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The Journal of Extension recently published a short paper called "Best Management Practices for Beginning Farmer Support," documenting strategies and recommendations shared by great CCE educators who have a long […]

Greenhorn Neysa King keeps a blog about her transition to a career in organic farming, Dissertation to Dirt.  Recently, She sent us this new post about her first year working […]

MIT Global Challenge in many of these cases its real, developing world problems. but these are also problems faced in rural areas, in barns and agricultural outbuildings and in dealing […]

Many of you have been asking when our set of posters would be available again.  They're officially for sale now,  and we've added a fourth poster - "your trusty steed" […]

Good news on the doj hearings. Remember. it's not glamourous news. But at least it's not an unstoppable oilspill wafting out over the commons. By WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: June 18, […]

Maine Farmland Trust is hosting a premier of 8 short documentaries by filmmakers Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann, which tell the diverse stories of eight Maine farms: from Aroostook to […]

By MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD Published NY Times: May 21, 2009 The television show “Deadliest Catch” depicts commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another, “Dirty Jobs,” shows all kinds of […]

A nice piece on the Transitions Incentive Program.  From conservation land to beginning farmer land! Program seeks retired farm land By Vershal Hogan (Contact) | The Natchez Democrat Published Monday, […]

art monkey hackers. farm monkey hackers. are we changing attitudes and opening portals in contemporary streetscapes+ landscapes? is it working? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b90YppquE]

thanks to Donn for passing on this video and some commentary about Tiny Farm in Athens, GA!   Donn blogs at farmersouth.com.

another great happening in Detroit, MI - the Beehive Project The Beehive Project is a large-scale installation by an interdisciplinary community of artists and thinkers in Detroit. The group’s inaugural […]

here's a trailer for a beautiful film by patrizia marani, and a longer clip as well.

we can't get enough of this. Here is part 3 of 4. More here. [vodpod id=Video.64628&w=425&h=350&fv=docId%3D-6111922724894802811%26playerMode%3Dsimple%26hl%3Den] more about "The Century of the Self 3 of 4", posted with vodpod

those of you who haven't yet read this amazing work, MALABAR FARM by Louis Bromfield.. get your hands on an old copy, there are new copies out as well. The […]

“A Pipe Dream Revolution” is a portrayal of a young person’s quest to be a sustainable farmer, to live off the land and with integrity. It’s representative of a surging […]

Feds pledge "future farmers'" summit June 1, 2010 from country-guide.ca The federal government plans to convene a meeting this fall of young and beginning farmers with representatives from the ag […]

have been helping us find ovens for our CHERRY PIE MIXER (more about that next week) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ3Xc7-HxfU&feature=player_embedded]

on September 19, they'll be at NOFA Taste ARTFARM, a Middletown, Connecticut based non-profit organization which creates high quality theater with a commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice, has […]

just today in the nytimes -- major food brands (sugar pap mostly) are advertising between 15- 82% more than usual. What does this mean and how are they doing it? […]

Thanks to Kelly Latimore for passing on this video about The Good Earth Farm in Athens, OH. [vodpod id=Video.3785045&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "Religiously Sustainable ", posted with vodpod

next week in new york, a movie about a fabulously ancient french madame who specialized in herbs and afghan hounds.

steven's recent book" the call of the land" has a little passage about greenhorns in it. This is the Holy Land…I Am a Human Being May 22, 2010 – “I’m […]

Jennifer Washburn passed on this NYtimes article that references her forthcoming report, Big Oil Goes to College, which is being published by the Center for American Progress http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/us/politics/26energy.html Hopefully, this […]

Our friend Bennett, who traveled the world on a Watson Fellowship to learn work songs, was just featured in the NYtimes: City Slickers Take to the Crops, With Song Check […]

At Pollinaria.org download the pollinaria tour pdf which is full of more beautiful photos. Pollinaria is a concept of regeneration for the agrarian environment, a radical and composite organism designed […]

she's discovered Marlow & Sons. Watch her video HERE

A Data Center Power Supply that Moos By ASHLEE VANCE. May 18, 2010. Hey diddle diddle. Guess what the cow has done this time? America’s dairy farmers could soon find […]

The Food Movement, Rising by Michael Pollan, New York Review of Books. June 10 2010. Food Made Visible It might sound odd to say this about something people deal with […]

May 21, 2010. By Allie Brown, CNN West Milford, New Jersey (CNN) -- For Gary Oppenheimer, 2007 was a year of plenty. His backyard garden produced a bountiful harvest with […]

A new approach to school lunches. [vodpod id=Video.3716775&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D11905296%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A3850006%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] more about "Riverway: one school's approach to re...", posted with vodpod

Diary of an Urban Farmer: Braving the Storm by Annie Novak Two weeks ago, three stories up in the air, I knelt on the rocky, shallow soil of the Eagle […]

regardless of the answer, you'll appreciate this article by Shannon Hayes. The Work Ahead Growing renewed relationships with our food, homes, and communities requires hard work. It's time we embrace […]

Check out this art from Green Patriot Posters

French farmers turn Champs-Elysees into huge Farm [vodpod id=Video.3705658&w=425&h=350&fv=embedReferer%3D%26amp%3BembedPageUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F10143393.stm%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_language%3Ddefault%26amp%3BcompanionSize%3D300x60%26amp%3BcompanionType%3Dadi%26amp%3Bpreroll%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fpfadx%2Fbbccom.live.site.news%2Fnews_europe_content%3Bsectn%3Dnews%3Bctype%3Dcontent%3Bnews%3Deurope%3Badsense_middle%3Dadsense_middle%3Badsense_mpu%3Dadsense_mpu%3Breferrer%3Dnonbbc%3Breferrer_domain%3D%3Brsi%3D%3Bheadline%3Dchamps-elyseesturnedintofarm%3Bslot%3Dcompanion%3Bsz%3D512x288%3Btile%3D6%26amp%3Bconfig%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%3F2_24_18269_19261_20100525142522%26amp%3BdomId%3Demp-10143858%26amp%3Bplaylist%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Femp%2F10140000%2F10143800%2F10143858.xml%26amp%3Bholding%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbcimg.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F47901000%2Fjpg%2F_47901882_jex_701454_de27-1.jpg%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_autoPlay%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showPopoutButton%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bconfig_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType%3Deav2%26amp%3Bconfig_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition%3DInternational%26amp%3BfmtjDocURI%3D%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F10143393.stm%26amp%3BcompanionId%3Dbbccom_companion_10143858%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showShareButton%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showUpdatedInFooter%3Dtrue] more about "Great News!", posted with vodpod

Thanks to Paula for telling us about this article from the telegraph.co.uk . MAY 23, 2010: The Champs-Elysees was transformed into a giant strip of farmland, as French farmers attempted […]

our wonderful mechanic out here, pat kinney says that this year he's had 4 requests to apprentice at his shop from kids who'd dropped out of school and wanted to […]

All these crazy re- inventors! Thanks to Helen for pointing us to amadeplace.com, a swanky site which "addresses traditional and developing relationships between the arts and farming, with a specific interest in […]

Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds Tuesday 18 May 2010, by Beverly Bell "A new earthquake" is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of […]

A new film by Josh Fox, looking at the issue of fracking. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZe1AeH0Qz8]

Here is a delightful new book from Chelsea Green, which we're digging into right now.   Up Tunket Road , the Education of a Modern Homesteader Ever since Thoreau’s Walden, […]