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21 april 2012 ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND @ the key school, 534 hillsmere dr. book signing: join essay author tanya tolchin for book sales and signing of "greenhorns: 50 dispatches from the new farmer movement" at the annapolis book festival! free and open to the public. 10am-4pm

20 april 2012 CORVALLIS, OREGON @ oregon state university, gilfillan auditorium screening: hosted by the osu student sustainability initiative. free and open to the public. 6pm

By Tom Philpott Tue Apr. 10, 2012 from Mother Jones The farm bill—that vast, byzantine, twice-a-decade plan for federal food, ag, and hunger policy—expires on Sept. 30, just weeks before what promises to be an epically contested presidential election. Under normal circumstances, getting Congress to agree on such complex and expensive legislation at a politically charged juncture […]

OXFAM RELEASES SATIRICAL VIDEO IN FOOD AID REFORM PUSH [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MwV0_Lkk4Q]  Washington, D.C. – As legislators in the US Senate work to craft the 2012 Farm Bill, international relief and development organization Oxfam America released a new satirical online video and TV ad to mobilize support for reform to international food aid programs. International food aid programs are regulated […]

"this farm can help you deal with reality." very eloquent. check out the other iowa young farmer clips too.

Tim kindly provided us with some links and commentary. Environmental Working Group on Perclorates: http://www.ewg.org/reports/suspectsalads A pdf of their report: http://www.ewg.org/node/19342 Here's a pretty cautious article about iodine/thyroid/perchlorate, with plenty of references: http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2006issue2/vj2006issue2iodine.htm

Death knell may sound for Canada's GMO pigs Mon Apr 2, 2012 By Rod Nickel, from Reuters Canada:   http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCABRE83110320120402 WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Pigs that might have become the world's first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption may instead face an untimely end, as key backers of Canada's "Enviropig" project withdrew their support for the controversial […]

Official: US needs more young farmers, ranchers By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic of sorts sweeping across America's farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, like drought, rising fuel and feed prices or crop-eating pests. The country's farmers […]

if you're going to sit down and stare at the tube, better to do it while watching this: foodforward.tv created by a veteran documentary film making team led by Greg Roden, Food Forward explores new ideas of food in America as told by the people who are living them. Each episode will focus on a […]

Here is is challenge for new work from California: We are confronted daily with dramatic and very real evidence that California is in decline. Everything seems wrong. We can’t seem to educate our youth, provide families with homes or jobs, keep our parks and libraries open, or take care of our sick. We are not […]

hot off the press! this week an essay by Jeff Fisher was excerpted from the snazzy new greenhorns book to The Atlantic magazine's online version.  "Your hands are going to bleed." Anne Cure, owner of Cure Organic Farm in Boulder, Colorado, said this softly while looking off into the distance as Jack, one of the other farmers, described the […]

Nutiva: soaring demand for organic coconut oil, chia seed restricts supplies by Sustainable Food News April 5, 2012 Nutiva, the world’s leading brand of organic hemp, coconut oil, and chia seed, said Thursday demand for coconut oil and a global shortage of chia seed is making it difficult keeping the products stocked for customers. The Oxnard, […]

so good. http://anatomyofthrift.com

Hello everyone, The huge outpouring of concern for our orchard trees being hammered by this Canadian/Arctic front was very warming! Last night at least 13 people over and above the usual farm crew came out through the night to keep fires burning, drifting smoke through the trees for hours until the sun came up. The […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ3ov6vhg-s ...we should always make time for delicious, simple home cooked food, every day. you can watch all river cottage episodes on youtube. good nighttime activity after a hard day of work in the spring garden!

 an exhibit, a book, an ipad app.  About the explosion of community spirit, institution building, and autonomous-thinking that characterized the free speech movement, and beyond.  http://museumca.org/exhibit/all-us-or-none-social-justice-posters-san-francisco-bay-area More images HERE The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of […]

The Food Book Fair is the first ever event bringing together food publications from around the world alongside a dynamic set of events celebrating food writing, reading, and activism.May 4-6, 2012 | Brooklyn, NY at the Wythe Hotel

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you can pre order the greenhorns book here! http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781603427722-0

Maker Pulls Pesticide Amid Fear of Toxicity SAN FRANCISCO — A manufacturer has pulled a controversial pesticide from the American market, surprising both growers and environmentalists who have warned that it poses serious hazards. The soil fumigant, known as methyl iodide and sold under the label Midas, will be withdrawn immediately as a result of […]

Here is a letter from Monte & Laura Bledsoe of Quail Hollow Farm to their dinner guests after a "health department inspection" and crackdown on their farm last fall.  Dearest Guests, (You have all become dear to us!) What an evening we had this last Friday night! It had all the makings of a really […]

who says, "Just want to make sure you know about Ernst Goetsch and the New Agricultural revolution occurring right now which is every bit as influential as was the agro-industrial "green revolution". This time it is better because everyone is empowered and we get to build soil while making food and bringing back the forest." […]

Kickoff event: APRIL 21 at the Broad Art Museum at MSU Taking place in the former Barnes and Nobles space on Grand River, this event is part symposium, part Town Hall discussion forum, and part community celebration. The space: The Barnes and Nobles building (formerly the Jacobson’s department store) is a major economic and development site […]

the battle over sugar! www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sweetener-suit-20120307,0,7189463.story

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Here's a note from Stephanie Paige Ogborn of High Country News.  FSA needs better numbers-tracking! This is my latest piece in High Country News, on sodbusting in the Northern Plains. I  think this is pretty important as it can be tied to conservation compliance with crop insurance and also FSA's utter disregard for keeping track of […]

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This year, Slow Food International's Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto will be a unified event open to the public in Turin, Italy on October 25-29, 2012.  You can make your own way there OR apply to be a U.S. delegate. The deadline to apply is April 1. To join the international community at Terra Madre as […]

 The Washington State Department of Agriculture has two projects with video resources to share with the Greenhorns community. One is Bridging the GAPs, which addresses food safety on small and diversified farms. The other is a Farm Wisdom video series, where farmers share their expertise and ingenuity by showing ways they utilize innovative and viable business and […]

this week on Greenhorn Radio -- featuring CJ Sentell, a farmer at Ecotone Farm, just outside Nashville, Tennessee. "There are more slaves alive today than there ever have been in human history. There are still agricultural slaves, for example, in Florida." "For a vibrant agrarianism to come back in this country, we have to deal with […]

Have you heard? Edible Radio's conversation with Wes Jackson and Wendell Berry: http://www.ediblecommunities.com/radio/growing-home-with-marla-camp/episode-115-growing-home-with-wendell-berry-and-wes-jackson.htm#disqus_thread  

in honor of St. Patrick's day, the greenhorns team suggests you pick up a copy of Forgotten Skills -- written by Ireland's beloved Darina Allen Sev and Darina met up this week and looked at the LA Marqueta market in Harleem, home to Breezy hill farm. Irish in america!

Even Dairy Farming has a 1 Percent from the NY Times, by Adam Davidson. Last month, after immersing myself in Brooklyn’s artisanal-food scene, I felt the need that many in my home borough have these days: to get out on a farm and smell the manure. So I drove an hour and a half southwest […]

You'll never guess! Interesting story/podcast from NPR's Planet Money.

What a life! Lovely to see our friend emmet again, usually in the best places. Check it out: Voyage of the Libertatia  

How to maintain love, and your sanity, as an entrepreneur’s wife Even with your mom’s savings on the line by Julia McKinnell, March 1, 2012 for Macleans Meg Hirshberg realizes that the wildly improbable success of her husband’s organic yogourt business, Stonyfield Farm—now the world’s largest producer of organic yogourt—is like a fairy tale to […]

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 7:30pm@ williams college, the paresky performance space and luetkemeyer lounge, paresky center  screening + book signing: join us for our official "greenhorns" book launch with storey publishing! screening followed by reading and q & a with severine. including free grilled cheese sandwiches from the young farmers of cricket creek farm. http://www.facebook.com/events/232234493539554/