Media
old partner
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qFI59wGHY] http://www.filmforum.org/films/oldpartner.html
youth renewing the countryside
this is a new book, from SARE + Renewing the Countryside You can purchase here
hunky gardener DIY
[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 […]
food rules
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 […]
artist residency program
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 […]
alice waters has a new website
to buy old posters: http://www.chezpanisse.com/store/posters/
up in the alps
there is a man who loves hazelnuts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7mQZHfFVE]
wild & scenic film fest
greenhorns will be shown! Buy Advance Tickets ... Win Prizes! TWO WEEKS TO WILD & SCENIC! Do you have your tickets yet?
benefit for queer farmer film project
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 […]
a good little vector into apocalyptica
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-he1KXxK2E&feature=player_embedded]
the call of the land
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 […]
i just met Lucien
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 […]
FarmApartment
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 […]
new radio show
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 […]
grown in detroit
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 […]
grown in detroit
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 […]
review of fresh by a young chicken
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 […]
big question: feast or famine?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IWkbU0SG4] http://environment.umn.edu/
leave it to the europeans
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.
the transition document
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 […]
veggie oil mobiles
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. […]
canada's outstanding young farmers
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 […]
geminid meteor shower
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 […]
hungry filmmakers
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! […]
punk alper
(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 […]
pretty things beer & ale
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 […]
rural alabama
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 […]
homegrown
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, […]
citrus in winter
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 […]
the real cost of our food - tonight!
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 […]
fantastic mr fox
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 […]
what do young farmers need from father christmas?
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 […]
jam kitchen, 20-c commercial kitchen
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 […]
peter paul and mary
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 […]
eating alabama
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 […]
green acres is the place to be
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, […]
the story of cap and trade
[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 […]
media that matters
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 […]
the gill tract
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 […]
send kerry truman to copehagen.
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 […]