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Re-post of an article recently published in The Root. An Earth Day Solution For Urban Food Deserts With their ''guerrilla'' tactics, black organic farmers are taking Malcolm X's mandate of […]

by Fred Bahnson; April 20, 2010 published in Faith & Leadership John Jeavons expects that 20 years from now most of the world’s people will be struggling to eat. Jeavons, […]

By Sarah Murray, FT.com. April 24, 2010. Until a few weeks ago Callum Saunders’ tiny east London balcony was packed with planters – but not only ones containing flowers or […]

by Ewen MacAskill. guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 April 2010 Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, donated $30m (£19.5m) to a new fund to help poor farmers today in an effort to […]

an essay by Tom Philpott, actually the full-length version of what he wrote in the NYTimes piece we just referenced. To enter a farmers' market in a U.S. city in […]

A nice little piece in the NYtimes by Benjamin Shute - greenhorn + one of the co-founders of our new National Young Farmers Coalition!  His piece is part of a […]

The Art of Eating has gathered all bread issues into a new collection - The 12 issues cover pizza, croissants, baguettes, pain au levain, and more. 12 issues, $87 no. […]

Here's a little note on some press for our friends at Urban Patchwork. Dear Severine (and all the rest of you wonderful greenhorns) If you wanted to know, the lovely […]

Community voices  and togetherness matter. Ahee makes it clear in this essay on the meeting of food justice and urban ag in Detroit, in the form of the Hantz project. […]

Here is a bit of an essay from greenhorn Derrick Mead, of Mead Orchards, who has graciously hosted events on his farm, donated apples and veggies to our 2009 pigs, […]

this comes to us from greenhorn Eric Budzynski, who has this to say: Howdy Fellow Greenhorns! This is a great article on GMO regulation coming from a major news outlet. […]

Alex Smith, who recently interviewed Severine on his show Radio Ecoshock, shared these thoughts with us.  You can listen to that interview HERE The Radio Ecoshock interview went very well. […]

We'll start posting more about new zealand milk politics as well.  Much to be learned by example. Modern Milk by Jonathan Shaw published in Harvard Magazine The milk we drink […]

A super visual essay! With a solid written component as well.  Looking at lessons from Japan's ancient tradition of sustainability. By Azby Brown Sometimes a simple investigation can lead us […]

By Katherine Gustafson | Tuesday, February 23, TONIC When the recent “snowpocalypse” blizzard swept through central Virginia, Mark Lilly was ready to grab the opportunity. While others were huddled inside […]

on change.org. which I 've just learned about from a nice lady named katie G. A Month Without Monsanto by Jason Mark April 02, 2010 April Dávila bit off a […]

remember greenhorns, there are more and more jobs managing historic farms + orchards.  we will keep posting them. Heirloom Apple Crops Increase By Florence Fabricant Spring does not bring to […]

We just received this nice note from "budding greenhorn" Jana Smart: Hi there! I have been following the Greenhorns the last year after moving from Brooklyn and love the blog! […]

Our 2nd circular is out!  If you're on our mailing list, you already know this. The Spring Circular features Farm to School Politics, Bread + Bicycles, Farmer Janes, Rustbelt Revivals, […]

We love hearing from folks who are inspired get their fingers in the dirt.  Here is a note from one such young woman, about to set out on the path.  […]

and her book! By Julia Moskin March 30, 2010, The New York Times IN 1968 — when Alice Waters had just graduated from Berkeley, when Paula Wolfert was studying couscous […]

March 4, 2010 Lawfirm Seeger Weiss brought home another victory against giant agro-business Premium Standard Farms, when a Missouri jury awarded $11.05 million to the 15 neighboring owners of small […]

the spunky savy folks of hardwick, VT talk shop with Dan Rather-- check out the video!

look at the solidarity and celebration of the gathering of the herders+ nomads Jonathan Watts, from the guardian.co.uk. Thursday 25 February 2010. The United Nations has launched a $4m dollar carcass-clearing […]

Open Forum: Invest in the next generation of farmers By Rebecca King As a fledgling 30-something female sheep farmer, I rack up more than my share of Little Bo Peep […]

asap!   Here is an article from the Washington Post  on the Drake Forum, which we attended with Benjamin Shute and Lindsey Lusher. For New Farmers, Challenges Remain by Jane Black […]

Lynn Miller, one of the champions. If you don't already take the Small Farm Journal, this would be the moment to change that. Saving Farmland for What? by Lynn Miller, […]

A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may […]

By Jeff Caldwell. (Agriculture.com) MARCH 19, 2010: It's no secret that the average farmer is getting up in years. As the farming population ages, the issue of farm succession is […]

this week, Severine & the greenhorns graced the front page of Grist-- check out whole fabulous interview and learn more about the recent Drake Forum on Beginning Farmers, the newly formed Young Farmers' Coalition, and the hustle […]

they're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. got a problem with that? By Jennifer Bleyer Pinched is an ongoing series about life during a […]

a re-post from the L.A. Times. Farmers say consolidation in the industry means they're forced to buy more costly seeds. But Monsanto, the world's largest seed firm, says competition 'is […]

thanks to our friend and ally Kevin Skvorak of Regeneration CSA for sending us this link!  Is it time for concerned NYC people to build an effective foodshed protection movement? […]

via the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition We are thrilled to feature this blog post written by Kristina Hubbard, board member of NSAC member group, the Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO).  […]

We received this note from an aspiring Georgia agrarian, and then asked him to tell us a little more about himself.  We met Jared Pickard on our Southern Trip.  Check […]

 By Megan Krigbau, Food and Wine. Sonoma's Scribe makes wines using wild yeasts. Fittingly, its young winemaker, Andrew Mariani, throws wild parties at the estate's old hacienda, complete with amazing […]

Greenhorn and Greenhorns' friend Jenna Woginrich wrote quite a nice little piece about our Hoggett event, and her thoughts about it, on her blog.  She's a terrific young farmer and […]

This was written by our friend Elizabeth Manus: Rotational Grazing on Common Land A creative farmer shows how turning her sheep into nomads yields more than just organic grass-fed lamb. […]

or, as the New York Times dubs it, "Hip Hop Cuisine" By KIM SEVERSON Published: March 2, 2010 RABBITS are supposed to be easy to kill. The French dispatch them […]

raw milk advocates speak out! read about recent raw milk hearings in Wisconsin in this article by rick barret of the journal sentinel Eau Claire — Hundreds of raw milk […]