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  • The Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) at the National Agricultural Library has recently made available a web-based information resource, "List of Alternative Crops & Enterprises for Small Farm Diversity".
     
  • Updated the Small Farms Database to include the status of USDA's responses to the 146 recommendations submitted in the National Small Farm Commission's report, A Time to Act

    Each action plan developed by USDA in response to the Commission's recommendations will indicate whether it was Fully Implemented, Partially Implemented, Unable to be Implemented, or Not Implemented by the Department.  Executive summary reports are also available for quick snapshots of all of the actions taken by USDA according to the USDA Mission Area assigned responsibility for responding to each recommendation.  (See Index1 and Index 2). 
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