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Former young farmer now great E.D. on all our behalf.  Here's her latest from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition In this season of Thanksgiving, we at NSAC are exceedingly thankful […]

Join us for a Special Anniversary Event on Monday, November 23rd 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM First Unitarian Universalist Church 1187 Franklin St (Geary @ Franklin), San Francisco TEN […]

Unexpectedly even if you go off to farm in the forest-- the pastards might find some minerals or valuable petrolea under your land.... A note from the Regional Farm & […]

the people at Worldbike think so. Worldbike designs and distributes low-cost bicycles for programs that increase economic opportunity, improve health outcomes and boost enrollment and gender equity in secondary school […]

from PopTech... Author: Rachel Barenblat “This is one of the sessions I’ve been most looking forward to,” says Andrew Zolli, calling it a session of “incredible bounty.” (He adds that […]

we just received this note from an old friend, Anirvan.  There's some great stuff here. My wife and I are traveling in Japan (part of a year we're spending meeting […]

Oakland CA: A new report from the Oakland Institute, The Great Land Grab: Rush for World's Farmland Threatens Food Security for the Poor, sounds the alarm on the threat that […]

a greenhorns friend emailed us this tidbit from a blog: True enough. During WWII, Switzerland received very little imports (it did receive some coal from Germany), but the situation was […]

Check out the family farmers. I just met them at Farmaid - had so many informative chats with farmers whose claws had been sharpend by years of fighting factory farming […]

Hudson Valley Greenhorns - this is for you! Hudson Valley Food Security Roundtable, Fall 2009 Sunday, October 11, 2:00-4:30 Main Meeting Room, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Poughkeepsie, NY 67 South […]

Tell USDA to Stop Delaying Implementation of the CRP Transition Option for Beginning and Minority Producers!

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 […]

Farm Aid is collecting your signatures until Friday!  Here's a note from them: As a Farm Aid supporter, you know that nobody is more committed than we are to helping […]

Deadline to Apply for Conservation Stewardship Program Approaching -- September 30, 2009 NRCS Simplifies Initial Application Process Farmers who are interested in applying for the 2009 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) […]

via United Farm Workers: We've been telling you about the outrageous behavior of Giumarra--the world's largest table grape company, whose labels include Nature's Partner. Giumarra harvests approximately 1 out of […]

here's a press release and note from our friends at high mowing organic seeds - one of the plaintiffs in the case we just blogged about. Hello friends of organic […]

Next week begins the first of seven public hearings regarding a proposed National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement [see Federal Register Notice], that would lay out food safety rules for the […]

this is from the USDA! (and click on the map to buy our poster...) Mapping and Modeling Eastern U.S. Food Production By Ann Perry September 2, 2009 Agricultural Research Service […]

Greenhorns - comments are due Sept 28th! This is an alert from the National Sustainable Ag Coalition. Since the 1930s we've been paying farmers to produce corn, wheat, rice, and […]

this is worthwhile - from the national organic coalition. They need folks to sign on today! URGENT ACTION ALERT from NOC and RAFI-USA TELL USDA TO FUND PUBLIC PLANT & […]

U.S. WORKING GROUP ON THE FOOD CRISIS CRITICIZES CLINTON/VILSACK TOUR OF KENYAN PRO-BIOTECH INSTITUTE USAID-Monsanto-KARI Spent $6 Million on Failed GM Sweet Potato Project (Washington D.C., Boston, MA, San Francisco, […]

the Northeast Food Security Roundtable is busy these days, with some great events coming up.  Click here for more on the project, and on the upcoming  Community Food Sovereignty Benefit […]

Almost all towns have a few extra acres of land around their transportation department, police department, water department headquarters. They currently just mow that land. Why not follow the model […]

thanks to greehorns ally Paige Churchman for alerting us to this and sending this note. Sign the petition at the end of the post! Bed-Stuy Farm (started by Brooklyn Rescue […]

which, you'll recall was released this Spring. this is worth a read just for the lively discussion at the end of the piece.  We welcome healthy, engaging dialogue like this! […]

If you're in NYC... there is an amazing benefit planned for reverend billy's campaign for mayor - tonight!!  Here's a letter from Savitri, and details on the bash.  Joan Baez, […]

is it time for civil disobedience?  the folks behind this website think so: Beyond Talk.net Tired of hearing about climate change? Then do something. Now. December 7-18, 2009, the world's […]

here's the latest from Reverend Billy and his campaign! My Heroic Friends, House Parties are springing up like sunflowers throughout the Fabulous Neighborhoods of NYC and Savitri and I are […]

I worried about all the farmers who were not getting the rain, and the extra rain that we were getting. Ugandan farmers pray for rain as crops fail Failure to […]

if you're concerned about monsanto, check out this site. and the logos.

plus 2 of our newest stickers! The FarmLASTS Project The FarmLASTS project addresses one of the most pressing issues facing U.S. agriculture. The future of our agriculture depends on the […]

4H just got a nice facelift on their website. I noticed. and then this PSA http://4-h.org/b/Pages/Layouts/GroupPage2889.html?SiteId=2323&PersistentTheme=4H about 1 million new scientists. and the companies who are supporting 4H to make […]

Some news on Slow Food's Time for Lunch campaign... Remember this date: September 7, 2009. We’ll look back on that day as the moment when people across America took a […]

Reverend Billy is our spiritual advisor. and the only candidate for mayor that specifically targets 'young farmers' as protagonists of place, nutrition and economic retrofit. check out his stop shopping […]

Cargill, Bunge Win Most Export Aid Since 1992 as Credit Slows By Alan Bjerga May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cargill Inc., Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Bunge Ltd. are benefiting from […]

Join California Food and Justice Coalition and local experts for “It’s Your City. Is it Your Policy? A workshop on using local-level policy to rebuild local food systems” on June […]

you'll recall that the usda recently released a report on young ("beginning") farmers in america.  we mentioned it a couple of weeks ago here.  Greenhorn Paula Manalo of Mendocino Organics […]

Start this video at Minute 8. Why is farming relevant? Why must we raise the social status of farmers? Why must we transform the political structures of agricuture both domestically […]

Milk-drinkers probably remember The Cornucopia Institute's report and scorecard on organic milk  (and if not, you should check it out) - - for many of us, it has become an […]

This report on "Beginning Farmers and Ranchers" was released just last week... USDA defines beginning farmers and ranchers as those who have operated a farm or ranch for 10 years […]