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Here is the video of the panel. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_j1eu-XorM] http://ruralroutefilms.com/  

Mark Bittman gives step-by-step instructions for deconstructing a raw chicken. View the instructional video HERE.  

Severine is on the road gathering steam and contributers to the YOUNG FARMERS ALMANAC project. dyer- rebecca beekeeper- sam milk maiden- louella work songer- bennett, creek natural historian- barbara all contributing content to a deeply relevant, entertaining, and radical publication for the generation of new farmers currently staking a claim in the new american economy. […]

ROOTS DOWN [root]: the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant. In the wake of devastating flooding and in the midst of an always-uncertain economic and political climate, we believe that building a local community media infrastructure is more […]

In case you didn't know about this amazing art project - http://openrestaurant.org/ "OPENrestaurant is the project of a collective of restaurant professionals who moved their environment to an art space as a way to experiment with the language of their daily activities."

Petaluma Pie - based in Pentaluma, CA - (you may have seen them at a chef demo at the county fair and another at the Heirloom Exposition - they are on the same block as the "Seed Bank" (Baker Creek Seeds California store) where Greenhorns recently hosted a young farmer gathering) sweet potato pie? pumpkin? […]

this is the cluster of bills I keep talking about. Young would-be farmers have a tough row to hoe by By GABRIEL SILVERMAN in the News Observer ASHINGTON -- The average age of the American farmer has been rising for decades and now is edging toward 60, as rural youth traded work in soil for […]

This Land Is Your Land You can find Joel Salatin's soul in his slaughterhouse. Just behind the oversize shed that serves as his farm's shop is what Salatin calls the chicken-processing center, where the living birds that squawked in the field this morning are killed, defeathered and cleaned in swift succession by a bucket brigade […]

article here: http://www.capitalpress.com/washington/SB-young-farmers-100711-art check out photos here: http://farmrun.com/?p=2593 and http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258236727544783.54483.164653070236483&type=1

a cross post from civileats blog, worthy of sharing: Siena Chrisman's take on speculation, land grabs, corporate consolidation, and solidarity… on Civil Eats today: http://civileats.com/2011/10/13/why-the-food-movement-should-occupy-wall-street/

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don't leave it to folks in the back of a supermarket. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/canteloupe-outbreak-more   stay alive yo better yet, grow your own damn food

      Join author Tamar Adler in NYC on October 18th for the release of her new book, "An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace." There will a brief reading, signing, and a conversation about the book with Francine Stephens of Franny's. Expect good wine and delicious garlicky toasts and festivity.

Moviehouse Presents: A Brooklyn screening of American Meat  3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave Sunday, October 9th, 7-10pm, $10 suggested donation Come see a snippet of our hens in this amazing new documentary about animal husbandry. Afterwards, there will be a panel discussion with filmmakers Memo Salazar and Graham Meriweather (of Leave It Better); Donald Arrant, livestock manager […]

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New kind of young farmers taking root in UTAH - read up! http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700183211/New-kind-of-young-farmers-taking-root.html?pg=2

Ed Scott, the nations first African American catfish farmer. Catfish farming saved a lot of lives in the Mississippi Delta. Below is a profile on Ed by Joe York of the Southern Foodways Alliance, titled "On Flavor  

The Brown Revolution: Increasing Agricultural Productivity Naturally By Lisa M. Hamilton A team of ranchers in South Dakota are using holistic management techniques to regenerate our ailing grasslands and fight climate change Dusk in Western South Dakota. A half-hour ago, at sunset, the world here made its last pulse for the day: birds hurried between […]

NY Times: Hiring Locally for Farm Work Is No Cure-All OLATHE, Colo. — How can there be a labor shortage when nearly one out of every 11 people in the nation are unemployed? That’s the question John Harold asked himself last winter when he was trying to figure out how much help he would need […]

and has a great set of skills to boot. See his information here on compost... Are you purchasing compost for your urban or small rural farm?  Confused by all the options, and want to make sure that your investment pays off?  Check out this article "How to Make The Most Out Of Purchased Compost" to […]

your choice. but do something... Occupy Wall Street rediscovers the radical imagination The young people protesting in Wall Street and beyond reject this vain economic order. They have come to reclaim the future By David Graeber in The Guardian  

It's on. It's out. It's so good. Small Farm Rising

you can taste the smoke and face paint on these ones. http://farmrun.com/?p=2579 (photos courtesy of Andrew Plotsky and Farmrun) (what is farmrun you ask? Farmrun is the first dedicated agricultural production studio in the country. It is our intention to serve the needs of the burgeoning agrarian renaissance by means of producing beautiful media for agricultural enterprises.  Farmrun is […]

Friends, Family, Good Samaritans, I'm writing to introduce my very first book, An Everlasting Meal, on sale October 18th. I'd be incredibly grateful if you'd take a look at this brand new website, which contains information about me and the book, and where to find us, and forwarded it along to anyone else you thought might be […]

High Costs Make It Harder To Grow Young Farmers Published: September 23, 2011 by Clay Masters In farm country, business is still booming. Commodity prices remain high, and investors are funneling millions of dollars into buying farmland, making it quite enticing for the would-be farmer who wants to leave the rat race. But surprisingly, these […]

there are beautiful photos to view on the Oakland Standard's Website

View the press release HERE First New Yorker To Serve On Senate Agriculture Committee In Nearly 40 Years – Held Listening Sessions With Local Farmers Across NYS September 20, 2011 Washington, D.C. – As Congress prepares to write and debate the next Farm Bill, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New York’s first member of the Senate Agriculture […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvnt-bbH0KQ] OR Watch the film on their website: http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/ If only all the Christians we hear blabbering on Faux News were this articulate and thoughtful...

a powerful article by Raj Patel in The Nation. Amid the joy of local, seasonal ingredients and tides of young people with dirt freshly lodged under their fingernails, it feels unkind to point to the bigger problems within the food system. But it’s worth tempering an optimism of the will with a pessimism of the […]

Vegetable Gardens Are Booming in a Fallow Economy WEST LIBERTY, Ky. — As the economy continues to stagnate in towns and cities across the country, here in eastern Kentucky it is causing things to sprout. Garden plots are dug into the green hills, laid out in fuller force than people have seen in years. People […]

Eating Alabama is a film about why food matters. What happens when a couple swears off processed, packaged, and prepared foods and instead finds everything they eat from local sources? It’s a story about community, history, sustainability, and relationships. Local eating isn’t just about the food - it’s also about the place. for more information […]

www.salumeriabiellese.com  (make sure to turn your volume up!)

support the Ginger Ninjas - our bicycle-riding-music-making-adventure-taking friends on a mission to Mexico - and making a documentary to tell the tale. check out their kickstarter project!

A Commitment to Environmental Justice August 8th, 2011 Posted by Tracy Russo All Americans deserve to be protected from environmental health hazards. That is why last week, the Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced an agreement and signed a “Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice […]

Governor Markell signs Delaware Young Farmers bill at State Fair Harrington —Gov. Jack Markell signed into law a bill creating the Delaware Young Farmers Program. Markell signed the law at the Delaware State Fair, which has been a showcase for Delaware agriculture for more than 90 years. "Delaware is taking an important step to make […]

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Growing Cities is a feature-length documentary film about urban farming across America. It follows two friends in their road trip across country as they meet with leaders in the urban farming movement and learn how cities are being revitalized one vegetable, bee, and chicken at a time. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/23882965]