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In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges By ISOLDE RAFTERY CORVALLIS, Ore. — For years, Tyler Jones, a livestock farmer here, avoided telling his grandfather how disillusioned […]

  Ag antibiotic use: Risky — but also sloppy and wasteful by Maryn McKenna So, antibiotics. Given to farm animals. (Yeah, that again.) How does that work, anyway? Pills? Injections? […]

In Price of Farmland, Echoes of Another Boom By WILLIAM NEUMAN The 80 acres of rich farmland that Jeff Freking and his brother Randy bought near Le Mars, Iowa, on […]

nice little digestible subsidy piece by mark bittman: NYtimes.com  

WGXC - its on the air, and in the cyberspace. Greenhorns radio is on there, along with a WHOLE LOT of agricultural programming. Can you imagine! http://www.wgxc.org/schedule

check 'em out: ben stechschulte photography

and rocky mountain organic meats [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0IOO1YR-0M]

if you know any carolinian crafty farmer types. send them our way. we are working on the flyer http://elsewhereelsewhere.org/programs/collaboratory/

someone said this on comfood: "In more and more places there isn't enough money for fixing potholes, much less beautiful landscaping projects." Which prompted an interesting response from daniel. Potholes! […]

More Oregon greenhorns, keeping a great blog! Here's a letter from Eric of Wild Garden Seeds. Wild Garden Seeds grows organic, open pollinated vegetable seeds in Philomath, Oregon, seven miles […]

In the last three weeks. New crops. ALfalfa, sugar beets, ethanol corn. What is going on ? obama? You need us to show you the movement? You need us to […]

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[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/12890159] http://www.cahoneydrops.com/

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/12212333] http://www.meetyourfarmer.org/

Using fruit as our lens, Fallen Fruit investigates urban space, ideas of neighborhood and new forms of located citizenship and community. From protests to proposals for new urban green spaces, […]

We love hearing from young people who want to farm!  If you're a teen aspiring agrarian and want to share your story, we'd like to hear it: [email protected] Hello, I […]

Below the themes still sought for the Storey publishing book project.  An anthology of Greenhorns essays. READ THIS LINK FOR ESSAY GUIDANCE. Drop Dead deadline March 12th. questions? [email protected]/ [email protected]   biodynamics living in a […]

nice book, nice radio podcast. brought to you by the Leonard Lopate show: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/nov/23/son-farmer-child-earth/ "Fourth-generation farmer Eric Herm discusses commercial agriculture's strain on natural resources, ecosystems, and the farmer. Son of a Farmer, […]

Symphony of the Soil is an upcoming documentary series currently in production by Deborah Koons Garcia - The Future of Food (2004) - that explores the soil community from the […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz2K8YPSMy8] http://www.nomdeguerre.tv/

Thanks, Alisa, for writing this inspiring piece for us! “Where is the midwife!?!” Erin, a young organic apprentice, jokes as the rolling cackle of a hen sharpens and peaks signaling […]

For a market garden in Orange County's Black Dirt region. Greetings, I'm interested in possibly soliciting an investment from you in my farm.   It's a 7 acre plan on, […]

Lettuce Eat Kale has two solid lists, one of the top 10 Documentaries and one for straight up "food films". Babette's Feast, anyone? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE8ZkMYntdQ]

listen HERE Food prices are through the roof around the world. We look at all the why’s and all the consequences. 2008 was a bad year for global food supplies. […]

Rodale has kindly rated them for you.  Read more about their tasting HERE [vodpod id=Video.5571053&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D782539716001%26amp%3BplayerId%3D1786720811%26amp%3BviewerSecureGatewayURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fconsole.brightcove.com%2Fservices%2Famfgateway%26amp%3BservicesURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fservices.brightcove.com%2Fservices%26amp%3BcdnURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.brightcove.com%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BautoStart%3Dfalse%26amp%3B]  

with a new book, released by a "young publisher" based in Brooklyn!  Our latest title is called Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth, and is written by 4th generation […]

In the film. On the land. Surfing it up-- and dealing with the ASIAN CITRUS PSYLLID the best way he can. So since I have seen you last I have moved […]

A terrific video of young farmer Alice Holden  HERE.  Alice represents a small group of young people who are choosing a career on the land. She will tell us how […]

Rooted tells the stories of a new generation of farmers and ranchers in Montana through still photography and written profiles. I began this project in the spring of 2010 as […]

check 'em out! http://berkeleystudentfoodcollective.org/ Berkeley co-op aims to educate about food choices by Debra Levi Holtz, The San Francisco Chronicle The brightly colored mural of farmers loading fresh fruits and […]

inspiring! from the women, food & agriculture network.

amazing video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EImx-r_kMxA]

As I said to the berkeley class I spoke to last night: we have to Choose to choose! http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive/2011/02/why-you-should-care-about-genetically-modified-alfalfa/70557/

GoodFoodJobs.com is one of the best resources around for finding jobs in education, culiary, non-profit, distribution, and agriculture production. Updated all the time with jobs all over the country - […]

Dear friends, I'm very excited to announce the opening of "A Sense of Place," a photography show dedicated exclusively to the works of beginning farmers from across the nation! The […]

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/19360310] We are Abalimi. We are the Farmers. is a short documentary film about Abalimi Bezekhaya, an urban micro-farming organization operating in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. Abalimi […]

The studios are inside a historic livestock auction barn - great re-use!   The deadline to apply is tonight. invites all artists to apply: Artist Residency: May - October, 2011 OPEN […]

today (january 31st) is the last day of a special offer from our friends at the beehive collective, and the last day of the kickstarter campaign.  Help keep their good […]

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