Media
for your friday enjoyment
back to the start - performed by willie nelson for upcoming short film. worth the 2 minutes and 20 seconds!
farmers under scrutiny
Financial Times: US farming groups hit back at activists August 16, 2011 By Alan Rappeport in New York The Financial Times Big US farming groups are joining forces in a multimillion dollar marketing campaign to respond to attacks by activists and small farmers that accuse them of promoting unhealthy food and abusing animals. The outreach […]
underdiscussion: gender roles in farm families.
what are your thoughts? http://themillbrookindependent.com/content/life-farm-wife
rain dance
in solidarity with all those getting soaked by Irene, a little ditty to cheer up your soggy fields [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ]
Farmageddon Food Film Premieres in Chicago
The Chicago film premiere of Farmageddon opens this Friday, August 26 and plays one show daily at the Gene Siskel Center on August 26-29, 31. Filmmaker, Kristin Canty depicts the struggles of an emerging farm economy, made up of farmers who are returning to traditional, non-industrial farming methods, the kind that existed a plenty at […]
Tamar Adler's latest book
An everlasting meal - you can preorder on Amazon "In chapters about boiling water, cooking eggs and beans, and summoning respectable meals from empty cupboards, Tamar weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on instinctive cooking. Tamar shows how to make the most of everything you buy, demonstrating what the world’s great chefs know: that […]
meat on the radio
On 94.9 KUOW in Seattle this morning, featuring our friends Farmstead Meatsmith. If you missed it, check out the link for a download. Meat: Raising, Slaughtering And Butchering Your Own Animals Marcie Sillman 08/26/2011 at 9:00 a.m. As you walk around your neighborhood in the city these days, you're likely to see backyard gardens with […]
fruit harvest on film
here's some inspiration for all you aspiring filmakers and farmers alike we are digging this little film made by Anna Mumford, featuring Joe from Joe Englebrecht's Fourth Generation Orchard - http://vimeo.com/27990139
from our bookmaker friends in portland
This new edition of a classic in English agrarian lit remains relevant today in the work of the worldwide peasant movement, well represented in the Americas especially by La Via Campesina. Support small local publishers! Publication Studio The True Levellers Standard Advanced by Gerrard Winstanley The True Levellers Standard Advanced is the 1649 manifesto of a proto-anarchist […]
sustainable ag education
More colleges offer organic, sustainable ag courses By Shannon Dininny, Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. — Misha Manuchehri slowly picks her way through plots of barley, wheat and peas. Every so often, the graduate student in crop science at Washington State University stoops to pluck an errant weed at the farm just off campus. With a […]
FARM: food, art, revolution, media
This Thursday! Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy 2104 Stevens Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota Part of the Minnesota Global series. 5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Using the synergistic power of photography and storytelling, Dan and Melinda Hemmelgarn’s Food, Art, Revolution, Media (FARM) project blends compelling photographs with relevant stories from rural America to influence public opinion and […]
dymystify with youtube
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yo. npr is on the ball
http://turnstylenews.com/2011/08/01/why-are-young-educated-americans-going-back-to-the-farm/ just noticed a lot of smart kids heading the other way
rockstar farmer and co-founder of the national young farmer coalition, Benjamin Shute, weighs in on farm labor issues in the NY times: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/17/could-farms-survive-without-illegal-labor/we-need-a-new-generation-of-american-farmers
ohhh so technology will solve all our problems
...and yeah, it probably won't create any new ones either. "And above all, the government needs to stop regulating genetic modifications for which there is no scientifically credible evidence of harm." Never mind infiltrating the gene pools of seed crops all over the world, or creating super weeds, or destroying butterfly habitat....but those are not […]
climate change for ranchers
A tale of two droughts By JIM FRENCH in the Kansas City Star Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/08/3063548/a-tale-of-two-droughts.html#ixzz1VO4z2nMN The telephone rang at 6:30 a.m. It was my wife. Her first sentence: "We had 24-hundredths of an inch of rain last night." I relished every word as if they were drops slowly soaking into parched earth. For the […]
from our friend sauerkraut seth
Last chance to donate! Sauerkraut Seth from the Wiyos updating you on the progress of our project. I want to thank all of you who have contributed! We are almost there! $14,000 out of $15000 raised! We have 5 more days to raise $1000. $15 gets you a pre-released CD of this interpretation of L. […]
don't be scared chicken shit
Organic Poultry Farms Have Fewer Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Study Finds Proponents of organic meat often make the case that it's inherently better for people's health and the environment than meat raised by conventional farming methods. But the actual impacts of organic production can be tough for scientists to prove. A study out today in Environmental Health […]
we ought to have a prince of organic here in america
Prince Charles: 'If I didn't do this, who would?' Britain's best known organic farmer on soil, sustainability and the unity of all things by Tim Adams for The Observer, Sunday 14 August 2011 There is a sign as you turn into the drive at Highgrove that reads: "Beware. You are entering an old-fashioned establishment". After […]
more on mapping: so much more.
Creative Cartography: Must-Read Books on Maps by Maria Popova From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time. We’re obsessed with maps — a fundamental sensemaking mechanism for the world, arguably the earliest form of standardized information design, and a relentless source of visual creativity. Today, […]
seeds of change
Seeds of Change A new generation is bringing back small-scale, sustainable farming. by Jordy Byrd in the Pacific Northwest Inlander She's running. Her sandals kick up a cloud of dirt, which floats over the field of chickpeas and swirls in the wind. The view is part pastoral, part urban wasteland. Rusted freezer boxes and a […]
i met my husband at the young farmers disco, says northern irish lady...
BBC News article about falling in love + young farmer clubs in Northern Ireland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14327513
another food film
"Back to the Garden" watch the trailer here - http://backtothegardenmovie.org/news/?page_id=593
greenhorns get a shout out
..in the NY Times. Meet up with us Sunday at the Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, 6pm. read the article HERE!
best tagline for a young farmer article
Internet brings farmers together - "Young farmers' network moves pile of manure" By Steve Brown, Capital Press read the article HERE.
robotic goose - who knew?
hmm. http://www.scribd.com/doc/49486131/Robotic-Geese-Draft2
times are a changin
Seeds of Change A new generation is bringing back small-scale, sustainable farming. Jordy Byrd She's running. Her sandals kick up a cloud of dirt, which floats over the field of chickpeas and swirls in the wind. The view is part pastoral, part urban wasteland. Rusted freezer boxes and a multicolored school bus lie abandoned, slowly […]
back to the farm
a great little piece by a current farm intern. Why Are Young, Educated Americans Going Back To The Farm? by Nelson Harvey on August 1, 2011 I am a 25-year-old college graduate with a degree from a fairly prestigious eastern university, and I pull weeds for a living. At first blush, you might think I’m […]
yo yo queen bees
get thee to the borough! This weekend is the Rural Route Film Festival. The Greenhorns is showing at 6pm on Sunday at the Museum of the Moving Image.
if you have the stomach for it
A hit list of corporate bull. courtesy of Jenny Huston via comfood. · It’s not all white: The cocktail of up to 20 chemicals in a glass of milk http://bit.ly/nSebg3 · UN World Economic and Social Survey 2011 http://bit.ly/iqAHsR · ‘Gas-Flushed Sandwiches’ Stay ‘Fresh’ For Two Weeks http://huff.to/reMLuG Note: CO2 & N ‘back flushing’ has […]
Make your own banjo at Sylvester Manor
Learn the craft of banjo making at this unique weeklong workshop held at the magnificent and historic grounds of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, NY. Using a watch & do approach, noted banjo builder and teacher Jeff Menzies will guide you step by step as you make the pot, craft the neck, and stretch the skin on a gourd banjo. You […]
young canadian farmer's TED talk
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nose-to-tail, root-to-tip
A nice article on using the whole vegetable, even what you'd normally compost: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/dining/thats-not-trash-thats-dinner.html?_r=1&hp
farmers are the new artists
so says Edible East End in a recent piece featuring the Greenhorns. Farmers Are the New Artists, and They Also Make Great Kimchi By Jessie Cacciola Farmers are really just agricultural artists, working for a balance between animal, land and humans—at least this is the feeling I was left with after one in a […]
youth renewing the countryside
available now from SARE, a book about 50 young people [one from each state] who are making a difference in agriculture - http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Youth-Renewing-the-Countryside free download!
our jen calls out the baddies in NYT
Check out this NYT article on conflicts at universities, by good greenhorn friend Jen Washburn
peter nadin @ gavin brown's enterprise
Tomorrow (Tuesday) - Greenhorns will be representing! Art + Agriculture Old Field Farm and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise will be holding talks at the gallery in July 2011 on subjects related to agriculture, land and water rights, art, community and production. This event is the first in the series. For the full calendar, visit: gavinbrown.biz “A […]
mini history lesson
Rural Electrification In the 1930's the rural electrification strategy was brought by Roosevelt -- looks like Obama is starting to source some of his ideas from FDR times. Let's keep up the pressure.