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Sterling College’s School of the New American Farmstead Launches Four Professional Certificate Programs

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The professional certificate programs build on the School of the New American Farmstead’s five-year history of providing nationally-acclaimed, week-long intensives focused on traditions and trends in food, farming and craft. ” Cheesemaking; Photo credit - Sterling College. Wildcrafted Food; Photo credit - Sterling College.

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Earth Day, Living With The land

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Globally, more wineries than ever before are contributing their efforts to maintain sustainable practices in the vineyard and wine production. Every country, state, and region has its own rigorous requirements for sustainability and organic farming certifications. Conserving Biodiversity in the vineyards 4.

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Touring the Douro Valley with the Symington Port Family

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From Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim to the home of Graham’s , Quinta dos Malvedos, we tasted the Symington’s four port brands and their newer dry wines, walked the vine rows, and explored the vineyard estates.?. Charles and his team focus on the micro-terroir of small vineyard blocks. Photo credit: Deborah Grossman.

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Warmer Temperatures Could Mean More Grapes for Midwest Winemakers — but Also More Bad Weather

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In the years that followed, she worked at vineyards Left Foot Charley, Bowers Harbor, and Brengman Brothers, doing all aspects of the business, from the tasting room, to selling, to growing. Lefebvre and Newman first sowed the fruits of WaterFire Vineyards in 2009, after purchasing the 26-acre farm property.

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The Tasting Menu at the End of the World

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About two hours north of San Francisco, it exemplifies Northern California’s magnetism, with dramatic Pacific views, redwood forests, and rolling hills lined with vineyard rows. But the biggest driver was to be part of the agricultural community here, that this kind of farming could work here, and it could work year round.”. “But

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Wine & Honey: Reconnecting with Jean-Luc Colombo

The Wine Knitter

In addition to producing wine from vineyards in the northern and southern Rhône Valley, Jean-Luc Colombo also produces wine from vineyards in Languedoc and Provence. The Colombo family began harvesting grapes and honey with their first vineyard, Les Ruchets, which translates to “the beehives” in French.

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Going Italian!

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Today, the family project boasts five privately owned estates composed of 330 hectares of vineyards. The family vineyards are in three major Italian wine-growing regions: Veneto, Trentino, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ” All of the Albino Armani vineyards since 2019 have been given the SQNPI certification.

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