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greenhorns will be there! With less than a week to go before the big event at Anthology Film Archive in NYC, the Hungry Filmmakershave already sold out all the online tickets! . . .Seems like audiences are hungry, too! We even drummed up enough buzz for a listing in Wednesday's NY Times Food and Dining Calendar […]

Ben Flanner, one of our friends from Rooftop Farms has a new project in the works... and a tasty opportunity to learn more this Monday. Greetings Farm Supporters, We're coming to Manhattan to throw a party on Monday in the West Village!  Join Brooklyn Grange and a slew of restauranteurs, food enthusiasts, farmers, and friends […]

Regeneration CSA (and friends) is offering free intro to Permaculture workshops for community organizations and non-profit organizations, staff, and their clients in the Hudson Valley. Permaculture is a design science that takes a holistic approach to long term sustainability. We hope these workshops can help your organization and members in thinking thru how to better […]

greenhorns' friend Amy Franceschini of Future Farmers is a part of this. Open Engagement is a three-day conference that is an initiative of the Portland State University Art and Social Practice concentration and co-sponsored by Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland Community College. Directed by Jen Delos Reyes and Harrell Fletcher and planned in […]

the tough get weird. Greenhorns: if you haven't already stopped, here's yet another reason to stop the shopping: Reverend Billy’s "Blessed are the Jobless! Blessed are the Broke!" Christmas Tour With the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir! Buy Nothing! We start on Buy Nothing Day, Friday Nov 27, 5 AM - trying to convert the […]

Plants, Earth and Cosmos A workshop for farmers, gardeners and others seeking a working relation to the land February 14-19 and/or February 21-26 Led by The Nature Institute and the Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center in partnership with the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association The Nature Institute and the Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center are […]

Here is our friend + fellow greenhorn Oliver's account of the Futurist Banquet held at the MOMA in San Francisco a few weeks ago... it seems epic butchery events are the latest thing. So much meat, steer, beast. I'm still reeling from the experience, still reminded by the smoke on my flannel, singed armhairs and […]

Join us for a Special Anniversary Event on Monday, November 23rd 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM First Unitarian Universalist Church 1187 Franklin St (Geary @ Franklin), San Francisco TEN YEARS: FROM SEATTLE TO COPENHAGEN The WTO Shutdown and what it means for a UN Climate Deal in Copenhagen

Hello dedicated supporters of neophyte farmers: As most of you are probably already aware, the NOFA winter conference will be held Jan 22-24, 2010 in Saratoga Springs. While the NOFA conferences always provide bountiful learning for new farmers, this year there will be a particular focus on this audience, with a full-day Beginning Farmer track […]

our pals at Rooftop Farms are having a their last market day - This Sunday! To celebrate a farmer's favorite holiday, come on over to Greenpoint, Brooklyn's very own Rooftop Farm.  Sunday, November 22nd from 10am-5pm marks the last market of 2009. You'll find carrots, mustards, purple broccoli, parsley and spinach (to name a few).  In partnership with upstate's Liberty […]

last chance to attend this tasty dinner with Meatpaper - TONIGHT! SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 5-course rabbit dinner. Chefs Chris Kronner of Bar Tartine in San Francisco and Sean Rembold of Diner and Marlow & Sons in Brooklyn have collaborated to offer you a seasonal rabbit-themed dinner. There will be wine pairings with each course, and […]

coming this Sunday!  Don't miss out.   A REGIONAL MARKET TAKES FORM New Amsterdam Thanksgiving Market Sunday, November 22, 2009 South Street, Manhattan, between Beekman St. and Peck Slip 11:00 am - 4:00 pm click here for a map

The Young Farmers Conference is now in its second year! At Stone Barns Center, a seriously shiny set of cathedral-like barns built by the Rockerfellers to service their estate with raw milk in about 1927. Recently it was brought into use as a sustainable ag education center, and the site of the famous Dan Barber's […]

The world's biggest potluck dinner returns to NYC. (and greenhorns will be there...) WHAT: Slideluck Potshow, just named one of the NEWYork100 most innovative, rule-breaking, model-changing ideas to come out of NYC, is a slideshow and a potluck to which members of the arts and photography communities bring food, drinks, and submit a maximum of […]

Well. Many of you have been asking how our pig event was.  Honestly, it took us a few days to digest the weekend, and the pork. Now that our many brilliant photographers have edited and uploaded their photos, and we're ready to fill you in.  We think the pictures say quite a bit. Photos + […]

Even if you miss the event today, check out what Wholesome Wave is up to. The 61st Street Farmers Market will launch Growing Power’s Market Basket Program TODAY, Friday, November 6, 2009. LINK recipients will be able to purchase full-size market baskets filled with certified organic and sustainably grown produce at half price. The program […]

for Just Food's Food & Climate Summit    

Talk politics. Meet folks. Share seeds. November 19th 2009, 7-9 pm

Well, the pigs are back from Hilltown pork. There's a lot of backfat, their toes look like ballerinas, and shortly we'll be tossing one side (wrapped in burlap and bound in chicken wire) into a 6'x3'x3' helluva hole that we dug this afternoon with 4 of us strapping young farmers. The burlap used to hold […]

Since the enactment of the 18th amendment, in 1919, wine has not been made or sold from the land that is now Scribe Winery. So it is with reverence for the land's past and excitement for its future that we announce the Inaugural Release from Scribe Winery. This release debuts two wines that have been […]

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from our friends at the food security roundtable!

A Demonstration with Dario Cecchini, Italy’s Renowned Master Butcher In a rare U.S. appearance, Dario Cecchini, Italy's master butcher made famous in Bill Buford's Heat and portrayed in Douglas Gayeton’s new book Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town, will give a demonstration on artisan butchery.

A note and some beautiful pictures from Tom Stearns, president of High Mowing Seeds in Vermont. They held a young farmer mixer at their field day back in September... The event was great with over 100 young farmers joining the 250 other community members at our annual Field Day. The picture of me raising a […]

at Rural Ridge Farm.  Greenhorns will be there! 9th Annual Apple Harvest Festival Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Rural Ridge Farm from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Taste a variety of apples that are not found commercially today. The Shelton Family and Vintage Virginia Apples are ready to host our 9th Apple Harvest Festival held […]

are you coming to our pig butchery + sausage-making event?  We hope so! City folk are talking about it already: Grub Street The Village Voice Don't forget to rsvp: [email protected]

an invite from Tangletown Farm in Middlesex, VT Please come to our pig roast and harvest party on Saturday, October 17 from 3pm until late. We will have a bonfire and lots of fun for everyone. If you have something special you harvested from your garden, whip it into a dish (if you have time) […]

if you're in the North West, this is a good and affordable course.  Slow Hand Farm also has a great blog. Crop Planning for Diverse Plantings and how to effectively use spreadsheets to streamline the process Who: Josh Volk, of Slow Hand Farm (slowhandfarm.com), will be teaching this course based on a system that he […]

to make a sausage!  (or lots of sausages). Download the invite for our upcoming event here: Piggie Invite check out the details below if you can't read the invite, and send us your pork recipes! Smithereen Farm + Greenhorns are pleased to prepare and enjoy our 2 Tamworth pigs Join us for a weekend of […]

Beginning Farmer Project Announces Fall Online Course Are you a new or aspiring farmer who would like some guidance in the development of a farm enterprise, but has been unable to locate or attend any trainings near you? Are you comfortable enough with a computer to consider learning online? Cornell Cooperative Extension and the NY […]

at the  Poughkeepsie Farm Project Seed Saving - Saturday, October 10, 2-4 pm Come learn to save your own seeds! We’ll talk about the how and why of seed saving, a lost art that is surprisingly simple and a lot of fun, and we'll demonstrate some simple seed cleaning techniques. You will also be able […]

There's still time to sign up for this great program, offered at one of our favorite farms! The Hawthorne Valley Farm Beginnings Program will offer a structured business planning course, Field Days on successful sustainable farms, and individually tailored mentoring sessions for both new and existing farmers.

more from our friends at the Hudson Valley Seed Library! It's cozy in here. Which is a feeling, I regret to say, that only happens when it's cold outside. Right now Doug, his mom Nancy, our neighbor Linda-Brook, and I are all in our tiny house surrounded by seeds, spoons of various shapes and sizes, […]

The 6th Annual Food on Your Plate Food and Sustainable Living Conference is happening this Friday and Saturday, Oct 9 & 10. It will take place at Daemon College in Amherst, NY, and feature as keynote speakers Howard Lyman, the "mad vegan cowboy," Dr. Margaret Mitchell of Healthy Transitions and Diane Picard of the Massachusetts […]

Applecheek Farm- turning over a new leaf! Open Farm Day and New Store Open House on Saturday, October 10th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come and see the beautiful leaves at Applecheek Farm: the fall foliage is spectacular! Plus, be the first to see our new Farm Store! Enjoy free wagon rides and tour […]

Hudson Valley Greenhorns - this is for you! Hudson Valley Food Security Roundtable, Fall 2009 Sunday, October 11, 2:00-4:30 Main Meeting Room, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Poughkeepsie, NY 67 South Randolph Road, Poughkeepsie NY, 845-471-6580 The Hudson Valley Food Security Roundtable is a coalition of farmers, food activists, distributors and consumers working together to help […]

with Farmer D organics OCTOBER 3rd: Strawberry Workshop with Farmer D The best time to plant strawberries is right around the corner and you don't want to miss it! Come check out this comprehensive workshop on how to grow organic strawberries led by strawberry grower extraordinaire, Dennis Martin. Sign up now, this one will fill […]

there is much going on this weekend! Here are two harvest parties on different coasts: Hoes Down Harvest Celebration at Full Belly Farm - Capay Valley, CA Saturday, October 3 - Sunday October 4, 2009 This weekend the 22nd Annual Hoes Down Harvest Celebration in the Capay Valley (Yolo County) will promote agricultural arts and […]

some news from Blue Hill at Stone Barns... Hop to it… Blue Hill cooks, baristas, servers and bartenders took to the field on one of the few steamy days of summer, gathering for Stone Barns Center’s inaugural tri-hop harvest. Taste the fruits (or flowers) of their efforts in two limited edition beers:

Greenhorns - We're thrilled about our upcoming PIG BUTCHERY weekend of workshops+electronica. up at our new farm! Check out the invite below and let us know if you can attend.  the text is small, but you can download it here! Our talented young butchers are developing a mouth-watering menu and we're compiling a booklet of […]