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Lindsey Lusher breaks down loan obstacles to young and beginning farmers. Young farmers need help from the USDA—and the next Farm Bill by Lindsey Lusher Shute 15 Dec 2010 in Grist […]

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This week, Severine speaks with Amber Reed. Amber is a stroppy backwoods Mainer moved to Colorado to pursue her love of dairy. She worked the last two years with the […]

Agriculture Gets Old: Will The West Run Out of Farmers? A nonprofit helps young farmers break into an increasingly tough business. By Tim Sprinkle, New West Food & Agriculture First, […]

So maybe there is money to be made in Dairy at the right scale and with the right skills. Crop of Small Dairies Hits Market By Melanie  Grayce West The […]

I've met some of these girlies, agri-bitties who worry that the humane society will destroy american agriculture. At farm bureau training you could easily spot them, size six, power suit, […]

a new book by Tom Rivers. apparently New York Assemblyman Steve Hawley purchased and distributed a copy of Farm Hands to all 212 state legislators in New York. Batavia, N.Y. […]

words of wisdom for all you hustle bustling collectives: http://www.anarres.org.au/essays/amndx.htm

CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY UPDATE: WINNING THE BATTLE ON GMOS IN THE UNITED STATES San Francisco, CA – Today Federal District Judge Jeffrey S. White issued a preliminary injunction ordering the […]

A note from farmer & artist, Louisa Conrad: You are invited to join the artist on Thursday December 9th from 6-8 for a tasting of handmade cheese, meats, and farm […]

Here's a note from our friend & Greenhorn Tasha Bowens, who write a blog called Brown. Girl. Farming. This summer I said goodbye to Washington, D.C., a job, a sweet […]

Young Chinese farmers sowing seeds for organic revolution By William Wan, Washington Post IN CHONGMING ISLAND, CHINA The small-scale farmer is a dying breed in China, made up mostly of […]

Activists Submit 240,000 Petitions Demanding Action to Curb Food Monopolies WASHINGTON – On the eve of the final Department of Justice/USDA public workshop examining the effects of corporate concentration in […]

this is a region to watch!  Here is a listing of area farms: http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x155062778/New-farm-trend-revives-local-industry keep your eyes out for a grange event in the area, greenhorns style, june 2011.

hexane: another reason to eat grassfed. or bike power-grind your own soy stuff or source from some cool peeps.  Hoda Soy Beanery in berkeley is a super duper example. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xDkDpUJ6ug] […]

(self-described!) I was just introduced to your web page and am delighted to find like minded people speaking out to those that may be hearing the call to be stewards […]

Saturday, December 4 from 1:00-4:00pm at Crandell Theatre in Chatham, NY There is no fee to attend Farm Film Fest. Please bring a non-perishable food item to support Chatham’s food pantry. Following […]

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Thursday, Dec. 9th at the Horticultural Society of New York. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Tuthilltown Spirits and Hudson Whiskey. The exhibition showcases for the first time […]

Often we landless farmers are comforted by the notion that we'll be able, someday, to afford some degraded land somewhere-- a clear cut or an abandoned brownfield, a farm thats fallen […]

Finding a Future in Agriculture: An Apprentice's Journey By Amber Reed Before the Quivira Conference in Albuquerque last fall, I had read only a little by Aldo Leopold. At the […]

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A Stale Food Fight By Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser November 28, 2010 THE best opportunity in a generation to improve the safety of the American food supply will come […]

Ella just reached out to us to share her wonderful radio show and project.  Check out her facebook page and blog! Home Grown with Ella McSweeney is a radio series […]

Far From the Madding Crowd, By Thomas Hardy About young farmer Gabriel Oak, and young farmerette Bathsheba Everdene-- and their neighbor, middle aged farmer named Boldwood. Unfortunately, Gabriel was leasing […]

Sometimes we get these submissions over the web. Culture of resistence is strong and amplified! I thought you might appreciate this song I wrote, about the horrors of GMO foods, […]

You’ve heard of speed dating? Some Vermont organic farmers are trying out a slower paced, you could say...more rural, alternative: weed dating. It has nothing to do with smoking marijuana. […]

Greenhorns are pleased to announce our new Artist-in-Residency program. Through this program we invite artists of many stripes to come stay at the farm, eat our farm food, walk the […]

a joyous+gorgeous video fresh from our Sacramento Valley Young Farmer Mixer: http://www.vimeo.com/17207786

The 30th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on November 20th brought together three strong voices calling for change in our economic system and outlining strategies for that change.  With appreciation […]

By MICHELE F. MIHALJEVICH Indiana Correspondent: FarmWorldOnline.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The growth in college agriculture programs across the country has come from women, according to Bill Richardson, project manager of […]

farmers, solder your own radio transmitter and broadcast! this weekend at Wassaic Community Farm. Saturday November 28th 10 am to 6pm and Sunday November 29th 10 am 8 pm. This […]

SURREF intends to fulfill families‚ unmet need by helping local communities who sustain themselves through farming in persistent poor communities jump-start their own businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable, quality, […]

a BBC radio broadcast Farming Today Farming Today finds out why it costs more to live in the countryside than the city. With rising fuel prices and restricted access to […]

Our friend Elaine Weiss recounts the role that the Women’s Land Army played in sustaining local farms during World War I.  Listen HERE.  And check out these ladies from WWII […]

from the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Let's get some young farmer voices in there! The Essential Principles of Small- and Mid-Scale Food Value Chain Development Manuscripts […]

from Andrew Plotsky at Farm Run, two shorts on Farmstead Meatsmith: & Naomi's Farm Supply in Portland: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEnAGMJ1LM0] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEC9HZR--c]

some commentary the aging farmer population in AgWeek. Graying on the prairie By Jonathan Knutson NIAGARA, N.D. — By Nelson County, N.D., standards, Niagara farmer Mike Kelly is still a […]

a wonderful essay by charles waldheim which can be read in its entirety here.  An excerpt is below. The categories of agrarian and urban are usually understood as distinct. Across […]

Regenerative Agriculture can Mitigate Climate Change By Eliav Bitan. We greenhorns are the first generation to farm in a climate that has been radically changed by hundreds of years of […]