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This is a well articulated article about the need for more young farmers in Multnomah county, Oregon, informed by an ambitious new program by the county food commission. This is how small government agencies, farmers, activists, service providers AND press can work together to reshape the foodshed. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/01/multnomah_county_farm_incubato.html

a note and video link from lisa at the Urban Homesteader's League: Dear friends, As many of you know, I spent much of the summer and fall at the Union Square Farmers Market in Somerville running the Urban Homesteaders' League Market Stand.  The UHL Market Stand was a collaborative, experiential learning space I designed and […]

Unaffordable land stunts new generation of small farmers in California By Julia Scott [email protected] This story was produced in partnership with KALW 91.7 FM. Tune in to KALW's Crosscurrents at 5 p.m. Monday to hear from California's emerging farmers, or listen to the podcast at http://kalwnews.org. PESCADERO -- In 2005, would-be farmers Nancy Vail and […]

by the Project for Public Spaces [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewYuYGnr38g]

Screen-printed by workaholics in brooklyn, carried to saratoga springs, carried to staatsburg. next stop your mailbox? Please help us finish our film by buying some useful merch for your new career as a hustling landsperson. these red red (and bluey blue and whitely white) rags for your summertime worksong + seed saving and seed sovereignty […]

so darling. so dorky. so dedicated. Young farmer proposes at PFI annual meeting By Jean Caspers-Simmet LEGRAND, Iowa —For Garrett Caryl the recent Practical Farmers of Iowa annual conference was the perfect place to propose to his partner Rebecca Lamb. When he and other beginning farmers participating in PFI's new Savings Incentive Program were introduced, […]

Daniel Klein is the founder, editor, producer and director of The Perennial Plate. This series promotes his passions of food, filmmaking and activism. Check out his latest video on the growing trend of rabbit raising: http://vimeo.com/user3088064

from brainiacnyc [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/18387100]

A recent piece on the farm bill: Money Where Our Mouths Are by Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group President Food and agriculture policy always comes down to money: how federal dollars will be prioritized and spent. If anyone needed reminders of this dynamic, 2010 provided at least two. The lesson to be drawn from both […]

Missoula is featured in 'Growing a Garden City' by Jeremy Smith. The review here, courtesy of Dan Sullivan, managing editor of BioCycle magazine (www.biocycle.net) will run in the January issue. AGRICULTURE SUPPORTING COMMUNITY "Nestled into Montana’s Bitterroot Mountain range, the picturesque town of Missoula belies a community wracked by recent double-digit unemployment, where many residents fall below the […]

Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Commissions FUTUREFARMERS for the City’s First-Ever Temporary Public Art Project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Philadelphia – The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) is pleased to announce the commissioning of a new temporary public art project by the artist group, Futurefarmers. This exciting new […]

if you can read japanese, here's their website: http://www.kf831.com/girls// Young, Female, College Degree -- Farmer published January 9, 2011 in the Daily Yomiuri Online YAMAGATA--With the job market for young graduates said to have entered an "ultra-ice age," farming has cropped up as a potential option for some young women, with at least one farm […]

The Last Crop tells a personal tale of a family caught in the middle of a delicate interplay between urban and agricultural space in California’s Central Valley. Annie and Jeff Main own a 20-acre organic farm that serves the Sacramento/San Francisco communities. After 30 years of farming, they are finding it harder to remain viable […]

The Land is written by and for people who believe that the roots of justice, freedom, social security and democracy lie not so much in access to money, or to the ballot box, as in access to land and its resources. It contains feature articles, information on land campaigns, and a Chapter 7 section with […]

Severine spoke with Blair Randall, executive director of Garden for the Environment. If you missed it live, listen online! Blair is a passionate educator and perennial advocate for gardening in San Francisco. At Garden for the Environment Blair combines 8 years of experience as an educator with extensive training in small-scale organic fruit, vegetable and […]

wow. check out these beautiful farm signs from daloz farm

drawing by "bike saddle color theory" karl addison they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. we like this collection of Beijing saddles from fringe phenomena

Dead Birds Fall From Sky AGAIN In Louisiana, 300 Miles From Arkansas Incident Days Earlier Travis Walter Donovan for the Huffington Post Around 500 dead birds have fallen from the sky in Louisiana, found scattered along a quarter-mile portion of highway in Point Coupee Parish, the AP reports. The discovery is approximately 300 miles south […]

heartwarming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSjKrYDmBmk

The super expensive inputs, infrastructure, hydrolics and gear of industrial farming... is also vulnerable to theft. These are the risks of stewarding more land than your dogs can guard. it's an older piece from the LA Times, but surely still relevant. Theft of Irrigation Pipes Soars, but Police Efforts Cropping Up by Coll Metcalfe

& Release Parties with author Daniel Tucker.  For more readings across the country, click here Farm Together Now: A portrait of people, places and ideas for a new food movement By Amy Franceschini & Daniel Tucker, with a foreword by Mark Bittman Photography by Anne Hamersky & Illustrations by Corinne Matesich Published by Chronicle Books […]

The ETC Group. A Canadian action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration get the jive on biochar land grabs and "climate-ready" crops so when these issues come up people say, hey that farmer kid is smart. they're also responsible for  "Who will Feed Us?", a publication about food in the climate crisis (answer: probably peasants, […]

take down the Christmas trees ...... the new year has started. Happy Happiest.

http://www.rimonthly.com/Rhode-Island-Monthly/February-2008/The-Cheese-Stands-Alone/ and coordinator of Seed Circus, Oakland Museum.

new yorker magazine. a profile of our favorite fermentation guru: Ssandor katz.. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/22/101122fa_fact_bilger

Inspired by Spain’s famous "Running of the Bulls," Brattleboro’s annual Strolling of the Heifers Parade features scores of heifers ambling up the town’s historic Main Street, along with many, many farmers, future farmers, cows, bulls, horses, Strolling of the Heifers will present its first annual Farm & Food Short Film Festival during the Tenth Annual […]

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our tireless artist and a brilliant urban greenhorn - brooke budner. Urban agriculture: S.F. considers allowing sales by Robert Selna, in the San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, December 23, 2010 With all the talk about locavores, victory garden revivals and residents raising chickens and bees, a San Franciscan might be surprised to learn that he can't […]

we hope to get these guys on Greenhorn Radio! which returns to live shows in january.   here's an older story about them. Gemini Farms: Back to the Land By Mark Schiller and Kay Matthews published by La Jacarita News Editor's Note: As the Agricultural Revitalization Initiative (ARI) gets off the ground (see page 3) we […]

NEW ALBUM from kipchoge & the ginger ninjas! oh gee its great

Snore & Guzzle - a private press especially specializing in the art of the story. Story-telling is not a luxury, it is an absolutely core need. Story is how we make sense of the world. It’s how in the flux of experience, with all of the things coming and going, with all of the little […]

"micro-macro" - a look at life from quark to cell to organs to galaxies, using only food! real food. from the fellows and fellas at Encyclopedia Pictura

startle your senses, support your bookshelf ride! it is pocket-sized and an almanac - both greenhorns priorities! you can buy our pocked-size book too on etsy thanks to nic in colorado for making yet another connection between young farmers and cyclers, and small publishers, i should mention, and for sharing that with us.

African Farmers Displaced as Investors Move In By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Published: December 21, 2010 SOUMOUNI, Mali — The half-dozen strangers who descended on this remote West African village brought its hand-to-mouth farmers alarming news: their humble fields, tilled from one generation to the next, were now controlled by Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and the […]

Growing roots. A new book by chelsea greene publishing. Its a collection of profiles of young activists, farmers and food advocates with photographs, recipes and interviews from around the country. There were some familiar faces, and some new ones to be found in this book. Written by an empty nester, I could see it being […]

Check out this awesome video from Joel Wolpert! Made with funds from the USDA. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/17648525]

Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flags by Tom Philpott 10 Dec 2010 It's not just the State and Defense departments that are reeling this month from leaked documents. The Environmental Protection Agency now has some explaining to do, too. In place of dodgy dealings with foreign leaders, this case […]

you can read more about this project, and two others in detroit, in this Grist article: Three Projects That are Watering Detroit's 'Food Desert' [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLQVflF9foM&feature=player_embedded#!]

Amish country... soon to be even an more compelling destination for young farmers Farm Futures Program to Bring Landowners, New Farmers Together Dec 11, 2010 by Jennifer Hetrick in Lancaster Farming EXTON, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) introduced its Farm Futures program last weekend at the Chester County Economic Development Council, […]

Are you a young farmer whose work journal sometimes yields whole prose passages? Do you have some shrewd stories to tell or discerning perspectives to share on the issues of contemporary America's young farmerdom? We've extended the essay deadline for the book project we're working on. We'll be accepting essays until JANUARY 15th. Download the […]