Project Overview
FNE96-137
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 1996: $3,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1997
Region: Northeast
State: Maine
Project Leader:
Commodities
- Vegetables: cucurbits
Practices
- Farm Business Management: cooperatives, marketing management
- Natural Resources/Environment: biodiversity
Proposal summary:
Jeff Keene, will work with four other dairy farmers who are taking the first steps in diversifying their farms. They plan to grow squash, sharing equipment and marketing the produce as cooperative.
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