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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qFI59wGHY] http://www.filmforum.org/films/oldpartner.html

this is a new book, from SARE + Renewing the Countryside You can purchase here

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W3aVZ9Tl1E] pretty good viewing around the holidays, with a snow theme. you can watch it on The Auteurs, which seems to be a place to watch old, hard to find films. Of course, if you are a serious lover of  archivals, there is only one place: Prelinger Archives May sexual tension between prim + pastoral […]

Michael Pollan with more good ideas. "Food Rules": A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis By Michael Pollan The idea for this book came from a doctor--a couple of them, as a matter of fact. They had read my last book, "In Defense of Food", which ended with a handful of tips […]

from our friends in Wassaic. We are very pleased to announce the creation of: The Wassaic Project Artist Residency! Please help us spread the word as we place our open call and forward this info to artists you know. The Wassaic Project Artist Residency summer program hosts eleven artists to live and work for four […]

to buy old posters: http://www.chezpanisse.com/store/posters/

there is a man who loves hazelnuts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7mQZHfFVE]

greenhorns will be shown! Buy Advance Tickets ... Win Prizes! TWO WEEKS TO WILD & SCENIC! Do you have your tickets yet?

on January 9.  And here's a video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJpw0IOaZI] Saturday, January 9th 7PM $5-$20, sliding scale 1399 Pacific Street, Brooklyn (Take the A, 3, or LIRR to Nostrand Ave) T W O * F L O O R S Food! Gay farmers! Cocktails! Gay Bands! Dancing!

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great new book: The Call of the Land Explores Surging Agrarian Movement New book is “An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century” “Food and farms are involved in a blitzkrieg of changes,” writes veteran journalist Steven McFadden in The Call of the Land, published this October by NorLightsPress. The book gives voice to a growing chorus […]

who made the film Sweet Grass. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9iah71iPQ&feature=player_embedded] he talks well about the right wing and the left wing-- both out in the wilderness, armed and unarmed this film he recorded with a huge camera- - traveling for weeks on end with the cowboys up in the mountain ranges, in his little talk, he said that […]

we just heard from a new friend, Evangeline, who has a great blog called FarmApartment.  She wrote a post about Hungry Filmmakers +  the greenhorns. I write a blog called FarmApartment : How To Live Off The Land Without Actually Having Land. I live in Los Angeles, but am here for the holidays. I got […]

out of minneapolis. you can listen online, and soon will be able to download podcasts. Sunday, December 20th, from 6-7 pm Central time. From that point on, a new episode of the show will be available for download as a podcast or webisode every other week or so -- the show is still evolving, so […]

wow, totally amazing. the look on the faces of the girls when their teacher is challenging them to figure out how to make money from the farm products-- fantastically made film by 2 dutch filmmakers who say: " if it can grow in Detroit, it can grow anywhere" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6sI7BqXLo]

wow, totally amazing. the look on the faces of the girls when their teacher is challenging them to figure out how to make money from the farm products-- fantastically made film by 2 dutch filmmakers who say: " if it can grow in Detroit, it can grow anywhere" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6sI7BqXLo]

Fresh the movie. We're getting our copy this week.  By Orren Fox Orren Fox is 12 years old and lives in NoBo (North of Boston). He goes to school where there is a greenhouse and a bee hive! Orren has 24 chickens and four ducks (three Call Ducks and one beautiful Mandarin). He is really […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IWkbU0SG4] http://environment.umn.edu/

do have a design charette for their organic logo. http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index_en.htm much more suave that the good o'le lazer horizon at the usda.

here is a review of an important book, by a friend of ours, Harry MacCormack of Sunbow Farm The Transition Document:Toward a Biologically Resilient Agriculture A Book Review by Dan Armstrong "One of these fine days the public is going to wakeup and will pay for eggs, meat, vegetables, etc., according to how they were […]

Here's a documentary, Greasy Rider, about two guys going across the country in an old mercedes veggiemobile. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rxIugs5FZ0] Our former intern Michelle, just back from Iceland, told us about it.  Next week she's picking up her first veggie oil-powered mobile - a '96 Ford  F250 extended cab truck - blue with pretty white side trimmings.

Stratford couple voted Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2009 By DAVE STEWART The Guardian Canada’s top farmer prefers to think of himself as a technologist, an entrepreneur. “The term farmer is getting to be an outdated term,’’ Greg MacKenzie of Stratford said in an interview Monday, a day after he and his wife, Tania were […]

we think this would be best viewed in a field on a farm .  anyone planning sleepovers? Dec. 8, 2009: Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends. The best meteor shower of 2009 is about to fall over North America on a long, cold December night. "It's the Geminid meteor shower," says Bill Cooke […]

greenhorns will be there! With less than a week to go before the big event at Anthology Film Archive in NYC, the Hungry Filmmakershave already sold out all the online tickets! . . .Seems like audiences are hungry, too! We even drummed up enough buzz for a listing in Wednesday's NY Times Food and Dining Calendar […]

(Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy) these are the alp nations. and in the little alpen valleys are fantastic off-grid ecology projects sponsored by the government of those nations as a 'test case'. Its a wonderful place to check out, and no better way than as a farmer, or "alper" as they are called. The community of alps […]

We like this beer project, and their business model. We can’t believe it. We launched our first batch of Jack D’Or at the Monks Cell, at Publick House in Brookline a year ago on 1st December. Dave Ciccolo let us have a shindig there, and I’ll never forget watching him when we opened our first […]

Mockbee is a late great genius concerned with the dignity of rural architecture and rural people. He made ultra modern green buildings for clients in the deep south,  and took his practice to the logical conclusion by building practically for free.

Our friend Annie of Rooftop Farms has a hand in this: DCTV PRESENTS SUSTAINABILITY SEASON: HOMEGROWN Presented by DCTV & Shooting People Monday, December 14th, 7:30pm DCTV, 87 Lafayette Street, NYC HomeGrown follows the Dervaes family who run a small organic farm in the heart of urban Pasadena, California.

seriously, yes its a carbon crime, but if you have never had a kishu before, you owe your family a christmas treat that cannot be beat. kishu! 2010 Seedless Kishu Mandarin Harvest Accepting Pre-Orders Now Churchill Orchards in the Ojai Valley Dec 9 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings from Churchill-Brenneis Orchard in the Ojai Valley! The Seedless […]

The Real Cost of Our Food Date: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: 347 5th Street.  Brooklyn, NY 11215; Upstairs Entrance Cost: Free; Snacks and beverages will be served The Real Cost of Our Food takes a closer look at the California Central Valley and the economic externalities, such as environmental pollution and resultant health problems to poor, mostly […]

a parable of urbanization, where the creatures of the forest  bandits of small, medium and megafarms) are also habitants of the hedgerow, catchers of minnows, burrowers in holes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2igjYFojUo] As the vermin wars ensue, the animals end up starving in the sewer-- stealing their supper from the supermarket. There are some triumphant moments, but all […]

American Made Tools! From the Lehman's.  We particularly like this apple peeler/corer/slicer.  For making beautiful spirals of apple rings to dry over a woodstove. Today, Lehman's ships old-fashioned, non-electric merchandise all over the world through our catalog and online. We ship to missionaries and doctors working in developing countries; to homesteaders and environtmentalists living in remote […]

Hey young farmers. Did you know that you can get federally guaranteed loans to start up commercial processing kitchens. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTc8xipmVo&feature=player_embedded#] Yes.  You can get money to start a legal kitchen to make jam, syrup, sausage, pate, dried herbs etc. And the money comes from the Farm Bill To learn more about the "Value added producer […]

one of their causes was the United  Farm Workers Movement. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8swg1bo0J6c] from the nytimes 1998: Thirty years ago, the folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary performed in a Carnegie Hall benefit concert to support the United Farm Workers' effort to seek higher wages for California grape workers. On Thursday, the trio will celebrate the anniversary […]

my friend tom, high mowing tom. gave me the tip on this cool film project out of alabama Eating Alabama From April 2008 to April 2009 we ate only food grown or raised in the state of Alabama. We embarked on this gastronomical adventure to focus on sustainable farming and to make a case for […]

so says the Wall Street Journal: Green Acres Is the Place to Be The Recession Is Inspiring More Young Families and Singles to Head Back to the Country In June, 40-year-old Shane Dawley and his 36-year-old wife, Rhonda, uprooted themselves and their four boys from their suburban Atlanta rental home and bought an old five-acre […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA6FSy6EKrM] This morning, The Story of Stuff Project launched our brand new short film, The Story of Cap & Trade. It's a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate change solution on the table in Copenhagen and in the halls of Congress. If you've heard about cap and trade, but aren't sure how it works (or […]

this is a film festival that goes to schools. and i just met a nice lady at NAM that works there--good to work with them. they're accepting submissions now. Here is our own PDF: "How to Start a Film Festival" The Media That Matters Film Festival is the premiere showcase for short films on the […]

former greenhorns intern and much beloved friend Anya Kamenskaya wrote this nice piece about her current work out in California. The Gill Tract – Urban farm sanctuary, or just another lot slated for development? October 27, 2009 by Anya Kamenskaya It is undeniable that in the last year or so, the media’s discourse surrounding Food has […]

for hopenhagen. she needs it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo3yNYWtdIw&feature=player_embedded] Kerry has entered the Huffington Post contest for Hopenhagen  Ambassador. If she wins they will send her to Copenhagen for the UN  Climate Change Conference to report back daily as the citizen voice  with press credentials etc. Click the link below to watch/find her video and cast your vote: […]