and people through profitable grass-based livestock production. And if you’re still reading this, we’ll bet you do too.
 
So we’re running a special to help in the process.
 
We have new prices for archived digital magazines. So for the rest of this month we’re running a special: 50% off digital magazines (with their new prices)- archived issues, current issues, and bundles.
 
GrassFarming is a 24/7 job, so our goal in the digital office is to equip you with helpful information whenever and wherever.

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Our books are now in paperback, PDF, kindle ready, mp3 audiobook, and audible ready. 

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