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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

[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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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; […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]