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fiscal cliff deal forgets that farmers feed america
Fiscal Cliff Deal A Disaster for New England Farmers Shelburne Falls, MA – January 3, 2013 New England farmers received a sour New Year’s surprise when a short-term extension of the […]
GRANGE EVENT: Feburary 15th Save the date
Bread and Puppet Theater’s THE CIRCUS OF THE POSSIBILITARIANS at The Whallonsburg Grange Hall, mainstage 15th February, 2013 a family friendly performance 7pm- pm $ Come one, come all, bring […]
best book of the year
American Georgics: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land From Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Michelle Obama's White House organic garden, the image of America as a nation of farmers has […]
nice grassfed ranch videos
At the Hearst Ranch. Check out the videos HERE
farmland fracking hits the silver screen
[youtube=http://youtu.be/iBqPv6xO6es] "promised land"
'occupy the farm' documentary !
Dear farmers and neighbors, As the micro-organisms work their magic in the sleeping winter soil, Todd Darling, documentarian, has been working hard on the film about Occupy the Farm. Today […]
thrills, delight: FARMHACK is easier to use than ever
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSM4G7O3rQw&feature=player_embedded] Rj's been on a bug fixing sprint, and added some tutorial videos.. just in time ! http://farmhack.net/tools/online-farm-hack-tools#wiki Winter, the best time to document existing tools, openly pine for ones […]
hip hip hurray: kids with skillsets
[vimeo=https://vimeo.com/51529828] https://diy.org/anthem#play
culticycle
Here are some meditations on OPENSOURCE by Dorn Cox of Greenstart NH-- a key leader of Farmhack. Here are some meditations on OPENSOURCE by Dorn Cox of Greenstart NH-- a […]
learning with the land
The Walden Project takes public high school to the woods each day in western Vermont. In this 5-minute preview of a 30-minute film produced by Walden alumna Julia Walsh, check […]
video about water, farming and tracking in china
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHi4Rkyb6e0&feature=player_embedded] With the start of part two of Circle of Blue and the China Environment Forum’s Choke Point: China series, the focus has broadened from looking more narrowly at water scarcity and energy to […]
farmhack coverage on civil eats
we're diggin the story about farmhack AND civil eats' swanky new website! check 'em both out here: http://civileats.com/2012/03/20/farmhack-diy-farmer-collaboration/
lovely little film about larch
the seaweed man! [vimeo http://vimeo.com/30959868] Seaweed Man Produced by Perennial Plate Sometimes a few words can capture the essence of what makes up a person better than an extended interview. […]
matching farmers with digital maps
By Michael Prager for the Boston Globe GLOBE CORRESPONDENT DECEMBER 03, 2012 GROTON — Susan and Paul Shay bought their four-acre dream spread years ago, with the idea of returning […]
npr on quinoa in the u.s.a.
Quinoa Craze Inspires North America To Start Growing Its Own by Alastair Bland The explosion in world popularity of quinoa in the past six years has quadrupled prices at retail […]
green city growers
How Can Urban Agriculture Go From Niche To Food System? Everyone loves a story of a plucky urban farm, but what steps do we have to take to make them […]
hey rattler
We love worksongs! Max Godfrey leads the old Leadbelly tune Hey Rattler at Plant & Sing 2012 at Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/54693244]
european farmers stage mega protest
Setting fires and spraying thousands of gallons of milk to protest unsustainable milk prices. Prices which are lower than the cost of production. Europe Milk Quota Protest: Police Sprayed With […]
open letter from occupy the farm
On Friday November 16, 2012, the University of California (UC) razed all of the publicly planted crops on the Gill Tract. Occupy the Farm is disappointed that the UC has […]
thank you alan lomax,
for open sourcing your whole collection online ! Here is a radio piece about it.. and a link to the collection online: http://www.prx.org/pieces/60435-open-source-on-the-margins-of-music-alan-lomax
max on tour!
if you are an organizer ( even a greenhorn organizer) and you'd like to sing some worksongs with max - and can pass a hat for gas money and cook […]
naked lady holiday calendars
A Naked Lady farmer calendar from Rosharn Farm in Rehobeth. They are raising money for a ' Pasture to plate" mobile slaughter house and processing kitchen. Read all about it. […]
an article, bittersweet
The Death of Farmbrain by Amy Halloran These days, everyone seems to enjoy tending chickens and eating local. But lifestyles are rarely ways of life, and the grain that goes […]
announcing bitter seeds and dustbowl event
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZtKB_KuASc] Carey Center for Global Good Sheds Light on Global Farming Tragedies Hosts Dust Bowl Photo Exhibit & Film on Suicides Caused by GM Crops RENSSELAERVILLE, NY – On Saturday, […]
real time farms
allies in Michigan, mapping farms across the country. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Idg_QzztKc] http://www.realtimefarms.com/
watch with your family: the dust bowl
from ken burns. It airs in several parts on Sunday nights but is available to watch online for a short time. http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/ http://www.ma.nrcs.usda.gov/news/connection/2012-11-16/dust_bowl.html http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/home/?cid=STELPRDB1049437
nice report back from farmhack
by Cathy Stanton. Where slow food meets slow knowledge I shed 40 pounds this week, and it feels great. The weight was in the files and materials from the Ethnographic […]
soil carbon challenge
kickoff in Vermont: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjG9JJ1FlA8] Check out: Soil Carbon Coalition Carbon Calculator
soil carbon challenge
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjG9JJ1FlA8&feature=em-share_video_in_list_user&list=PLE934A4C81DA6121F] Waitsfield, VT. October 21 - 22, 2011 www.soilcarboncoalition.org.
we applaud the leadership of quivira
The Staff and the Board of the Quivira Coalition are very pleased to announce a major leadership transition. On November 1, 2012, the Board formally appointed Avery C. Anderson as Quivira’s […]
gmo campaign shows we need more organizing
Prop 37 Defeat Reveals a “Food Movement” that Is Still Half Baked by Jason Mark – November 8, 2012 Good food partisans have much work to do to build a […]
report back from the food sovereignty movement
on seeds... Surin Declaration: First Global Encounter on Agroecology and Peasant Seeds November 6 -12, 2012; Surin, Thailand (Photos os the First Global Encounter on Agroecology and Peasant Seeds) La […]
young farmers in greece make their media move
Greece's New Farmers by Victoria Bouloubasis for The Huffington Post [vimeo http://vimeo.com/50199525] Popular perception of Greece teeters between two extremes. One is based on serene, mystic island landscapes and a […]
our lovely max
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJHSFa1Lms&feature=relmfu] playing the farmers market down in georgia. He's coming north for a tour this winter, keep posted for details. we'll have details as they firm up
glos farming
"This isn’t old school farming when we’re working our land We sell our own produce with till in hand" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u8lmmw2aUo] Young "sheep doggy dogg" farmer on his countryside rap WOULD […]
if you're a fan of greenhorn radio,
you'll love PFI's Farminars. Take part in one live on Tuesday evenings or listen to past farminars in the archives. For farmers, by farmers, all the way from Iowa. What's […]
citizen architect
a documentary film that celebrates Samuel Mockbee’s legacy [vimeo http://vimeo.com/9182260]
another set of ag history books from purdue
check them out HERE. For example, The Harvest Story: Recollections of Old-Time Threshermen The Harvest Story depicts the life of rural American threshermen. This collection of first-person narratives chronicles the […]
history lesson
First major tractorcades and strikes of farmers coming to Washington and Colorado...from Nebraska! The so-called "American Agricultural Movement". An almost instant mobilization. Check it out HERE.