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SOTE Ranchers Cooperative After a five-year analysis, it became clear that the fragmented nature and scale of the beef industry has created data gaps for ranchers that give cattle buyers and processors a distinct advantage. SOTE Ranchers Cooperative has established a business framework that collects this lost data, and through a cooperative structure will aggregate […]

Certified Naturally Grown offers a grassroots alternative to certified organic for small-scale, direct-market farmers and beekeepers. CNG has members in 47 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. CNG will be offering several webinars between January and March. One will feature Executive Director Alice Varon, who will explain how the CNG certification process works and why it […]

The VT New Farmer Project is offering new and aspiring farmers consultations with farm business advisers at several upcoming conferences.  These sessions will be focused on helping new farmers create action plans to start or enhance their farm businesses.  Space is limited.  Preregistration is recommended.  For more information and questions, contact Jessie Schmidt at the […]

Here is a newly compiled list of the House and Senate agriculture committees, with new members listed in italics – note that there are a particularly large number of new committee members in the House. There are still a few vacancies to be filled so this list is not yet final. Download it HERE. In addition […]

An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health Robert S. Lawrence, Keeve Nachman Explore how food intersects with public health and the environment as it moves from field to plate. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUQOlTnB2o] About the Course A food system encompasses the activities, people and resources involved in getting food from field to plate. Along […]

another interesting opportunity in Washington State. Interested in becoming an Organic Farmer? Join our Organic Farm School program! Located in Washington State, the Organic Farm School (OFS) trains aspiring farmers to run successful, ecological and community-focused farms and uses its eight-acre organic farm as a real-world example and outdoor classroom. During the full-time, 7.5-month residential […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSM4G7O3rQw&feature=player_embedded] Rj's been on a bug fixing sprint, and added some tutorial videos.. just in time ! http://farmhack.net/tools/online-farm-hack-tools#wiki Winter, the best time to document existing tools, openly pine for ones you need, and bond with others digitally and in person-- around the creation, repair, and many hacks on the horizon. For our mechanical progress. Onwards! […]

www.DIY.org is a place for kids who want to  MAKE HACK GROW FIX. + video ++ blog

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Why go driving in the wet sleet to a workshop on finances and bookkeeping? Its 2012, almost 2013~ You can learn that important stuff while sitting in front of your computer! Consider the Webinar! These are from awesome Vermonters: January 29, 2013: Managing Vegetable Transplants for Success Julie Rubaud, owner and operator of Red Wagon Plants, […]

Register for the conference HERE There are some scholarships available for young farmers - download the application HERE Download a PDF of the poster HERE

Here are some meditations on OPENSOURCE by Dorn Cox of Greenstart NH-- a key leader of Farmhack. Here are some meditations on OPENSOURCE by Dorn Cox of Greenstart NH-- a key leader of Farmhack. "So many of the next steps we have talked about are around improving the value for the participant in farm hack, […]

The Walden Project takes public high school to the woods each day in western Vermont. In this 5-minute preview of a 30-minute film produced by Walden alumna Julia Walsh, check out the history, environment, community, discussions, food and philosophy of the Walden Project. For information about their related student art exhibit (also called Learning with […]

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHi4Rkyb6e0&feature=player_embedded] With the start of part two of Circle of Blue and the China Environment Forum’s Choke Point: China series, the focus has broadened from looking more narrowly at water scarcity and energy to including the effects of food security and pollution in China too. “From an environmental point of view,” said Circle of Blue Senior Editor Keith Schneider, […]

WASHINGTON (Dec. 5, 2012) – National Farmers Union (NFU) is now accepting applications for its 2013 Beginning Farmers Institute (BFI) program. The annual program, now accepting its third class of students, is open to individuals who are new to farming, are in the process of transferring an operation from a relative or non-relative to themselves, or […]

we're diggin the story about farmhack AND civil eats' swanky new website! check 'em both out here: http://civileats.com/2012/03/20/farmhack-diy-farmer-collaboration/  

consider marketing them online at this new fancy treat site http://www.newyorkmouth.com/collections/all Seems like the have strong inventory of locally made products. Salves? lip gloss? Caramels?

still looking for the perfect holiday gift for the favorite farmer in your life? we're digging these nifty notebooks by Field Notes !

Missed out on the Farm Hack fun? Now you can catch up with audio podcasts! Wow, how new media of us.  Podcasts from Farm Hack NYC HERE

is interested in your take, greenhorns! The Lexicon of Sustainability project is a crowdsourced project focused on the critical ideas and concepts that define sustainable food production and foodsystems in this country. They are currently working on a book project, which will feature the stories and insight of various thought leaders involved in sustainable food production and […]

Happy Spirit of the Season and pre-Solstice-looks like we've survived and thrived in 2012! The Calypso Farm/Susan and Tom's Sust Ag/Life program is now in its second year,  and it's aimed for folks who are seriously interested in starting their own farm-- but there is also room for people who are more inclined to environmental […]

A Growing Culture Had a lovely time with co-founders at the Quivera Conference in Albuquerque. What fun! What good hearts! Check them out. A Growing Culture seeks to empower the sustainable agriculture movement by highlighting traditional and alternative farm practices used throughout the world.  We believe that ecologically based agricultural systems are the key to […]

by Cathy Stanton. Where slow food meets slow knowledge I shed 40 pounds this week, and it feels great. The weight was in the files and materials from the Ethnographic Landscape Study that I’ve been working on for the last three years for Martin Van Buren National Historic Site.  The project is now officially finished, […]

for the Food Economy. Download it HERE “There has never been a better time to go into farming,” said Paul Mock, a well-established hydroponic farmer in Morgan County, in a speech at the 2012 WV Small Farm Conference. Though it may be surprising news at a time when America is losing farmers nationwide, more and […]

32nd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures "The Role of the Internet in Creating a Just and Sustainable Economy" Date: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138) Lectures registration through the Mason Street entrance. Accessible access through the Garden Street entrance. Admission: Free Registration: Seating is limited, so click here to pre-register to reserve […]

you'll love PFI's Farminars. Take part in one live on Tuesday evenings or listen to past farminars in the archives. For farmers, by farmers, all the way from Iowa. What's a Farminar? Practical Farmers of Iowa offers FREE 90-minute, interactive online seminars on a wide variety of farming topics. Broadcast over the Internet, Farminars are […]

Organic Farming Research Foundation Is Accepting Grant Proposals Through November 19, 2012 Since 1990, Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) has awarded hundreds of grants supporting exceptional research and education in organic farming. Organic farmers are some of the most innovative entrepreneurs in America who work tirelessly to meet a growing consumer demand. The OFRF grant […]

and the role they play in generating the next generation, from liberal arts to technical colleges. http://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=2625

where there is a dearth of services.. there is also opportunity for entrepreneurship. follow the lead of Greg Stratton, killer of my pigs. http://www.registerstar.com/chatham_courier/news/article_f94ec33c-cefc-56e8-b84c-8bebe770520f.html sev

A treasure trove in the making. Check it out here: http://organicroots.nal.usda.gov/about/ About the Collection: Good information is a critical part of successful and sustainable agricultural production. The National Agricultural Library (NAL) possesses thousands of publications printed before synthetic fertilizer and pesticides became commercially available (around 1942) when farmers used methods that we would now call […]

This past weekend, Farm Hackers gathered at beautiful Ecovillage in Ithaca, New York for the biggest (and possibly baddest) Farm Hack yet. Saturday featured live demos of various farm innovations operated, and in some cases developed by, local farmers, including a custom-built electric tractor, Japanese paper pot transplanter, and Cool Bot cooling system.  The Groundswell Center […]

Full Details: www. grassworks.org Funded by the USDA, NIFA,  and  the University of Wisconsin-Madison's  School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers.

find it here. thank you to cathy stanton

A timeline of farmer's rights/populism. Very cool. Find it here.

If you see it being sprayed and are dismayed, here are some great background documents to support your advocacy. http://www.sustainable.org/governance/policies-ordinances-a-taxes/1744-guidelines-on-sustainable-landscaping-for-federal-agencies Sustainble land management protocols exist in state parks and preserves, conservation areas, game reserves, and in various places around the world from ranchlands managed for wildflowers, to forests managed for fire control, management regimes define […]

Saturday Oct 20 + Sunday Oct 21 2012 in Ithaca, NY >TOPICS Demo build of Scrap Laundry Greens Spinner + CoolBot Cooler Grain production and small-scale processing On-farm innovations from Ithaca area farmers Design Charrette: collective brainstorm to address on-farm challenges >HOSTS Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming and the Groundswell Incubator Farm Cayuga Pure Organics >FOOD […]

Saratoga Spring, N.Y., October 4, 2012 —Farms contribute billions to New York’s economy, yet, since the 1980s, the state has lost more than 4,000 farms to development.  Harvesting Opportunities in New York: Growing Local Food Economies and Protecting Farmland is a conference designed to inspire and educate New Yorkers to support agriculture, strengthen local farm and food economies, […]

ALLIS-CHALMERS ALL CROP Harvester Technical Forum & Operator Round Table With Tom Yasnowski – ALLCropharvester.com Saturday November 3, 2012,  8:30 – 4:30 pm at Spring Creek Farm, 65 Drown Lane,  Lyman, Maine AC Combine Clinic Flyer AC Clinic Registration  

Stone Soup Institute is offering a winter semester to four students who are curious and adventuresome enough to explore the learning opportunities on a small homestead in coastal Maine. The major focus of this semester will be logging with the horses. Winter Semester: January 4, 2012 – March 31, 2012 learn more: http://www.stone-soup-institute.org/currentsemester.html

This is a community letter press shop and non profit organization in buffalo. They have 12 letter presses, workshops, supply store, commercial customers and educational field trips. They take commercial work for broshures, flyers, gigs and events Consider using them, they are very very nice and talented. http://wnybookarts.org/