Planning for a Farm Tour: Keeping the Conversation Fresh by Claire Mitchell, Joy N. Rumble

“…Tours let you tell potential customers how you grow your food, why they should buy it, and who you are as a farmer. This 3-page fact sheet discusses these topics and provides logistical advice for planning and executing a successful farm tour. …”
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An Overview of Small Farm Direct Marketing by Mickie E. Swisher, James Sterns

“… Direct marketing refers to selling that is based on a personal, one-to-one relationship that ties farmers and consumers together. Many times this relationship is face-to-face, like at farmers' markets. …”
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Crop Insurance Policies Available to Blueberry Growers in Florida by Ariel Singerman, Robert Ranieri

“…By purchasing crop insurance, the farmer transfers part of the risk to an insurance company in exchange for paying a premium (which is the cost of purchasing crop insurance). …”
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„ale jak se vožení, hned mu tíže“. Naplňování pohlavních rolí v básnické skladbě Stesk na ženitbu Hynka z Poděbrad by Martin Čapský

“…Using the attributes of carnival entertainment, the author drew on the experience of his peers − starting a family and assuming the role of a farmer, including the difficulties associated with this transitional phase. …”
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An Overview of Small Farm Direct Marketing by Mickie E. Swisher, James Sterns

“… Direct marketing refers to selling that is based on a personal, one-to-one relationship that ties farmers and consumers together. Many times this relationship is face-to-face, like at farmers' markets. …”
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Planning for a Farm Tour: Keeping the Conversation Fresh by Claire Mitchell, Joy N. Rumble

“…Tours let you tell potential customers how you grow your food, why they should buy it, and who you are as a farmer. This 3-page fact sheet discusses these topics and provides logistical advice for planning and executing a successful farm tour. …”
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Crop Insurance Policies Available to Blueberry Growers in Florida by Ariel Singerman, Robert Ranieri

“…By purchasing crop insurance, the farmer transfers part of the risk to an insurance company in exchange for paying a premium (which is the cost of purchasing crop insurance). …”
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"On Being Idolized" : construction d’une identité américaine à travers quelques poèmes de Robert Frost by Candice Lemaire

“…This article explores America’s literary canon through the major New England figure of farmer-poet Robert Frost (1874-1963), who offered a complex vision of American identity in his volumes, from that of the highly-acclaimed national artist to the uneasily translated and understood poet. …”
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KAB Newsletter Issue 02 (April-June 2022) by Sempungu, Joseph Godfrey, Nowamani, Collins

“…IN THIS ISSUE; The KAB Chancellor presides over the 6th graduation The Vice Chancellor’s Tribute to Frank Kalimuzo KAB joins the Association of African Universities KAB hosts the Kiswahili international Conference - CHAKAMA Medical and Dental Practitioners Council Inspect KABSOM Patriotism Corps launched at KAB Kabale University Academic Staff Association (KABASA) elects new leaders Farmer Field schools changing the livelihoods of families in Kigezi Faculty of Social Sciences to launch Anti-Corruption Center Equal Opportunities Commission trains KAB Staff UNDP team visits Kabale University KAB hosts Italian Visitors…”
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Transformative adaptation: from climate-smart to climate-resilient agriculture by Jon Hellin, Eleanor Fisher, Marcus Taylor, Suhas Bhasme, Ana María Loboguerrero

“…Success has tended to be measured in terms of the number of farmers adopting CSA with less focus given to the impacts especially on human development. …”
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The Measurement of Neutron Contamination in High Energy X-Ray Radiotherapy Using a He-3 Gas Dosimeter by Alireza Vejdani, Mehdi Momennezhad, Sara Mohammadi, Vajiheh Vejdani Noghreiyan, Atefeh Rostami

“…Both the neutron and Farmer dosimeters were applied in the presence and absence of acrylic plates at the same point. …”
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Nutrient Management Programs, Nitrogen Fertilizer Practices, and Groundwater Quality in Nebraska’s Central Platte Valley (U.S.), 1989–1998 by Stan Daberkow, Harold Taylor, Noel Gollehon, Milt Moravek

“…Given the societal concern about groundwater pollution from agricultural sources, public programs have been proposed or implemented to change farmer behavior with respect to nutrient use and management. …”
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Food Insecurity and Not Dietary Diversity Is a Predictor of Nutrition Status in Children within Semiarid Agro-Ecological Zones in Eastern Kenya by Zipporah N. Bukania, Moses Mwangi, Robert M. Karanja, Richard Mutisya, Yeri Kombe, Lydia U. Kaduka, Timothy Johns

“…A total of 277 woman-child pairs aged 15–46 years and 6–36 months respectively, were recruited from farmer households. Food security and dietary diversity were assessed using standard tools. …”
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Kensington ou Tintin au pays des Runologues by Christophe Bord

“…The following pages present a survey of the century-old, fairly heated debate over the most famous runic forgery of all time known as the Kensington inscription, from the name of the place where it was found at the very end of the nineteenth century by a Swedish farmer in the “Scandinavian” state of Minnesota.Although crushing new evidence speaking against the authenticity of the monument surfaced a few years ago, a group of unwavering believers are still championing the cause of what they see as irrefutable proof of Scandinavian presence in the heart of the New World a century ahead of Columbus. …”
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Dual Mycobacterial Invasion: A Case Report on Coexisting Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infection by P. Prem Ananth, S. Raghul Raj, R. Anand, N. Nagarajan

“…This case report highlights a 61-year-old male farmer with a history of TB who was diagnosed with a TB-NTM (M. kansasii) coinfection after presenting with recurrent pulmonary symptoms.…”
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Dynamics of multiple sustainable agricultural intensification practices adoption: Application of the intertemporal multivariate probit model. by Ali Mohammed Oumer, Michael Burton, Menale Kassie

“…Third, the covariates that drive adoption significantly differ between practices, reflecting the heterogeneity in farmer behavior. Farm size was associated with the adoption of several input-intensive and NRM practices while off-farm income has the reverse effect. …”
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Necrotizing Lung Infection Caused by the Protozoan Balantidium coli by Sat Sharma, Godfrey Harding

“…A case of B coli causing a thick-walled right upper lobe cavity in an organic farmer who had contact with aerosolized pig manure is reported. …”
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Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí: The Portrait of a Cultural Connoisseur by Tunji Ọlaọpa

“…Bàbá Fálétí could pass for an ordinary farmer in Òkè-Ògùn, as well as a professor of literature at any Ivy League university across the world. …”
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Carcinosarcoma of the Bladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Doğan Atılgan, Yusuf Gençten

“…Herein, we report a case of sarcomatoid carcinoma of urinary bladder of a farmer aged 84 years old with a year history of hematuria and dysuria. …”
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THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSURANCE SERVICES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN AND THE WAYS OF ITS SOLUTION by G. Jabarov

“…The author determines that among the most pressing problems which inhibit the insurance, is not well-developed banking system, not profitability and productivity of existing farms and farms, insufficient government subsidies in the agricultural sector, macroeconomic factors, increased differentiation of agricultural producers in terms of income, the bankruptcy of a large part of dehkan (farmer) economy and the lack of necessary infrastructure. …”
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