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an update from Sweet Deliverance. Greetings! Spring is here and Sweet Deliverance is excited to announce Summer AND Fall service for 2010! We have some great new additions to the service including a fruit share, a selection of goodies from The Meat Hook, Brooklyn's famed butcher shop, as well as fresh soy and nut milks […]

A new documentary that is also a kickstarter project with just three days to go! They could use a little greenhorns push. From Grass to Cheese is a feature documentary that chronicles the ups and downs of a family-run dairy farm in Ohio during it’s first year of cheese production. From Grass to Cheese will […]

Here's a little note on some press for our friends at Urban Patchwork. Dear Severine (and all the rest of you wonderful greenhorns) If you wanted to know, the lovely Paige Hill and I (of Urban Patchwork) have been featured in today's issue of the Austin Statesman. (click here for more) Keith McDorman -- Urban […]

Pay attention at the 8th minute of the video, in which the sweet old farmer couple starts talking about the Young helper they found through the farm beginnings program in MN. A little light went off for us. More at Arlena's website [vodpod id=Video.3453853&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "gardenwise", posted with vodpod

We wanted to confirm locations of elder bushes before sending folks outon bikes, so we've moved the elder event to berry season. ELDERBERRY JUICE! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-83UM1UxcA&feature=related]

The Farmer and the Horse is a feature-length documentary film that tells the story of young farmers in New Jersey with an anachronistic passion: farming with draft horses. Follow filmmaker Jared Flesher as he follows farmers Tom, Matt, and Aubrey out of the suburbs and back to the land. Way back. The rough cut of […]

Community voices  and togetherness matter. Ahee makes it clear in this essay on the meeting of food justice and urban ag in Detroit, in the form of the Hantz project. In Honor of Self-Determination, by Will Ahee.             John Hantz envisions farming 10,000 acres in Detroit using the most modern, mechanized methods of farming available.  […]

just for fun, when you need a pick me up. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edkHTJ118DQ] Lovely Paula sent this video off her hilltop, little baby lambies

at Eden Foods. By the way, Quaker Oats is owned by Pepsico.

Here is a bit of an essay from greenhorn Derrick Mead, of Mead Orchards, who has graciously hosted events on his farm, donated apples and veggies to our 2009 pigs, and much more. Tight Pink; Agricultural Relational Aesthetics April 14, 2010 Apple blossoms in Northern Dutchess County are largely in the tight pink stage. This is […]

this comes to us from greenhorn Eric Budzynski, who has this to say: Howdy Fellow Greenhorns! This is a great article on GMO regulation coming from a major news outlet. Not only is this a good intro to the issues for those who have not heard much about it, but it also raises some pretty […]

from my local extension agent: "Authentic help means that all who are involved help each other mutually, growing together in the common effort to understand the reality which they seek to transform." Paulo Freire With whom I'm organizing a set of papers and a meeting about "land drama" and how to avoid it. Actually its […]

Alex Smith, who recently interviewed Severine on his show Radio Ecoshock, shared these thoughts with us.  You can listen to that interview HERE The Radio Ecoshock interview went very well.  It took me back to old times. When I went to the Algonquin Park area of Ontario (Canada), there were about 400 people, many of […]

We'll start posting more about new zealand milk politics as well.  Much to be learned by example. Modern Milk by Jonathan Shaw published in Harvard Magazine The milk we drink today may not be nature’s perfect food,” says Ganmaa Davaasambuu, a Mongolian physician who is a fellow this year at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced […]

A super visual essay! With a solid written component as well.  Looking at lessons from Japan's ancient tradition of sustainability. By Azby Brown Sometimes a simple investigation can lead us along an unexpected path. This spring I will have lived in Japan for 25 years, as a student, artist, designer and teacher. My interests here […]

By Katherine Gustafson | Tuesday, February 23, TONIC When the recent “snowpocalypse” blizzard swept through central Virginia, Mark Lilly was ready to grab the opportunity. While others were huddled inside with movies and mugs of cocoa, Lilly ventured out into the storm to provide the people of Richmond what he knew they’d want: fresh food […]

on change.org. which I 've just learned about from a nice lady named katie G. A Month Without Monsanto by Jason Mark April 02, 2010 April Dávila bit off a little more than she could chew. When the thirty-something aspiring novelist and new mother came across a story on The Huffington Post about how Monsanto’s […]

remember greenhorns, there are more and more jobs managing historic farms + orchards.  we will keep posting them. Heirloom Apple Crops Increase By Florence Fabricant Spring does not bring to mind apples, but with the start of the growing season a nonprofit group called Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT), which works with Slow Food, has […]

Their kickstarter campaign could use another little boost!  Little City Gardens is the new project of our tireless artist Brooke Budner and her business partner Caitlyn Galloway. Your pledge supports a terrific project and you can get some beautiful offerings in exchange, depending on how much you give.  Seed packets, posters, a beautiful zine, and […]

We just received this nice note from "budding greenhorn" Jana Smart: Hi there! I have been following the Greenhorns the last year after moving from Brooklyn and love the blog! I'm now doing my first apprenticeship at Blooming Glen Farm in Bucks County, PA and have started a blog to chronicle my journey with insights […]

Our 2nd circular is out!  If you're on our mailing list, you already know this. The Spring Circular features Farm to School Politics, Bread + Bicycles, Farmer Janes, Rustbelt Revivals, Retrofits, Grange Halls. Click HERE to download the PDF.

We love hearing from folks who are inspired get their fingers in the dirt.  Here is a note from one such young woman, about to set out on the path.  And a photo she took of some beautiful snap peas.  Send us an update when you're on a farm, Brooke! Dear Greenhorns,  I just want […]

and her book! By Julia Moskin March 30, 2010, The New York Times IN 1968 — when Alice Waters had just graduated from Berkeley, when Paula Wolfert was studying couscous in Tangier, when Diana Kennedy was writing recipes after years of research in Mexico — another young woman, this one from the Irish Midlands, went […]

March 4, 2010 Lawfirm Seeger Weiss brought home another victory against giant agro-business Premium Standard Farms, when a Missouri jury awarded $11.05 million to the 15 neighboring owners of small farms today. Co-founder Stephen A. Weiss has led the charge against these giant factory farms, whose careless and illegal disposal of waste products degrades the […]

don't forget to tune in for the lovely paul curreri & devon sproule on the NPR's Morning Edition this weekend with host Liane Hansen, approximately 9:40am. PLUS! California made temporarily available to coincide with the broadcast

the spunky savy folks of hardwick, VT talk shop with Dan Rather-- check out the video!

look at the solidarity and celebration of the gathering of the herders+ nomads Jonathan Watts, from the guardian.co.uk. Thursday 25 February 2010. The United Nations has launched a $4m dollar carcass-clearing appeal for Mongolia as millions of camels, goats, yaks and horses perish across the steppe from a climate double whammy of summer drought and winter […]

Open Forum: Invest in the next generation of farmers By Rebecca King As a fledgling 30-something female sheep farmer, I rack up more than my share of Little Bo Peep jokes. In reality, I haven't lost my sheep.I know exactly where to find them because they're the key to my successful cheese-making start-up enterprise and […]

in Florida, farmers are destroying their crops. Watch the video here.

an amazing idea [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH2I2ZKD_98&feature=related]

asap!   Here is an article from the Washington Post  on the Drake Forum, which we attended with Benjamin Shute and Lindsey Lusher. For New Farmers, Challenges Remain by Jane Black The number of farms in America has begun to grow again, according to the most recent agricultural census. New small farms helped the overall number […]

Lynn Miller, one of the champions. If you don't already take the Small Farm Journal, this would be the moment to change that. Saving Farmland for What? by Lynn Miller, Copyright 2009 The city of Los Angeles was built upon some of the most fertile and productive farmland on the entire planet. There were historical […]

A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may actually increase this efficiency, Cornell researchers suggest. By Susan Lang, Cornell Chronicle Online. This deduction stems from the findings of their new study, which concludes […]

By Jeff Caldwell. (Agriculture.com) MARCH 19, 2010: It's no secret that the average farmer is getting up in years. As the farming population ages, the issue of farm succession is becoming a bigger concern for the younger generation making its mark on the agriculture industry, a recent poll finds. The latest Farm and Rural Life […]

watch this, and you'll never look at manure and gray water the same way again! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAUw9GO6tgE]

Thanks to Janike Ruginis of Skyhorse Publishing for letting us know about two wonderful new books for seasoned farmers and greenhorns alike. Author and small farm owner Laura Childs tells us how in The Joy of Keeping Farm Animals: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Own Food. In this all-encompassing guide, Childs reveals exactly what it takes to start raising […]

this week, Severine & the greenhorns graced the front page of Grist-- check out whole fabulous interview and learn more about the recent Drake Forum on Beginning Farmers, the newly formed Young Farmers' Coalition, and the hustle bustling new agrarian movement. By Erik Hoffner. Q. What is Greenhorns all about? A. It's about the community of young farmers in this country. We are […]

hear from hugh fearningly whittingstall about Britain's "Chicken Out!" campaign-- an appeal for free range poultry. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Vbf1ykXsY]

they're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. got a problem with that? By Jennifer Bleyer Pinched is an ongoing series about life during a recession. In the John Waters-esque sector of northwest Baltimore -- equal parts kitschy, sketchy, artsy and weird -- Gerry Mak and Sarah Magida sauntered through […]

Epicenter for green economic development. I'm thinking of sending that town my strongest brother for the summer. You can find out more by reading the brand new book The Town That Food Saved, written by our friend Ben Hewitt. Here's  a description: Over the past 3 years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of […]