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Rerecording miners and protests songs, organized by the anti mountain top removal folks. http://www.blairpathways.com/ Pre-order or download the CD HERE The story of the Battle of Blair Mountain is an […]

There is a special code for greenhorn fans. Go! Support the radio! Our promo code for the Sept 9th event is: "Greenhorn"  Purchase tickets and get more info here: HeritageRadioNetwork.EventBrite.com […]

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a song by our hudson hero: Brian Dewan. Who also sings songs about sausage making, which we are working on recording for the New Farmers ALmanac. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnOQtUemjG8]

A recent talk given by John Ikerd -- professor emeritus and sustainable agriculture visionary. Read more of his MANY works: http://www.johnikerd.com) "I believe that to live and work on a […]

For those who missed the Food Connections conference in late spring in Maine, check out the videos which are now available on YouTube and Vimeo (or if you attended, you […]

The faces and places that send milk by Skye Chalmers for the Burlington Free Press Skye Chalmers is the photographer behind a new book, Sending Milk, which features images of […]

New campaign finance reports reveal that Monsanto Co. just contributed $4.2 million to defeat Proposition 37, which would require labeling of genetically engineered food.  That is the largest contribution in the race.  Total contributions […]

The Kinderhook Memorial Library will celebrate the arrival of the New Farmer Narrative Project exhibit: Journeys into Farming with a free film screening of the award-winning new farmer documentary GROW! The event will […]

Here is Peter B. Collins interview with Janisse Ray, a farmer and author of The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food. (an excellent read) tune in HERE 

Episode 394: Why Taxpayers Pay For Farmers' Insurance In spite of the drought, many U.S. farmers will do just fine this year. They are, after all, covered by crop insurance […]

Brunswick is a film about landscape change, told through the personal story of a farmer’s lifelong connection to his now-threatened land.  The film weaves together the plight of Sanford Bonesteel, an […]

Edible City, a 60 minute documentary film, tells the stories of the pioneers who are digging their hands into the dirt, working to transform their communities and do something truly […]

we'll share them with you all.  THANK YOU CARRIE, our letter press is working and lovely.  BOOKS: INTAGLIO: Practical Guide to Etching and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques / (ISBN 10: 0486251659 / ISBN […]

Common Vision is bringing back fruit trees to california schools check out their new video! http://commonvision.org/give/

Upcoming classes: Primitive Goat Harvest This week-long workshop is the uncompromising embodiment of responsibility.  As we take life from two goats, we confidently assume the task before us: to use […]

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/45492632] Preserves is a feature length experimental narrative/documentary that takes place in Southern Taiwan exploring agriculture, food processing, and its effects on individuals. It’s one part observational documentary following […]

And a nice family that distributes them right here in Columbia County, NY. Meadowsweet Naturals - Stick Crayons

on the radio!  Thanks for Charlotte Heyrman for sending us the link. Listen HERE to the segment on the Marc Steiner show. This week on the show, we’ll speak with […]

there are lots more Australians in our ranks. Check out this post from some Australian greenhorns: http://milkwood.net/2012/07/29/greenhorns-stickers-and-badges-and-kerchiefs-and/  

New breed of ranchers shapes a sustainable West by Todd Wilkinson for the Christian Science Monitor harlowton, mont. Zachary Jones is a saddle-hardened fifth-generation rancher even though, on the surface, […]

The good folks of Wood Prairie Farm have raised $15,000 but they've got a ways to go and only 3 days left in their fundraising campaign. More information here: http://www.indiegogo.com/help-woodprairie-build-repair-shop […]

On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, Orion asked thirty writers and thinkers to name one thing we will increasingly need over the next thirty years if humans are going […]

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BITTER SEEDS is a beautiful film that examines the impact of GMO seeds on farmers in India. Join with other anti-GMO activists nationwide who are organizing screenings of this film […]

yes way. check out the trailer: http://www.filmbuff.com/movies/the-unforeseen/?trailer + description: Presented by Robert Redford and Terrence Malick and featuring interviews with Redford, Willie Nelson, Texas Governor Ann Richards, environmentalist Wendell Berry and many […]

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Monday, July 16, 2012 Colombia: Putumayo farmers build a better future by planting cocoa The ICRC supports a cocoa-farming project being spearheaded by farmers in the San Miguel region of […]

In the Gilded Age and beyond, high fashion decreed that violets were the flower of choice for Valentine's Day, Easter, and a fragrant corsage. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/30913277] At its height, in […]

For young farmers: No land but plenty of climate change to go around by Jared Flesher, cross-posted from Grist & Edible Jersey We desperately need more young farmers in this […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhuhuO2ysKc] The line-up has been announced for the 2012 Rural Route Film Festival!  We're serving up choice-cuts of premieres & sneak previews of some of the year's best indie fare, […]

back bends for agriculture! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TiIABMFHTs]

via FERN We're happy to share our latest report, on how the American Farm Bureau leads the charge against efforts to limit industrial-scale food production as the single most powerful farm […]

Meet Your Makers Vermont hackers, artists and inventors are sharing ideas — and solving problems By Megan James [07.03.12] Remember when geeks were uncool? John Cohn does. The 52-year-old IBM […]

rockin. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8RIqJLUYSE]

Brought to you by director Steve James ('Hoop Dreams' and 'The Interrupters') and bestselling author Raj Patel ('Stuffed and Starved' and 'The Value of Nothing'), who want to tell stories […]

ON resolving political differences and eating beef together -- sent to us by a new friend of the greenhorns, Deborah, hailing all the way from australia ! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRiGHwaK5M&feature=youtu.be]

Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized? By STEPHANIE STROM Published: July 7, 2012 ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michael J. Potter is one of the last little big men left in organic food. More […]

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Listen to Severine and other young farmers on Bioneers Radio! What happens when green turns to grey? Fewer than 5 percent of 2 million American farmers are under 45 years […]