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 A UVM Extension New Farmer Project Class For people with 5 or more years of experience operating a farm business. Dates: March 13, 20 & 27 2013. Locations: On farms in Chittenden County.. Time: 10 am to 3 pm. Early registration deadline: February 20, 2013, Cost: $100. Registration deadline: March 1, Cost: $135 Cost: $100-$135 […]

That's what our Crash Course in Economic Sustainability for Non-Economist this summer is about. We want to help those who are responsible for educational programs related to sustainability to gain a sufficient understand of the essential principles of sustainability, so that they will not be hesitant to call for radical economic reform. Check out the […]

Stop by the Farm Hack booth! Farm Hack and NYFC are hosting a farm innovation exhibition Saturday and Sunday of the conference.  We will be there with some sweet hacks, so don't forget to swing by and chat with us. Bring hacks of your own, if you've got them! Find us by the pre-registration section, […]

WHALLONSBURG, NY The Circus of the Possibilitarians Whallonsburg Grange Hall 1610 NYS Route 22 (Intersection with Whallons Bay Road) Friday, Feb. 15, 7 pm   Tickets: $10 adults/$5 under 18/ Family tickets $20 For advance ticket sales information, please visit:http://www.thegrangehall.org/home/special-events Bread & cider after the show!

Via the Sustainable Living Project. Full workshop descriptions available HERE. Including: Local Living Festival  -- KICK-OFF Planning Gathering Master Gardener Volunteer Information Session St. Lawrence University's Sustainability Semester Informational Meeting Poultry Production - Profiting from Layers, Broilers, Turkeys and Ducks (Webinar) Beginner Maple School &  Winter Maple School Wood Splitting for Women Empire State Producers […]

FamilyFarmed.org has recently received funds from the USDA to organize trainings for farmers to begin and succeed selling into wholesale markets.Partnering with local organizations that have extensive farmer networks, we hope to reach 2500 farmers with our Wholesale Success training program, which includes access to an in person workshop, a free copy of Wholesale Success: […]

If you're in the Tennessee area, a  barn open house and Q & A session will be held on March 2, 2013 at the Broadened Horizons Teaching Farm in Rockwood, TN. To contact farmer leaf with farm related questions or comments, e-mail [email protected] The piece below was written by Farmer Leaf to accompany this session.  […]

This year the conference takes place in Atlanta, GA, and once again, Urban Ag is on the agenda. The National Brownfields Conference is the largest event in the nation that focuses on environmental revitalization and economic redevelopment.  As defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a brownfield is a property that has a presence, or […]

The VT New Farmer Project is offering new and aspiring farmers consultations with farm business advisers at several upcoming conferences.  These sessions will be focused on helping new farmers create action plans to start or enhance their farm businesses.  Space is limited.  Preregistration is recommended.  For more information and questions, contact Jessie Schmidt at the […]

More mixers at this year's SSAWG Conference!  Co-hosted by Greenhorns and coming right up. From the Southeastern Young & Beginning Farmer Alliance: We're at it again: throwing parties. Join us for two hoe-downs at this year's SSAWG Conference Jan 23-26 in Little Rock, Arkansas. We've teamed up with a whole slew of friends to host evening affairs […]

An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health Robert S. Lawrence, Keeve Nachman Explore how food intersects with public health and the environment as it moves from field to plate. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUQOlTnB2o] About the Course A food system encompasses the activities, people and resources involved in getting food from field to plate. Along […]

Bread and Puppet Theater’s THE CIRCUS OF THE POSSIBILITARIANS at The Whallonsburg Grange Hall, mainstage 15th February, 2013 a family friendly performance 7pm- pm $ Come one, come all, bring your friends from out of town. It isn’t everyday that Bread and Puppet comes thru the Adirondack region with their rollicking good humor, songs and […]

For those needing scholarship support to attend, see here (including volunteer opportunities):  http://www.mosesorganic.org/ofc_scholarships.html If you're a new/beginning/young farmer  (there isn't a specific age/criteria requirement), be sure to check out the "New Organic Steward" link.  That is a separate scholarship program/funding pool than the main MOSES scholarship program specific for new farmers.  Note the scholarship application […]

Come one come all to the Bread and Puppet Theatre! The Circus of the Possibilitarians is a satirical horse and butterfly circus, addressing pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion, including rotten ideas, a wild dancing horse and some mellow lions, a solemn salute to the world's casualties and much more! The Dire Circumstance […]

Join Max Godfrey and Friends for a raucous, foot-stomping evening of worksongs, food, and infectious laughter. We will learn many songs traditionally sung by prisoners and field workers as a means of enduring the hardships of forced labor, but which have been rediscovered by farmers as tools for making their work more enjoyable. With simple,call-and-response […]

Due by December 31, 2012: the deadline for Journeyperson Applications CT NOFA is accepting registrations for our 2013-2015 Journeyperson Program.  This provides education and business stipends, mentor support and free admission to our programs for two years for Connecticut farmers that are independently farming for their first season. You can learn more about the program on […]

Why go driving in the wet sleet to a workshop on finances and bookkeeping? Its 2012, almost 2013~ You can learn that important stuff while sitting in front of your computer! Consider the Webinar! These are from awesome Vermonters: January 29, 2013: Managing Vegetable Transplants for Success Julie Rubaud, owner and operator of Red Wagon Plants, […]

Register for the conference HERE There are some scholarships available for young farmers - download the application HERE Download a PDF of the poster HERE

Botanicals & Business: Growing, Processing, Marketing & Selling Local Herbs When: Sunday, February 10th, 10 am - 5 pm, 2013 Where: McLane Audubon Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH This workshop is a MUST for anyone growing herbs or making herbal  products. The morning session (10 am - 1 pm) will focus on growing, selling […]

New CT Farmer Alliance: 2012 Season's End Social! Tuesday December 18th 5 – 8 pm @ The Kitchen Café at Billings Forge in Hartford Join other small-scale, young, and beginning farmers as we talk about the “uh oh and ah hah!” moments of the 2012 growing season.  What were some of your favorite vegetable varieties? What breed of […]

WA FarmLink Networking Event & Farm Tour with PCC Farmland Trust and Pierce Conservation District   Saturday, December 8, 2012; 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Historic Reise Farm, Puyallup, WA 11822 State Route 162E, Puyallup, WA 98371   Free event.  Registration required at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/294278

CCOF Crop Planning Webinar December 11, 2012, 9:30-11:00 a.m. CCOF Members: $20, Non-members: $25 Register Now! Are you already thinking about what you want to grow next year? Crop planning is the infrastructure for a farmer’s progress and profitability, and knowing expected yields and harvest dates plays a major role in marketing and sales. Get […]

if you are an organizer ( even a greenhorn organizer) and you'd like to sing some worksongs with max - and can pass a hat for gas money and cook some soup and get out a little posse, be in touch! [email protected]

Join in on March 22 @ 5:30 for the first-ever Meat Ball, celebrating local meat, live music, dancing, and awards! Part of the 2013 New England Meat Conference! Dates: March 22-23, 2013 Location: Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord, NH 03301 The goal of the New England Meat Conference is to enhance the production, processing, and marketing […]

Warm up your voice, fingers, soul, and spirit before the Whallonsburg Grange Xmas Show. Share songs and soup, no musical experience needed.  Bring favorite songs to share and instruments if you have them. Soup and bread supper provided (donations welcome). The Whallonsburg Grange Hall is located at the corner of Route 22 and Whallons Bay Road […]

Harvest CASA’s Annual Conference, Jan. 18-19, 2013 Amish Organic Dairy Farmer and Author David Kline to Deliver Keynote Address Nov. 20, 2012—Hundreds of farmers, food system advocates, intensive gardeners, and others involved in sustainable and organic agriculture in the Chesapeake region will meet to discuss the latest issues and methods in the field at the […]

These folks have funded 25 scholarships for  young and beginning farmers from the Hudson Valley for the NOFA-NY conference in January. Most conferences offer scholarships - do your research! We're busily preparing for the 2013 Winter Conference, which will again take place at the Saratoga Hilton City Center from January 25-27.  The theme for this […]

NOFA-NH Beginner Farmer Mixer Hosted by Phoenix Hill Farm December 8th, 6-12pm   Join us in celebrating and connecting a vibrant community of homegrown and handmade makers. This NOFA-NH farmer mixer is dedicated to connecting farmers and food producers with each other, and to artisans and people who are expanding our local creative economy. This […]

32nd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures "The Role of the Internet in Creating a Just and Sustainable Economy" Date: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138) Lectures registration through the Mason Street entrance. Accessible access through the Garden Street entrance. Admission: Free Registration: Seating is limited, so click here to pre-register to reserve […]

January 3-4, 2013 Oxford, UK It's the only national conference promoting structural change in the UK agricultural system - we're helping organize a strand to talk about getting a new generation into farming - and the right kind of farming. Right now Britain needs more farmers – many times more than we have today. And […]

  Saturday, November 10, 2012 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Contra Dance from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Greenstring Farm 3571 Old Adobe Road Petaluma, CA 94954 The event will feature a Chili Cook-Off with Green String interns, staff, local restaurants and fellow farmers participating, as well as farm tours, crop swap, music, dancing, and fun! Chili […]

Young farmers in the area - scholarships are available! email [email protected] Holistic Management Keynote and Workshop Presented by Allan Savory of the Savory Institute 9 November 2012, Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA Are you ready to change the world? Whether you take the big picture view or work as an individual from the bottom up, […]

Come one and all! Mann Library will be co-hosting the 4th annual Local Fair at Cornell University from 2 - 5pm on Nov. 15, 2012. There'll be a lively open market in the Mann Lobby, offering a rich sampling of food, fiber and energy products from the Finger Lakes region, as well as informative displays […]

The first gallery opening for the Art of the Heirloom traveling exhibition is on (TOMORROW) November 4th from 4-6pm at Unison Arts Center in New Paltz, NY. This show will feature the 26 original works commissioned for our new seed packs and will also include selected works from the Seed Library's collections. This will be the first chance to see the […]

this exciting news comes from Laura Ten Eyck, from the folks at American Farmland Trust. We have gotten some funding that is allowing us to offer a discounted registration to the Harvesting Opportunities in New York conference, Nov. 15 in Albany, to beginning farmers. The discounted rate is $35(which covers the hard cost of the continental breakfast and lunch). […]

Willing Workers on Local Farms (WWOLF) is organizing another crop mob in Bend! WWOLF writes: "What we're doing: Harvesting & Moving Potatoes (if you want you can take home potatoes that you've harvested!) Where: Meet @ Starbucks at Cascade Village, 63455 N Hwy 97, Bend, OR. When: Saturday, November 3rd from 9 am - 5 pm How […]

What’s growing in the backyard of the Bay Area? Are you a designer, artisan, young or novice farmer, looking to explore soil-to-skin practices? If so…mark you calendars for Fibershed’s Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium. For the first time, our community is coming together to learn the true nature of our local textile resource base…the quality, […]

THE ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN THE CREATION OF A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY 32nd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures Tuesday, November 20th, 2012, 6:30-9:30pm First Church in Cambridge - 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 REGISTER TODAY: Admission is free, but we encourage you to preregister today to reserve your seat.  http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/event-registration 

This past weekend, Farm Hackers gathered at beautiful Ecovillage in Ithaca, New York for the biggest (and possibly baddest) Farm Hack yet. Saturday featured live demos of various farm innovations operated, and in some cases developed by, local farmers, including a custom-built electric tractor, Japanese paper pot transplanter, and Cool Bot cooling system.  The Groundswell Center […]

via Columbia Land Conservancy: Down to Earth Workshop: Farmer Landowner “Meet & Greet” Thursday, November 1st 7 pm-9 pm, Churchtown Firehouse, 2219 Rte 27, Churchtown, NY  CLC is hosting a free Farmer Landowner Meet and Greet, a unique opportunity for those interested in farmland leasing.  There will be a short presentation by CLC about its […]