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In the last three weeks. New crops. ALfalfa, sugar beets, ethanol corn. What is going on ? obama? You need us to show you the movement? You need us to […]

Calling all Oregon friends and farmers! Be sure to head out to Salem, OR for the Family Farmer and Rancher Day at the Capitol on March 15th.  Talk to your […]

Farmer objects to bill on livestock treatment from the Daily Progress By Bryan McKenzie On Davis Creek Farm in bucolic Nelson County near the non-incorporated community of Old Myndus they […]

Reminder - there's a public hearing happening today (Thursday, February 17!) in San Francisco about a proposed new zoning code for urban agriculture! Here's a note from Brook Budner (greenhors […]

WE STAND UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO GE ALFALFA We stand united in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to once again allow unlimited, nationwide commercial planting of […]

If you like the greenhorns blog, and support young farmers, and feel connected to entrepreneurship in agriculture: PLEASE ACT TODAY. BREAK THE BEEF PORK POULTRY TRUST. Please take a few […]

listen HERE Food prices are through the roof around the world. We look at all the why’s and all the consequences. 2008 was a bad year for global food supplies. […]

National Call-In Day February 14th Call the White House Today: Fairness and Justice for Farmers! In the 2008 Farm Bill, Congress passed new rules to protect livestock and poultry farmers from […]

A heads up from our lawyer friend Anne Linder. I am a lawyer in my day job, and just ran across this article (written by my law firm) that I […]

here's a note from our friends at Little City Gardens. Thanks to the hard work of many people, last month the City officially announced a proposal that, if passed, will […]

Below is what the Cornucopia Institute has to say.  Read more in the NYTIMES and the Des Moines Register USDA to Fully Deregulate Monsanto's Genetically Engineer Alfalfa ----Gene Contamination of […]

Dear gentle famers:  I am the mother of a greenhorn. A beautiful, healthy, strong and loving greenhorn who fell from a barn loft and required a month-plus of intensive care […]

Are you in any of these districts? Take note!! Peterson Announces Agriculture Committee Democrats WASHINGTON - U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today announced the Democratic […]

healthcare, farming... and the BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE who are moving back to small towns to set up doctor's offices, farms, butcher shops, and the new american economy. game on. Vilsack […]

A recent piece on the farm bill: Money Where Our Mouths Are by Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group President Food and agriculture policy always comes down to money: how federal […]

Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2011 Shows Agriculture Innovation Is Key to Reducing Poverty, Stabilizing Climate Report provides a roadmap for food security and agricultural investment, revealing 15 high- […]

Food security is a HYPER critical issue, particularly as the weather starts fluctuating more wildly. Conversations I've had with plantspeople and farmers over the past three years have taught me […]

to this good work being done by Food for Maine's Future. January 7, 2011 Dear Gov. Paul LePage and the 125th Maine Legislature, Next week the Maine Department of Agriculture […]

The Guardian UK WikiLeaks: US Targets EU Over GM Crops US embassy cable recommends drawing up list of countries for 'retaliation' over opposition to genetic modification by John Vidal, environment […]

Here is the house committee ag chairman Lucas ranting about the EPA's unachievable and radical environmental proposal - http://agriculture.house.gov/keyissues-spraydrift.shtml As neighbors in the ag- landscape many of us are keen for […]

Lindsey Lusher breaks down loan obstacles to young and beginning farmers. Young farmers need help from the USDA—and the next Farm Bill by Lindsey Lusher Shute 15 Dec 2010 in Grist […]

Committed to preserving rural heritage and promoting local food systems, these Rural Vermont-ers are tackling the big issues - raw milk, on farm slaughtering, agricultural hemp, compost - and fostering tangible change through […]

CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY UPDATE: WINNING THE BATTLE ON GMOS IN THE UNITED STATES San Francisco, CA – Today Federal District Judge Jeffrey S. White issued a preliminary injunction ordering the […]

Activists Submit 240,000 Petitions Demanding Action to Curb Food Monopolies WASHINGTON – On the eve of the final Department of Justice/USDA public workshop examining the effects of corporate concentration in […]

A Stale Food Fight By Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser November 28, 2010 THE best opportunity in a generation to improve the safety of the American food supply will come […]

Senator Stabenow’s Statement on Becoming Next Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today made the following statement on becoming the next Chair of the […]

Fields of Zombies by Claire Pentecost www.clairepentecost.org We begin with the seed. In this case a very particular cache of seeds banked in a remote and barren location: Svalbard, Norway, […]

Corporations Have A Powerful Extra-Legal Strategy For Coercing Self-Censorship By Those Who Talk About How Our Food is Produced - Can We Track It? Can We Stop It? Agribusiness interests […]

Thanks, Alex, for sending us this heads up.  In Alex's words, "An excellent and nitty gritty investigation into the direct corporate favortism by U of M officials preventing release of […]

The 'New Green Revolution for Africa', launched by the philanthropic foundation established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, may not be so green after all. by PHILIP L BEREANO & TRAVIS […]

Check out the Beehive Collective on tour, sharing stories on their new poster, "The True Cost of Coal," about mountaintop removal and everything interconnected with the process. Please pass along […]

from the Michigan Young Farmer Leaders Conference brought to you by the Farm Bureau Dick Wittman Keynote: "Are You Getting a Passing Grade in Farm Management" Business management practices, not […]

we just received this note about the plight of Morningland Dairy - they've been ordered to destroy 50,000lbs of raw milk cheese and are fighting back. You can sponsor a […]

that they have set up the rhetoric for ' shock doctrine agronomy' with these patents. frustrated by Monsanto? become a farmer, take back that territory! Surge in Corporate Patents on […]

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We need agricultural research to support the transition of our foodsystem to regional production-- not making candy bars into little candy coated bite size pieces. Convenience is killing us. Lets […]

discussing immigrant farmworkers. here's the video from ABC news. [vodpod id=Video.4525513&w=425&h=350&fv=vid%3D22093501%26amp%3BplaylistId%3D15749652%26amp%3BbrowseCarouselUI%3Dhide%26amp%3BshareScreenUI%3Dhide] Stephen Colbert draws attention to self, then f..., posted with vodpod

Check out Sustainable Connections at the Washington Young Farmer Mixer. Food to Bank On provides support to beginning farmers Bellingham, WA - Applications are now available for the 2011 Food […]

From Fresh the Movie: STOP GE Salmon We cannot let this slip by us. It's time to raise hell. We don't need faster growing salmon. We need to protect our […]

Organic dairy farmer Francis Thicke is running for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, and he also has a new book. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga2HIZkXPTk&feature=player_embedded] Dr. Francis Thicke's A New Vision for Iowa Food […]