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Check out the photos from the Farm Hack event last week!  Remember, you can always view photos of our events on our flickr page also visit Farm Hack

UVM Extension New Farmer Project Building a Sustainable Business for Start-Up and Re-strategizing Farmers Don't delay!  Register now for the "Early Bird" registration price! A strong business plan is key to a successful start for farms, specialty food businesses and other agricultural enterprises. To help ag entrepreneurs get off on the right foot, the University […]

Blog readers will probably remember that their old barn, and a lot of food along with it, burned down last winter.   There's an excellent article about the project HERE  If you're in the area, tours will take place December 3rd. Craftsbury, VT – Saturday, December 3rd, 2011— Pete’s Greens will be hosting an open house […]

Cornell University recently hosted a screening of our film, and have uploaded a video of the panel discussion that followed. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez0O4guDyp0] More on the event HERE

2012 is Peter Dixon's 14th year of Cheesemaking Workshops near his home in Westminster, Vermont.  In our second year as Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking the lineup is better than ever! This year's series is comprised of two and three day workshops on the fundamentals of making and aging cheese and operating a small-scale, farmstead or artisanal cheese business. […]

The Principles of Pastured Pork: Raising Hogs on Pasture: with Bruce Hennessey of Maple Wind Farm, coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project November 29, 2011, 7:00 pm Bruce Hennessey, with his partner, Beth Whiting operate Maple Wind Farm, a pasture-based diversified livestock, vegetable and maple syrup farm in Huntington, VT. The farm produces 100% grass […]

  December 2-4th at Libscomb University. Learn how Tennessee can grow its own food! A conference for anyone interested in local foods – students, gardeners, consumers and farmers.Tracks include: The Science of Organics, Backyard Gardening, and Food: The Best Medicine. Speakers include Hugh Lovel, Jeff Poppen, Shabari Bird and many others.Enjoy three wholesome feasts, all […]

Step by Step, Row by Row:  How to Start Your Own Farm Dinner Business January 14 & 15, 2012 Cure Organic Farm, Boulder, Colorado This 2-day workshop is intended for cooks, chefs, artists and artisans, farmers, food lovers and anyone who feels inspired by seasonal, locally grown foods—and mobile kitchens. Meadow Lark Farm Dinners offer […]

Most of the winter conferences offer scholarships, so do your research and get funded if you need it.  Read on for info on NOFA-NY's scholarships.  NOFA-NY Offering Scholarships to Annual Organic Farming Education Conference The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) is offering farmer-education scholarships to cover registration costs to its annual winter […]

Student Agriculture at Whitman invites you to a screening of a fantastic 45-minute film that explores the lives of America's young farming community. The Greenhorns is a documentary from a national grassroots nonprofit organization that supports young agrarians across the country. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd at 6 PM* THE GREENHORNS WALLA WALLA PUBLIC LIBRARY This film is free and open […]

Mark your calendar! On December 3, Food+Tech Connect & Gojee are bringing together journalists, technologists, designers, policy makers, and food data specialists to develop tools and visualizations that help the public better understand how the Farm Bill impacts our lives. 

check it out.   wowee! The team at Shareable is excited to invite you to SHARE New York, November 19th and 20th, 2011 in New York City. From the success of our e-book Share or Die: Youth in Recession, we’ve found that there’s a deep need for real talk about the fact that our economy is failing. It’s […]

This weekend in Oakland, CA - still a few spots left. REGISTER NOW. Over the past 15 years, CFSC has worked to catalyze a broad and far-reaching food systems movement.  Each year, CFSC brings people together to learn from each other and to shape the future of our movement.  CFSC held its first conference with […]

Now Accepting Applications for the 2012 Beginner Farmer Training Program Future Harvest-Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture is now accepting applications from new farmers across the Chesapeake region interested in participating in the Beginner Farmer Training Program (BFTP) 2012 program year. We recruit five to ten trainees, mostly college graduates with some farming experience and a […]

Foodie Movie Night - "The Greenhorns" (Free Admission!) http://www.eatlocalweek.com/ Wednesday, November 16 7:00 – 9:00 pm at Dandelion Communitea Cafe and the Florida School of Holistic Living 618 N. Thornton Ave. Orlando, FL 32803 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/eatlocalweek

  Please spread the word far and wide to any young entrepreneurs and farmers you know! Register HERE.

There are a few spots left in Molly O'Neill's on-line food writing seminars and there are still several scholarships available as well. The fall seminars begin next week. A best selling author, and long time NYTimes food columnist, O'Neill's courses combine lectures and interviews with some of the greatest practitioners of our era and small […]

OCTOBER 30 - Come celebrate the work of Hudson Valley farmers and be flavored by local chefs cooking an all local dinner to raise funds for two great area farms! Taliaferro Farm a CSA farm in New Paltz and RSK Farm the biggest heirloom potato farm in the Hudson Valley. These farms have lost over […]

This event was organized by our energetic and dedicated intern, Ines Chapela.  Great work, Ines. Come celebrate the work of Hudson Valley farmers and be flavored by local chefs cooking an all local dinner to raise funds for two great area farms! Taliaferro Farm a CSA farm in New Paltz and RSK Farm the biggest […]

The Thirty-first Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures will be held Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 10am-5pm. Speakers are Gar Alperovitz, Juliet Schor, and a Special Panel "Voices of Today's Youth: Occupy Wall Street and the Call for a New Economy." The location is the Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th Street, New York […]

The Greenhorns and Internet Archive Present: Seeding the Future – A Town Hall meeting for Small-Scale Agriculture Tuesday, October 18th • 6:30pm 300 Funston St. San Francisco+++Fall Harvest Potluck+++ Meet and mingle with farmers green and seasoned. Bring your thinking cap and favorite dish.

a workshop with our friends at Frey Vineyards. The Secrets of the Sun & Moon Friday, January 6, 2012, 9-5PM A Coros event at beautiful Frey Vineyards - 14000 Tomki Rd, Redwood Valley, Ca 95470 Our work in Nature embeds us into a sea of rhythmic time and space relationships that either support or hinder […]

At the Mary's River Grange Hall in Philomath, Oregon on Thursday, October 20. 6:00pm Young Farmer and Food Artisan Mixer Sponsored by OSU Small Farms Program Supported by The Greenhorns This is your big chance to get together and connect with Farmer and Food types from around our region. Us farmers can talk each others' […]

UVM Extension New Farmer Project Webinar A CSA Primer for New Farmers October 25, 7:00 pm Community Supported Agriculture continues to be a burgeoning movement for small-scale, sustainable farms. As the number of farms using this marketing model increase, so do the many variations of the CSA farm. Join Jean Hamilton, NOFA Vermont's Market Development […]

PAWC is December 4-6, 2011 Kellogg Conference Center, Tuskegee University. PAWC = The Professional Agricultural Workers Conference. 2011 Conference Theme: "Empowering Underserved Farmers and Rural Communities Through Effective Farm Bill Legislation, USDA Program Delivery, and New Market Opportunities and Partnerships"

article here: http://www.capitalpress.com/washington/SB-young-farmers-100711-art check out photos here: http://farmrun.com/?p=2593 and http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258236727544783.54483.164653070236483&type=1

still grappling with whether farming is right for you? let's help you figure it out: young farmer panel, screening of "The Greenhorns" documentary, and a Q&A session. thursday, november 17. 6:30-9pm University of Albany, SUNY

This Sunday Oct. 16, join New Amsterdam Market in NYC as we kick off Glynwood's Cider Week -- seven days of celebrating all things cider with tastings, classes, and special events all over the city and over 80 establishments in New York and Hudson Valley featuring hard ciders on their menus. Sunday, October 16 11am - 4pm […]

TEDxFruitvale: http://www.tedxfruitvale.org/ its and off shoot of the big TED:http://www.ted.com/ Its a TED for "farmworkers, farmers, activists, artists, students, professors, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs to celebrate the people upon whom we depend to harvest our food." Its sold out. and there's viewing parties - although they are at Mills and Santa Clara. Webcast: http://www.tedxfruitvale.org/webcast/

ATTN all those seeking to brush up on their marketing and bookkeeping skills! The course for agricultural entrepreneurs is aimed at those individuals who have started or are thinking about starting an agricultural based venture that is not tied to large scale, commodity-style production. The materials are specifically designed for the individual who is searching for innovative ideas […]

2nd annual hudson valley hard cider festival Hands on Workshops, Music, Apple Picking, Dancing, Celebrating the Harvest Bring a Carboy, Learn to make cider, how to start a fermentation, and how finish it properly at home. Featuring a variety of hard cider and calvados for tasting and freshly made pizza in our wood-fired oven from […]

The First Annual Farmer Showdown, hosted by Greener Partners at our farm in Collegeville, PA, will take place on November 5.  Greener Partners is co-hosting with PASA to bring together farmers in the Philly area for a day of friendly competition to showcase the skills of our farm community to the public, and to get […]

Passing Down Land and Business to a New Generation Saturday, October 15, 2011 • 9am – 5pm and Saturday, November 19, 2011 • 9am – 5pm The first day of the conference will offer estate and tax tools, business transfer tools and goal-setting and communication strategies for families undergoing transitions. Participating families will be assigned planning […]

      Join author Tamar Adler in NYC on October 18th for the release of her new book, "An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace." There will a brief reading, signing, and a conversation about the book with Francine Stephens of Franny's. Expect good wine and delicious garlicky toasts and festivity.

Moviehouse Presents: A Brooklyn screening of American Meat  3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave Sunday, October 9th, 7-10pm, $10 suggested donation Come see a snippet of our hens in this amazing new documentary about animal husbandry. Afterwards, there will be a panel discussion with filmmakers Memo Salazar and Graham Meriweather (of Leave It Better); Donald Arrant, livestock manager […]

WHOLE FARM PLANNING COURSE OFFERED  FOR BEGINNING WOMEN FARMERS Shelburne--A 10-session whole farm planning course will be offered in Shelburne, beginning this January, for women with 2-10 years of farming experience. Applications will be accepted through Oct. 28. The free course, coordinated by the University of Vermont (UVM) Extension New Farmer Project, is open to […]

The Woodstock Farm Festival & Woodstock Land Conservancy sponsor a screening of “The Greenhorns” Q&A with filmmaker Severine von Tscharner Fleming and local young farmers to follow Woodstock, NY – The Greenhorns, a national grassroots nonprofit organization of young farmers, will premiere their much-anticipated documentary film, “The Greenhorns,” at the Colony Café in Woodstock on […]

Dear Greenhorns, Fall is come, and with that, the Harvest.  Many of you have entrusted your animals to us this season; we thank you for the work.  This October we're transforming the butchering of 1 pig and 3 sheep into personal practicum opportunities.