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a screening in Millerton, NY. Quite close to our farm! Please join us for a FilmWorks Forum screening at The Moviehouse, Millerton, NY of a new PBS documentary, THE BOTANY […]

great song by Devon Sproule! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpAE3QXjLWE]

": 1 Dude. 1 Acre. Many Little Anecdotes." [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3545748&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D6620445%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Duser%3A639504%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF%26force_info%3Dundefined] more about "Notes from a Lone Acre", posted with vodpod

for all your nostalgic and strategic communications needs. Seed Catalogs from Smithsonian Institution Libraries

with fruit leather machetes quivers of jam rubbers and a strong set of canning tongs. the fruit is going to waste that is needed by a large + growing population […]

check out this short film, Peter and Ben. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFTGBmX19VQ] As a young man, Peter visited the rolling lush green hills of a remote and hidden valley in Wales and chose […]

these book recommendations come from Tom Morris, Associate Professor, Soil Fertility;  Coordinator, Professional Development Program, Northeast Region, USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE); Department of Plant Science at […]

a shout-out to greenhorns friend & brilliant photographer Lily Piel up in Maine!   We'll be using Lily's photos on the blog periodically.  See more of her photos at lilypielphotography.com Lily […]

here's the latest update from Farmers for the Future.  Have you checked out the site? Have any comments?  They have some interesting tractor videos. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvq03079-h8&feature=player_embedded#t=29] Farmers for the Future Our […]

here's the latest from Dirt Palace: Dirt Palace enthusiasts, there is a you shaped hole in our heart. We never talk anymore. We barely feel like you know us. Allow […]

The first in a series of “how-to” videos funded by our friends at the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and produced by Cooking Up A Story. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3469278&w=425&h=350&fv=] […]

thanks to our friend Dorian for this piece. Sustainable Fertilizer: Urine And Wood Ash Produce Large Harvest Human urine and wood ash appear to make a potent, inexpensive fertilizer combination […]

Hello Homesteaders… This is quick note to remind you of our annual outdoor Homestead Equinox Film Screening at Garden for the Environment on Saturday, September 19, 2009, 6:30 – 9:30 […]

lots of greenhorns we know work with draft horses, and our friends at Sterling College are busy teaching the next generation.  Yes! Magazine takes note: Sterling’s Draft Horse Program Receives […]

EAT WELL BRING FOOD Potluck Dinners every Tuesday & Saturday Eve Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte 541 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 http://projekte.leokoenig.com/exhibition/view/1785 The metaphors linking food and art […]

we like this movie. Lemon Tree. Watch the trailer here

we just found out about this movie - Flood.  Watch the teaser here FLOOD is an experimental narrative film about a journey down a river in the midst of ongoing […]

which means "our seeds". [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPZwgjJW5xs] www.seedsavers.net offers you the working papers for the documentary. This is just the first 2 mins of our 57 min documentary on traditional diets we […]

Here's the latest from Red Rooster - give them a listen!  Great music, great vibes. Howdy dear friends and fans - happy Labor day! -We are back from a long […]

if any of you haven't submitted photos to Farm Aid's contest, now is the time! Dear Farm Aid Fan, Have you ever sat in the front row? Whether at a […]

This should provide one: GM crops: Battlefield (Download a PDF of this story - not free) from Nature Publishing Group Papers suggesting that biotech crops might harm the environment attract […]

we've written about the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project before, but here it is featured on NPR's Here and Now: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkAiqEk1Ik4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hereandnow.org%2F2009%2F08%2Fpumpkin-greens-grow-in-massachusetts%2F&feature=player_embedded] Read the full story here

from "Cooking Up a Story" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVd47pY313k&feature=channel]

in male band version. The Smithereens: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5_8CQbYZw&feature=related] you could, instead, check us out: Smithereen Farm

An old article, but solid.  Read a more recent article on Travis & Amy Forgues here The New American Farmer By Noel C. Paul ALBURG SPRINGS, VT. - If the […]

Check out this documentary - Pressure Cooker. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3277476&w=425&h=350&fv=videofile%3D..%2Ffiles%2Fflv1%2FPCTrailer1.flv%26autoplay%3Dfalse] more about "TakePart | Official Pressure Cooker M...", posted with vodpod Three seniors at Philadelphia's Frankford High School find an unlikely […]

Some great events this weekend: Food Justice Revival concert in Wassaic, NY August 28th Food Security Roundtable seasonal gathering, also in Wassaic, NY August 29th For more information, check out […]

Big Spuds, Little Spuds The impact of climate change and monoculture on one of the world's staple food crops. a fantastic film from BULLFROG FILMS. about potatoes in peru, and […]

greenhorns ally Mark Andrew Gravel of Agrarian Art Lab is behind this new mag. Not Your Average Food Porn: Food + Sex Previews Nationwide New collage art food magazine Food […]

This comes to us via our good friends at the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Greetings! Do you have the blight blues? We do. And we've decided to do something about […]

a re-post from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Avant-Garde Agriculture, Architecture Meet in B’klyn Futurists’ Workshop Attracts Students From All Over World By Stephen Rex Brown BROOKLYN — When Dr. Mitchell […]

so much going on. so much bloomy fungality on my cucurbits. all the clothes hanging on doorknobs breezes dry overwhelment. feeling a bit like this song: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn22KsLG0wo&NR=1]

and stir up some trouble. Our favorite day of the week around here is Thursday. Why? because that's the day of our favorite radio show. Its called "The MODERN WORLD" […]

new farmers. new foods.  particularly new foods made with green tomatoes! there are some amusing, witty entries here.  let's pepper them with some farm-fresh fare. McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Reviews of […]

with pig as unwilling participant. via boing boing [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZof9PSEB7k&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boingboing.net%2F2009%2F08%2F17%2Fjapanese-pig-rodeo.html&feature=player_embedded] actually, there is quite an amazing young farmers' movement in japanese, which we will have more to say about later. For […]

'Trees of life' are vital food source Miranda Spitteler BBC News The "famine food" of trees can keep drought-hit communities alive when all other food crops fail, says Miranda Spitteler. […]

As farmers age, plans match aspirants with pros By Sharon Cohen The Associated Press RICHLAND, Iowa — He quit his job and drove his wife and their four young daughters […]

a love supreme. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1AoSTcdSPU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmultimedia.slowfood.com%2Findex.php%3Flng%3D2%26method%3Dmultimedia%26action%3Dzoom%26id%3D30131&feature=player_embedded]

An ‘agri-intellectual’ talks back by Tom Philpott for Grist 14 Aug 2009 A lot of folks have asked what I think of the essay “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals,” […]

important book just released­ by Food First: Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice By Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel with Annie Shattuck Today there are over a billion […]