The Natural Farmer Seeks Submissions for Spring 2023 Issue (theme: Water & Agriculture)
January 13, 2023
The Natural Farmer (TNF), the newspaper of the Northeast Organic Farming Association, is now accepting articles for our upcoming issues! Share your story with other farmers, gardeners, and homesteaders across the Northeast and beyond.
Here are the kind of submissions we’re looking for:
- Interviews
- Personal essays
- Technical pieces
- Photographs
- Seasonal recipes
- Book reviews
- Opinion pieces on trending topics in agriculture
TNF is published quarterly. Our upcoming issues and themes are:
- Spring 2023: Water & Agriculture (submissions due February 1)
- Summer 2023: Farm workers (submissions due May 1)
- Fall 2023: Farmers of Color (submissions due Aug 1)
- Winter 2023: Scaling UP (submissions due Nov 1)
Submit your article here. If your writing is published in TNF, you will receive a free year subscription to the paper. Questions? Email TNF Editor Elizabeth Gabriel: tnf@nofa.org.
About TNF: The Natural Farmer covers news of the organic movement nationally and internationally and features stories about farmers, homesteaders and gardeners, especially those from the 7 NOFA member states, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, and Vermont. TNF is provided to direct subscribers and as a perk to NOFA members and is mailed quarterly to over 6000 homes.
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