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Join the Demeter Biodynamic Trade Association (DBTA) to find out more about the Demeter USA Biodynamic ® standards and practices and how they relate to NOP organic Download the flyer (PDF format) Held in collaboration with the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Demeter USA, the Demeter Biodynamic Trade Association, and the Josephine Porter Institute for […]

1 Week from Today! 26 miles of rural Missouri roadways, young farmers & a fleet of bicycles. October 2nd: daylong bike tour in La Plata, MO Meeting at 10 am at the Possibility Alliance: 28408 Frontier Lane La Plata, MO 63549

the greenhorns are en route to the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine!  Will we see you there? It should be quite stunning weekend. Find us at our booth, amidst piles of beautiful stickers, t-shirts and posters.

Cocktails and Conversation with seasonal hors d'oeuvres On September 29th, Savoy hosts Lisa M. Hamilton, the author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness and Annie Novak of Rooftop Farms in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in celebration of the Greenmarket and Edible magazines' Eat Drink Local Week (September 27th-October 4th). Hamilton will read briefly […]

If you didn't get to check this out, now is the time. SEPTEMBER 2009: WATERPOD™'S FINAL WEEKEND AND GOODBYE PARTY We will celebrate the closing of our amazing four-month journey with "Future of Mobility, Urbanity, and Water(pods)" at the World's Fair Marina Pier 1 in Flushing, Queens from September 24 - 27th. On Sunday September […]

The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology will be hosting a speaker's series discussing "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. Speakers on the panel include: Jessica Prentice, head chef at Three Stone Hearth, author of Full Moon Feast, and creator of the local food wheel Mike Biltonen and "Farmer Al" from Frog Hollow Farm John […]

Mark your calendars for the 8th Annual Conference November 4, 5, 6, 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Living Leopold: the land ethic and a new agrarianism In 2009, we are celebrating the centennial of the arrival of the great American conservationist Aldo Leopold in the Southwest as a ranger with the fledging U.S. Forest Service. […]

FALL EQUINOX CELEBRATION PIG AND GOAT ROAST TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND 627 N TRADE ST / 7PM - MIDNIGHT SINGLE BROTHERS BAR $7 SUGGESTED DONATION / CASH BAR

and want to get involved in our bike tours? We're psyched for Farm Aid, and for our events happening around the festivities.  Check out the concert lineup here and a little willie nelson from last year: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUDGX3m7rE&feature=fvsr] On October 2nd we're doing a daylong bike tour in La Plata, MO Meeting at 10 am at […]

Hello Homesteaders… This is quick note to remind you of our annual outdoor Homestead Equinox Film Screening at Garden for the Environment on Saturday, September 19, 2009, 6:30 – 9:30 PM.   780 Frederick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

LGBTQ Gardeners and Queer Farmers’ Field Day! The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems' Apprenticeship Program (CASFS), the UC Santa Cruz LGBTQ Resource Center and the Rainbow Chard Alliance are hosting our first annual LGBTQ garden work party and potluck!

Greenhorns will be at this event! See you there? When: Saturday October 3 from 10am – 2:30pm Where: Tower Grove Farmers Market in St. Louis How: Exhibits, workshops and demos celebrating modern homesteading and how we’re connecting to good food, farmers and the earth. Hands-on, interactive and educational. Kickass music from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir […]

In a city? Just Food will help you! Here's info on an upcoming workshop series: Interested in how to get fresh, local and organic produce in New York City? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) connects local farmers with New York City residents through a unique, pre-paid share system.

This weekend! Any greenhorns in Michigan going to the festival? We'd love to hear about it!  they have a bicycle valet service.  awesome. The HomeGrown Festival celebrates local food and community and seeks to focus broad mainstream attention on the community-wide benefits (and pleasure!) of eating from our own foodshed. September 12th, 5-10pm Ann Arbor […]

We are pleased to host a Seed Ball making booth this Saturday, September 12 at Monticello's Heritage Harvest Festival in Charlottesville, VA. Come get your hands dirty!  We'll be using Southern Exposure seeds, red southern clay and Monticello compost to make portable projectiles of biodiversity. You can take the seedballs home with you to dry, then toss […]

EAT WELL BRING FOOD Potluck Dinners every Tuesday & Saturday Eve Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte 541 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 http://projekte.leokoenig.com/exhibition/view/1785 The metaphors linking food and art are abundant. They persist: the ideas of sustenance versus subsistence, to satiate concomitant with nourishment, to simply serve, or to present. Don’t Perish posits the […]

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project's 8th Annual Fall Harvest Festival Sunday, Sept. 27th, 1 - 4 pm Dracut, MA Please join us for a meaningful and fun-filled afternoon! First, meet immigrant farmers whose experience with New Entry has inspired international initiatives to improve conditions in farmers' homeland communities. Second, help us inaugurate our new incubator […]

from our friends at High Mowing Seeds: Hello friends of local agriculture! Come celebrate early fall at the annual High Mowing Organic Seeds Field Day on September 13. Full details available online: http://www.highmowingseeds.com/field-days.html This years' Field Day is co-sponsored by The Center for an Agricultural Economy. In addition to tours of High Mowing's extensive Trial […]

we hope so. Need a refresher?  Read the full list or scroll down. Need enticing? check out this poster for our upcoming Young Farmers Mixer in Charlottesville, VA. - Sept 12! >events. As you know, The Greenhorns is a non-profit organization working to support, promote and recruit young farmers. We’ve found that one of our […]

via Common Vision This is part of the World Leaders in Sustainability Series Fruit Forest: Orchard as Ecosystem September 11-13 MA Center in Castro Valley, CA Join us as we explore the uncharted intersection of Food Forests and Production orchards. Following up his eye-opening classes and keynote address at this year’s CRFG’s Festival of Fruit, […]

check out this event on Sept 30 - a great panel w/ greenhorns friend Lisa Hamilton. "The Changing Role of American Farmers" A panel discussion at McNally Jackson Books with Fred Kirschenmann, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Mary-Howell Martens & Lisa Hamilton Over the past decade, our relationship to food and how it’s grown has transformed. But what […]

Latest SCOOP from The Land Institute Issue 32, August 27, 2009 ==================================================== NPR’s Richard Harris at Prairie Festival Starting Friday, September 25, 2009, evening, through noon, Sunday, September 27 Richard Harris is a Correspondent at the Science Desk at National Public Radio (NPR).

Brooklyn folks - The new Greenpoint Food Market will be launching Sept 12th from Noon - 6pm and they're looking for vendors! Greenpoint Food Market is inspired by all foods fresh and local, artisanal and homemade. It is a response to a burgeoning culinary food scene billowing through Brooklyn and functions as a support system […]

WHEN: 3pm Saturday August 29 till Sunday August 30th afternoon WHERE: Smithereen Farm – 286 Pleasantvale Rd. Nevis, NY FEATURING: the Rude Mechanical Orchestra and lively nighttime music by DJs Shan K and Kokle Doodle Dews near the mermaid pond *** Crop mob field party starting Saturday at 3*** FOOD: Smithereen muscovy ducks, rabbits and […]

Some great events this weekend: Food Justice Revival concert in Wassaic, NY August 28th Food Security Roundtable seasonal gathering, also in Wassaic, NY August 29th For more information, check out http://www.foodpower.org/

Learning from the European Experience to Increase Wheat Production and Quality in New England via the Heritage Wheat Conservancy: Biodiversity is at the heart of a robust community food system. People are seeking the rich flavor and nutrition of heirloom varieties. When peoples immigrated to the New World, they brought landrace wheats from their homelands. […]

WHAT: September Field Days WHEN: Sunday, September 13th, 11 AM into the evening WHERE: High Mowing Organic Seeds Trial & Showcase Gardens in Wolcott, VT A celebration of local food and agriculture in the Northeast Kingdom! Hosted by High Mowing Organic Seeds in collaboration with The Center for an Agricultural Economy and the New England […]

Severine and many other agricultural folks will be at the Waterpod Project. come join! My event is DIY 4H. we'll be working with amaranthus. see you there. - Severine SUNDAY, AUGUST 16: VISIT WATERPOD TO PARTICIPATE in a full day of events and workshops including Get Your Garden On from 1-7 PM, musical performances from […]

The latest from our friends Annie & Ben at Rooftop Farms: Greetings from the bridge between summer and fall! As tomato season begins, please remember to support our local organic farmers. Many of our upstate growers are looking at losing upwards of $30,000 this year in lost tomatoes and potatoes. Purchasing from them every week […]

With business planning, goal setting, marketing, land access. Bottom line: it starts October 17th, runs every saturday afternoon for 9 weeks and costs $1200 I'll be there!   - severine download the brochure here: farm beginnings brochure download the schedule here: farm beginnings schedule

mark your calendars... ( ) watermelon moonshine ( ) a night-time ripening + workparty. When: saturday august 29th afternoon+ sunday all day. What: a campout, flashmob, grill up, farm over. Where: Smithereen farm, Nevis, NY.

certainly many of you greenhorns out there are into photography.  It could you win you front row Farm Aid tickets!  Read on... (and while we're at it, if any of you would like to pass on some shots of your farm with a witty anecdote or too, or just tell the blogosphere how it's going […]

we'd like to celebrate and congratulate jeanne, who has created a cultural institution, actually just a list serve.  A nice compilation of NYC foodie events.  Read more & sign up at http://localgourmands.com/ Dear Local Gourmands, I'm writing from a cafe in downtown Astoria, OR where I've been on vacation for the past week visiting my […]

greenhorns ally Mark Andrew Gravel has a rad, tasty event planned for tomorrow.  Get on over there if you're in San Francisco... Fish 'n' Grits & all that Pimp Shit benefiting Greenhorns and Foodrunners Saturday, August 8, 6pm 2234 Mission St (Lung Shan Restaurant) *Cash Only This Saturday we are pleased to have Mark Andrew […]

Dear fleet. We're doing a fun set of events quite soon. making badges for bike safety. yes. we are proud to bike. we are strong. we are brave. but we are in danger. so we wear our badges made from fabric and reflective materials to demonstrate bike safety. want to join the fleet of reflective […]

please make this rain stop. and go on over to the Fantastic Local food fest in RHODY the littlest, pluckiest state. With the youngest, pluckiest farmers. Local Food Fest 2009 A ramble through the flavors of Rhode Island The benefit for Farm Fresh Rhode Island at Castle Hill buy tickets online Tuesday, August 4, 2009. […]

if any of you out there happen to be in the UK, this day course sounds amazing. Garden Organic Open Day on Managing the future of your soil: the role of green manures August 5th, 2009 Duchy College Rosewarne with: Choosing the right type of green manure Anton Rosenfeld—Garden Organic

we're interested in the weaving together of these things.  Several past & ongoing exhibits explore them, including our own Land. Liberty. Sunshine. Stamina, which was up in April & May in San Francisco. this rad image is from Farmadelphia, a proposal for the transformation of Philadelphia by the architects at Front Studio. CURRENT Radical Nature […]

Greenhorns, anyone out there want to help out at the Northeast Animal-Power Field Days?  They could use the help, and you'll get free admission in exchange! 2009 Northeast Animal-Power Field Days Dedicated to working draft animals in enterprises that support sustainability of local communities and vital land-based economies Tunbridge Fair Grounds, Tunbridge, VT 05077 Saturday, […]

we've posted about this course before, but it's worth another mention. Broadacre Permaculture and Holistic Management for Carbon Negative Agriculture Exploring Soil, Water, Carbon, Energy & the Economy Hands-on Training for Ecological and Economic Resilience Hosted by the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm, Summertown, TN August 25 – September 16, 2009 This course will […]