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a cold winter day
A drive thru the country to follow up a lead to some possible land for Greenhorns + Smithereen. A wonderful find. also. here is a video of Norm, whose farm […]
your network is your nest egg
UC Cooperative Extension Livestock & Range gets techy and gets a facebook page. and twitter too! @MendLakeRange
FFA Article
commentary? Off the Farm, Into the City By Judy Keen, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS — Andre Hall lives in the city and has never plowed a field or fed a […]
join miss annie at her fundraiser, raise (veggies on) the roof!
Hello! Yesterday I took a walk through the Greenmarket picking up the last ingredients for this Saturday night's fundraising dinner for Growing Chefs in Brooklyn. The lineup is wonderful--an evening of […]
field report
a great NY times piece about some spunky NC crop mobbers. By: Christine Muhlke “Who brought their own wheelbarrow?” Rob Jones asked the group of 20-somethings gathered on a muddy […]
archival rhetoric
sophomoric, but still relevant. Open Letter to a Cloned Sheep, Pig, Broiler or Dairy Creature by Severine von Tscharner Fleming "Dear Dolly, It seems that the US Food and Drug […]
of the land
New Exhibition of Photography by Rachel Barrett Baxter & Cook Art Advisors is pleased to announce "Of the Land" the first solo exhibition and the West Coast debut of New […]
useful for us, and maybe useful for you?
IMPACT A series of stories about films making change How do social issue documentary films do more than just raise awareness? Are you a documentary filmmaker looking for the formula […]
farm bureau's young farmers & ranchers competition.
the winners got a new pick-up. Young Farmers and Ranchers Take Top Honors SEATTLE, January 12, 2010 – Winners of the Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Achievement Award, Discussion Meet […]
unemployed? america needs farmers.
this article just came out in The Atlantic. How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably […]
unhipsters
here's a note we received from some aspiring agrarians who are also making some pretty rad tshirts. Dear Greenhorns Community- I recently wrote to Anne to say how much my […]
This Sings the Song
that many of us wandering activists feel most keenly while driving hours and hours in the volvo. more info is here [vodpod id=Video.3074238&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "Ain’t That The Way – […]
experimental film screening - CA
our lovely friend and former intern Anya passed this notice on. My stepfather Paul Clipson is an accomplished experimental film maker, and his most recent film, which I was lucky […]
urban roots
The industrial powerhouse of a lost American era has died, and the skeleton left behind is present-day Detroit. Enter Urban Roots. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ptPuYtmbU] But now, against all odds in the empty […]
life tastes good for young farmers.
so says The Star, a newspaper out of Toronto, in this article. By Jennifer Bain Food Editor The wooden butcher block of food that Mark Trealout and Laura Boyd put […]
farm film fest
in Chatham, NY. tomorrow is the deadline to submit a film! Sunday, March 7 from 1:00-4:00pm Crandell Theatre in Chatham, NY for an afternoon of farming films. We typically show […]
our soundtrack master rocks the east coast
TONIGHT in charlottesville: the musical stylings of paul curreri and devon sproule in at the intimate Southern music hall, it's their annual valentine's duet concert. read on for the rest of paul curreri's trek […]
another salty farm band
these boys can rock. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwnFyLKLY0]
fashionably
John Patrick Organic. There is show today! @ 348 West 36th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.
pig business
check out the website HERE. This is just part one -- you can see more on youtube. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz1_knWUpVk&feature=PlayList&p=CA61E734A083927E&index=0]
super seed bank
the folks at Baker Creek Seed Company have a new retail location/seed bank in Petaluma. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep0_iwEYLtg]
this adm spoof has turned into quite a fuss
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQL5jyAtsU] we also received this from The Yes Men: A legal complaint from agribusiness giant ADM has resulted in the removal from Youtube of a fake video of ADM's CEO […]
collected seed farm
we received this nice email last week... Dear fellow food grower, I am a young farmer in Upstate NY. You gave me your card at a food conference last summer. […]
wilkie & mcnary
a neat video from 1940 - "Wilkie & McNary Know Their Farming"
home to the head lettuce
oh gloriousness. from our friend natsuko! She is in france -- and she found this for us: Next point. we have lettuce seeds, head lettuces mostly including speckled trout seed. […]
for those of you who believe in cosmic destiny
we've been told by our witchy mystics that this is the best source: Free Will Astrology and from a farm/garden perspective -- have a look at the stella natura, published […]
a bicycle pre-party
for the Bicycle Music Festival (held on summer solstice). Here's the latest: Hopefully you know firsthand that cyclists make better lovers, but if you’ve yet to discover this wonderful fact […]
Thermal Banking Greenhouse Design
Rebecca Gerendasy of Cooking up a Story just sent us this great video, produced for SARE, that speaks to farmers who have (or are considering building) a greenhouse. Here's her […]
so. radio heads.
making it happen. making it happen on the local airwaves. yes, everyone is making movies. But everyone also seems to be making radio happen. Down Home Radio Show kaya's channel […]
the cangelosi cards
you want to check out this band if you're in NYC. You can view their schedule HERE. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-Q91E2XW8]
old farmers' advice
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably […]
rodale.
famous for Soil Buildling, and for Apple Butter. get a load of this! Rodale Institute Newsletter Update – Jan. 21, 2010 Three weeks into 2010, writers at the Rodale Institute […]
anonymity
our friend jacob and courtney, greenhorns out at Prairie Heritage Farm, just wrote about this little happening. A very sweet story.
waterpod's return to land
Stop by and visit Waterpod: Autonomy and Ecology exhibit at Exit Art Underground Jan. 9- Feb. 6 Take a look at our events throughout the exhibit, all taking place at Exit Art […]
loan forgiveness
many thanks to Kimberly Hart for this piece. take action, greenhorns! Grassroots push for Student Loan forgiveness could remove barrier to new entry farmers I recently contacted my U.S. elected […]
bread and puppet in a new configuration, in town tonight!
at Time & Space Limited in Hudson, NY Hi Friends and Fans of TSL. This Friday night Jan. 15.@ 7:30pm Puppets/music/creative use of the simple things---(like cardboard??? Wow!!) THE SAME […]
radical geography
A lot of big thinking is going on about landuse in and around our culturally potent metropolitan places. http://themannahattaproject.org/ here is one example close to home. As we bring our […]
jobs of the future
by Ian Wylie The Guardian, Saturday 9 January 2010 It's January 2020. You've commuted to the office in your titanium flying car, to be greeted by a robotic receptionist. You […]
seed library catalog
from our friends at the hudson valley seed library: Our Full 2010 Seed Catalog is now online! New for 2010 This year we have expanded our offerings, printed more packs, […]
not to be missed.
Chautauqua i was utterly utterly bedazzled. What marvelous thespians. Greenhorns want an act in the variety show when it goes on tour