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Did you hear the big news? Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America, will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday, October 2 at Miller Park!  Support family farmers and catch an amazing day of music, good food and family farmers. Get the best seats through our members-only ticket pre-sale on FarmAid.org starting this Friday, August […]

these folks have a "Next Generation" program as well. Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Day July 31st, from 9AM to 1 PM Starting at the Student Organic Farm (55519 170th St, Ames), ending at Mustard Seed Community Farm (366 W Ave, Ames IA, 50010) with a lunch provided, the field day will focus on community-to-agriculture […]

Two upcoming workshops at Foxglove Farm's 'Centre for Arts, Ecology and Agriculture'. Both are taught by farmers Michael Ableman and Josh Volk.  Register at www.foxglovefarmbc.ca or call 250-388-6800 for information.  Growing for Family - September 23-25th: This workshop is for people who would like to learn simple systems for growing food in small spaces for themselves and for […]

Their annual potluck was Sunday, but this is a beautiful message be sure to check them out HERE Bees teach patience, resilience, and thankfulness for nature’s gifts. They teach us to work with them rather than control them. Today, bees have been forced to work in an agricultural model that poisons and malnourishes them. The […]

Scholarships are available for youth to this conference - apply ASAP!  There is also a special youth gathering. There is a revolution in human values taking place in our midst - some have called it the food revolution. Countless human beings are waking up and pioneering new approaches to food, farming, health, community and sustainability. […]

yeah. essex farmstyle. go see for yourself. year round CSA, self service, so breathtakingly punky

Maine’s Young Farmers Gather to Revive Century-Old Agrarian Tradition: Grassroots-Organized “Chautauqua” A Further Signal of American Agricultural Renaissance The Greenhorns will host a key cultural gathering in Maine in August. In a state where conventional statistics suggest a decline in youth-led economy, this “Chautauqua” will demonstrate how young people are reviving diversified, sustainable farming and […]

Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice Third Event of 2010! Refugee Farmer Project - Auburn, WA Saturday, July 31st, 10am-3pm

more from the amazing folks at Common Vision! Soil Food Web & the Compost Tea Revolution August 16-20th, 2010; M.A. Center in Castro Valley, CA Back by popular demand, Common Vision and GreenFriends are offering a repeat of last summer's high impact Soil Food Web workshop with Dr. Elaine Ingham.  Farmers, orchardists, landscapers, ranchers, agricultural […]

Writer and wannabe farmer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is living in New Orleans for a while, partly because she’d intended to spend most of 2010 traveling in Haiti to start research on her second book. With that project postponed but her mind and heart very much on Haiti, Sharifa is organizing fundraisers for two grassroots organizations working to support agriculture & ecology as […]

WHERE: 766 Metropolitan Ave. betw. Graham Ave. & Humboldt Williamsburg, Brooklyn (L train to Graham / G train to Metropolitan) WHEN:  Saturday July 10 & Sunday July 11.  10 AM WHO: Nicko Rubin & Doni Cain from East Hill Tree Farm in Central Vermont COST:  $15 RSVP/MORE INFO: contact Megan -  [email protected] or Nicko - […]

MOFGA Farm Training Project - Hoophouse Tomato Production Tuesday, July 6 at 5pm @New Leaf Farm, Durham Tomatoes are an enormously important cash crop for mixed vegetable growers in Maine. Join Dave Colson, one of Maine's best tomato growers, for an introduction to this delicious and potentially profitable enterprise. Dave will also speak more generally about […]

Save the Dates: Upcoming Field Days with PASA Managing Nutrients and Pests in Organic Cucurbit Production Thursday, July 8 Penn State Research Farm PA Furnace, Centre Co. Dog Days of Summer: Incorporating Working Dogs on Your Farm Tuesday, July 13 Steam Valley Fiber Farm Trout Run, Lycoming Co. Pastures and Greenhouses and IPM, Oh My! […]

July 25th!  Check it out here. Formaggio Kitchen, one of our favorite places, is making a field trip out of it. Climb aboard the Formaggio Kitchen bus to lovely Shelburne Farms, Vermont, for the second-annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, Sunday, July 25, featuring 50 cheesemakers, 20 wineries and breweries and a host of artisan foodmakers.

The USDA has provided funding for Beginning Women Farmers in Connecticut to learn more about whole farm planning in a Beginning Farmer Program developed specifically for women-- brought to you by CT NOFA. The next on-farm workshop in this series is "Integrating Livestock on Your Farm" on July 10, 2010 at Millstone Farm in Wilton, […]

Forage Crop Identification and Fall Seeding Webinar--July 8, 2010 at 7 p.m. with Sid Bosworth, UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project Join Sid Bosworth, Extension Associate Professor of the UVM Plant and Soil Science Department for an introduction on how to choose forage crops and prepare the soil […]

4th Annual Farm & Food Leadership Conference, "Taking Back Control of Our Food Supply". Jim Hightower will be the  keynote speaker, and the lunches will be prepared with local, sustainably raised foods. WHEN:   Monday and Tuesday, September 13-14, 2010 WHERE: Mexican-American Cultural Center, 600 River Street, Austin, TX 78701 WHAT:   An exciting gathering of activists, […]

Missouri Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives Tour hosted by the Bolivar Chapter. Registration starts on Sunday, August 1 from 4:00 - 6:30. ... ozarksfirst.com/index.php?option=com_jevents... In Switzerland there are schools for farmers' wives. we've posted about it before. Frankly, alpha fem that i am -- there are many such courses I'd love to take: drying food -- […]

6 New Farmer Training Workshops in the Rutland Region of Vermont this summer, starting July 14th brought to you by Rutland Area Farm and Food Link: July 14 • Marketing Strategies for the Small Farm • Kilpatrick Family Farm July 28 • Building Soils: Soil Testing, Composting, Amendments • Dutchess Farm August 11 • Business […]

August 21-22nd - Kingdom Farm and Food Days (Formerly High Mowing's Field Days) High Mowing Organic Seeds, Center for an Agricultural Economy and New England Culinary Institute are once again hosting the Kingdom Farm & Food Days, a free, fun-filled event in celebration of good food and  Vermont agriculture. Participating farms in the Northeast Kingdom will […]

Saturday! Seeds On Wheels (S.O.W.) the Samuel Dorsky Museum with a Seed Swap to boot! Here's a seed library blog post with all the info: http://seedlibrary.org/ And here's the facebook invite Spread the word and seeds...

this weekend! On June 26th some of the most important people in the specialty cheese business will congregate at a discreet warehouse in Long Island City to witness the first annual Cheesemonger Invitational. Nine of the top cheesemongers representing the finest cheese shops from around our country are set to compete in a no-holds barred […]

A Conference to Build our Northeast Food System.  http://www.ittakesaregion.org/ What: The 18th conference and annual meeting of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG) When: November 12-13, 2010 with pre-conference trainings, November 11 Where: Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Albany, NY Who: Food system advocates, policymakers, planners, researchers, Extension and other educators, farm groups and […]

through Vermont's  New Farmer Project. Intro to Plant Diseases and Management Strategies for the Farm *a webinar presented by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project, June 24, 7 pm (EST) Many of us walk into the field or greenhouse and are stumped by what we see.  Is it insect damage, nutrient deficiency, plant disease, or […]

It occurred to us that you might need directions if you're joining us in Detroit this weekend, so here are some comprehensive ones.  Your final destination is the Woodbridge Community Garden. To get from the USSF at cobo to the woodbridge community garden: the distance is 3 miles best by bike- - ride up washington […]

Where we'll be at the US Social Forum.

Save the date, all you hudson valley greenhorns! A Stakeholder's Forum on Land Access, Sustainability and Success September 29, 2010; Chestnut Ridge, NY hosted by Cornell University Cooperative Extension Columbia County + The Greenhorns For More Information call: 617 909 6910 email: [email protected], [email protected] If you are a service provider to beginning farmers in the […]

Maine Farmland Trust is hosting a premier of 8 short documentaries by filmmakers Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann, which tell the diverse stories of eight Maine farms: from Aroostook to York, from potatoes to dairy, from large commercial operations to small farms that sell directly to local people. To see the rundown of the evening, […]

The International Farm Transition Network will host their annual conference July 20-23, 2010 at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. This three day meeting will bring together agricultural professionals, farmers, citizens, and service providers to discuss and learn about exciting projects in farm transition. The conference will highlight the Countryside Initiative: a partnership between […]

mark your calendars:  11th annual Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference will be at Spalding University in Louisville, KY on Saturday, September 25. speakers include Wendell Berry and Anna Lappe.   + a Local Foods harvest festival to be held on Sept 24th at White Hall in Louisville.

July 7, 1:00 - 5:00 - Heritage Wheat Field Day at UMass Research Farm After years of collecting heritage wheats in villages in Europe and the Mideast, UMass research farm is pleased to invite farmers and gardeners, chefs and researchers to tour the UMass heritage wheat trials of rare grains spanning little known ancient einkorn, emmer, and […]

The Quivera Coalition's 9th Annual Conference. November 10-12th, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico "The Carbon Ranch: Fighting Climate Change through Food and Stewardship"

Marin Organics is presenting this event. Trickster Training Tea Party – An Afternoon with Caroline Casey Sunday, June 20, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station Cost: $99 Join Caroline Casey and Marin Organic for a Trickster Training Tea Party - a literal and metaphoric feast! Caroline W. Casey is a Visionary […]

WSU Boyd Farm Walk Wheat Variety Trials & Organic Diversified CSA Farm Wednesday, June 16 @ 9:00am-3:00pm WSU Boyd Farm in Pullman, WA Research plots at WSU's Boyd's Farm site have been certified organic since 2006, following the standard three-year transition, and are now in year five as certified organic. View cropping systems research plots […]

Sunday, June 20th starting from 1pm @ the Market at the (OA) Can Factory, 3rd st/3rd Ave, BK for an afternoon of SkillShare and Performance, Enjoy Illegal Dairy and Art exhibition.

wonderful summer workshops abound at Glynwood Farm, located in Cold Spring, NY. + check out their blog-- where you can learn things like how to shear a sheep. Culinary Herbs, June 26.  Learn how to start, grow, harvest, and use eleven culinary herbs. Cooking Seasonally, monthly through October.  Learn to prepare simple, quick and delicious dishes […]

6th Annual Northeast Permaculture Convergence: July 2 – 4, 2010 at the MOFGA Common Ground Education Center, Unity Maine

4th Annual Northeast Animal Power Field Days brought to you by NEFOOD Featuring: field and forest working demonstrations at Howevale Farm, workshops and draft animal presentations, resource exhibitors, local food vendors, and networking sessions, one-on-one time with teamsters and equipment dealers, and the premier annual meeting of the newly formed Draft Animal Power Network. October 15, 2010 […]

Greenhorns of Maine and New England!  We'll be doing our first event in Maine this August - a 2 Day Chatauqua.  Never heard of a Chatauqua?  Here's a brief history. Expect music, skillshares, workshops, young farmer mixers, worksong singalongs and much more.  We'll be sending out details soon, but for now, we just want to […]

some great workshops on urban farming this weekend if you're in the area. WHERE and WHEN: Des Moines - Friday, 6/11, 3-6pm Waterloo – Saturday, 6/12, 9am-12noon, Cedar Rapids – Saturday, 6/12, 2-5pm Marshalltown – Sunday, 6/13, 11am-2pm Call or email for exact locations COST: Free - space is limited, so please RSVP to reserve […]