Media
solar powered chicken tractor!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnCX53JVWCY]
we won best doc at rural routes film festival!
Here is the video of the panel. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_j1eu-XorM] http://ruralroutefilms.com/
butcher a chicken with bittman
Mark Bittman gives step-by-step instructions for deconstructing a raw chicken. View the instructional video HERE.
almanac work is getting started
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 […]
pledge for local radio COLUMBIA COUNTY
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 […]
california / japan exchange
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 […]
value value add add add with a dollop of whipped cream
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 […]
beginning farmer and rancher opportunity act
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 […]
at it again
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 […]
Young Farmer Squeeze
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
OCCUPY
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/
Not sure of the moral of this tale, funded in part by Monsanto
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDCorKm-pAY]
cut your own fruitsalad
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
NYC reading and release of "An Everlasting Meal"
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 […]
new movie. AMERICAN MEAT
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 […]
IT IS ALL OK, DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT ECONOMY
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Salt lake city news
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
cat fish farming
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 […]
cowboys:: hot shit
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 […]
we need more farmworkers! or, are americans just lazy?
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 […]
vinnie is a great speaker for urban farming conferences
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 […]
direct action in the streets or on the land
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 […]
small farm rising
It's on. It's out. It's so good. Small Farm Rising
gorgeous photos from Agrarian Acts
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 […]
our friend tamar has made a beautiful book
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 […]
NPR.org » High Costs Make It Harder To Grow Young Farmers
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 […]
missed the seed circus?
there are beautiful photos to view on the Oakland Standard's Website
Gillibrand Announces Priorities For Next Farm Bill
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 […]
Back to Eden
[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...
why hunger is still with us
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 […]
kentucky gardens
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 […]
eating alabama
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? […]
cool salami!
www.salumeriabiellese.com (make sure to turn your volume up!)
ride to belize, ride to believe
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!
very exciting. OBAMA, rock on
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, […]
hooray delaware
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 […]
give seeds a chance
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growing cities
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 […]