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The festival  just wrapped up, but here's a nice piece about the event by current Hudson Valley Seed Library intern Alison Baitz. The Art of Food and Farming The New Museum may be known to most thanks to its impressive architecture – the cool translucent-stacked-boxes-like building is a welcome visual treat on the Bowery. But […]

Wednesday! Download the press release HERE or read it below. National Young Farmers’ Coalition Panel to Follow Screening New York, NY – The Greenhorns, a national grassroots nonprofit organization of young farmers, will premiere their much anticipated documentary film, “The Greenhorns,” at Anthology Film Archives on May 11 from 7 to 9 PM. The screening […]

The Washington Young Farmers Coalition is hosting a Spring Farmers Social! Sunday, May 22nd 2pm crop mob, 6pm potluck @ Dog Mountain Farm 7026 Tolt Highlands Road NE, Carnation, WA Join us for an afternoon & evening of mingling, working together & celebrating spring!Crop mob! Learn how and help construct a 26’ x 48’ greenhouse all […]

This Saturday! 

Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming offers popular summer course for college students Ithaca, NY – In cooperation with the Environmental Studies Program at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Groundswell will again offer the eight-week Summer Practicum in Sustainable Farming and Local Food Systems from June 1st to July 25th, 2011. The Summer Practicum is […]

The Washington Young Farmers Coalition is hosting a Spring Farmers Social! Sunday, May 22nd 2pm crop mob, 6pm potluck @ Dog Mountain Farm 7026 Tolt Highlands Road NE, Carnation, WA Join us for an afternoon & evening of mingling, working together & celebrating spring!

FARM FINANCING: Helping New Farmers Scale the Capital Access Barriers Monday, May 9 from 12pm - 1pm Dorothy Suput, founder and executive director of The Carrot Project, will summarize the findings and recommendations of a national working group on farm financing, whose report Farm Financing: Opportunities to Improve the Financial and Business Environment for Small […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MW3MsoiOVw&feature=player_embedded] there is a festival coming right up in San Francisco! Check it out.

with The National Young Farmers' Coalition get your tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/172440 and RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205789559451617&ref=ts

Celebrate the ramp! The first forageable green, spring delicacy, wild onion of myth and mystery. Abundant in the Hudson Valley, the ramp will be at the center of original dishes created by chefs from upstate New York and the big city. Indulge in their pungent and therapeutic pleasure at the first annual Ramp Fest in Hudson […]

at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH among the skills you could be learning: Traditional Blacksmithing Introductory Tinsmithing Oxen Basics for the Teamster and Team Logging with Draft Animals

The NOFA-NY Education Team pleased to announce our newest addition to the NOFA-NY Beginning Farmer Summer Workshop Series.  This event will take place on three farms in the Ithaca, NY area on May 16th, focusing on working season-extension infrastructure into a farm’s yearly production plan.  Each farm will give insight into the types of season […]

a pretty sweet map featuring tons of outdoor art projects, including one tent-making one by greenhorns. come streetfest with us on may 7 and share in the tent-making effort!http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/map

Tilth Producers and WSU Small Farms Program 2011 Early Season Farm Walks Cost:  $10 for Tilth Producers members, students and interns. $15 for non-members For more information: [email protected] or call 206-632-7506 These farm walks are always informative and amazing. Highly recommended! Check out all the young farmers featured this year: Red Dog Farm, Welcome Table […]

catch the wind like a May catkin does... Join us for a foraging bike ride! And drop five bucks to see Boston premiere afterwards. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/170762

Midwest Organic Farming Retreat Prepares Veterans for Careers on America’s Farms Now Accepting Applications from Vets for July 2011 “Coming Home to Farm” Retreat in Iowa  April 12, 2011 – Davis, CA – The Farmer Veteran Coalition is accepting applications from veterans who seek a career in farming and wish to attend “Coming Home to […]

now here's a great idea... weed dating. Finally! What you've dreamed of...the details for the Weed Dating. Cost $25 Total capacity-50 participants Gay? Straight? We don't discriminate! You must RSVP and prepay to save your spot (working out the pre-payment details now...probably through our online store, which we need to get up and running...) Starts […]

the 3rd annual, coming right up! The Farm-to-Consumer Foundation and the Foundation for Consumer Free Choice will co-host the Third Annual Raw Milk Symposium: Producer-Consumer-Choice in Bloomington, Minnesota. The event will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2011, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Bloomington. It is open to the […]

Southern Vermont Beginning Farmers Summit Saturday April 30th, 2011 at Bennington College 10am-12pm The Southern Vermont Beginning Farmers Summit is a free event for young and beginning farmers (both practicing and aspiring) who are located in Southern Vermont and surrounding areas. The event is centered around discussing and workshopping through  issues facing beginning farmers, including […]

Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On This inaugural exhibition at Chapel Hill’s new temporary art space at 523 E. Franklin Street, Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On, explores Alfredo Jaar’s idea that “place can not be global” Issues of histories and institutions of communities, family, place; commemorative responses; heroes; folklore and buried truths; […]

Smartphones on the Farm: An Introduction to Apps for Agriculture Wednesday, April 6, 2011; 7:00 PM ­ 8:30 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 If a smartphone seems like a techno-luxury instead of a hard-working farm tool, think again. There is a world of handy applications and record-keeping functions on […]

there's a workshop coming up in Santa Rosa, CA and more to follow around the country.  We'll keep you in the loop! Make Money as an Urban Farmer! May 1st & 2nd, 2011, 8am - 6pm, Santa Rosa, California A 2-day workshop presented by the Sustainable Commercial Urban Farm Incubator (SCUFI) program and sponsored by […]

First Seed Lending Library Opens in San Francisco with Two Initial Locations in Potrero Branch of San Francisco Public Library and Hayes Valley Farm Next Seed Saving class is on June 4, 3:30-5:30 in the Potrero Branch Program Room, 1616 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 Seed Lending libraries are sprouting up across the state […]

Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy May 16th, 2011 – 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm The New School – Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street, New York 10011 Parsons The New School for Design and The Baum Forum present an action-oriented conference to energize and educate the public about industrial hydrofracking in our watersheds and regional foodshed. The […]

Livestock Slaughter and Meat Labeling Regulations in Vermont--April 28, 2011 at 12 p.m. with Randy Quenneville, VT Meat Inspection Program Chief coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project Join Randy Quenneville, VT Meat Inspection Program Chief to learn about the multi-faceted regulations for livestock slaughter and meat labeling at the state and federal level.  […]

important and helpful for you Vermont greenhorns. Chainsaws 101:  Safe Use and Maintenance for Beginners Learn to use and maintain chainsaws safely in a series of workshops coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project and the Women’s Ag Network.  Workshop instructor Jessica Ricketson is an experienced sawyer who regularly trains trail crews and students […]

The first Slow Living Summit Downtown Brattleboro, VT June 1-3 A gathering of diverse movements toward local and regional sustainability from New England and beyond, the Slow Living Summit will be an intensive two-and-a-half day exploration of ways to build healthy, thriving local economies while encouraging, mentoring and supporting a new generation of activists, entrepreneurs […]

This spring marks the fourth installation of the Daytrotter Barnstormer tour -we'll be hitting towns near Big Ten University cities on this run - April 26-30th - getting into Minnesota and Michigan for the first time, while finding a beautiful old barn in the suburbs of Chicago and heading back to two of our favorite barns […]

Farmstead Cheesemaking Class! Join cheesemaker Louella Hill, of the San Francisco Milk Maid and Doniga Markegard, on Saturday, April 30th from 9 to 12 p.m. for an action packed morning of cheesemaking at Toto Ranch. Pack a lunch and enjoy time with the cows, learn about grass-based ranching and visit the farm store. In an […]

JOIN US on Thursday, April 7th for a special screening of "The Greenhorns", followed by a local young farmer panel moderated by Severine. The evening begins at 6pm with light supper (graciously provided by Whole Foods) and mingling, followed by the film and panel - all taking place inside a breathtaking racehorse barn at Morven Farm […]

available online! They are download-able at the bottom of the webpage. There was a focus on the legalities around farm internships. It sounds like good people are working on getting farm apprenticeships into the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards.  View proceedings HERE.  

A long list of sweet workshops and clinics at the Small Farmers Journal Horsedrawn Auction, April 13-16 in Madras, OR: http://smallfarmersjournal.com/small-farm-trade-fair

On april 19th, Sheepless will co-sponsor a screening of  The Greenhorns with The Loft @ UCSD and UCSD Earth Week. Join us Tuesday April 19th, 6:30pm, at The Loft @ UCSD for this awesome event. Guests will also be presented with local artist Jason McKenzie's short film "These Hands", honoring the beauty and the labor of creating food at […]

A day of skillsharing and planning as we build a local network of shared values and knowledge around urban gardens, food networking, food preservation, passive and alternative energies, water catchment, and social justice. Together we can manifest the critical and necessary transition from resource-rich industrial capitalism to bioregional sustainability and community. Workshops with many local […]

The Seed Circus is a series of four events, spanning late spring to fall 2010, that each explore an aspect of urban farming. The events have four themes—Sheep and Felt; Foraging; Pickling; and Fall Harvest—but they have a common ethos of sharing information and making and doing with one’s own hands. Seed Circus celebrates the […]

Farmstead Meatsmith Presents: Pork slaughter & Butchery Classes (Grants Pass, OR) Slaughter Day: Tuesday, April 12th. 8:00am till finished On slaughter day, you’ll learn our killing, sticking, hanging, scalding and eviscerating methods on two pigs, at their home-farm, while giving you a chance to participate. We will walk you through proper harvesting of innards and pass on traditional […]

We have limited space for about 50 young farmers at this event! There's been more interest than we expected, so please oh please  RSVP to Kate ([email protected]) so we can put your name on the list and not make things hard for our wonderful hosts at wild miller gardens! Hot fresh pizza from a mobile […]

The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship (www.nyu.edu/reynolds) is pleased to continue its 2010-11 Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century Speaker Series on March 23, 6:00pm -7:30pm at the NYU Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th Floor. Join us for an exciting multiple-perspective presentation and panel on the economics of food production with Bard Center Fellow in Environmental Science Gidon Eshel, Founder & Executive Director of the […]

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NOFA-NY, USDA Risk Management Agency, NYS Dept. of Ag and Markets, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the National GAPs Program present: GAPs for Small Farms: Dispelling Myths, Getting the Facts, and Designing a Food Safety Plan for Your Farm Dates:   Wednesday, March 23rd and Thursday, March 24th Times:   8:30am – 3:30pm both days Loc.:       Geneva Experimental […]