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http://asi.ucdavis.edu/sf/samajor (!) This was kind of a big deal at the CA State Board of Food & Ag meeting earlier this week, which focused on the next generation of farmers in CA. Press release about it was here: http://asi.ucdavis.edu/newsroom/news/2011/08/24/uc-davis-adds-new-degree-its-first-focusing-on-sustainability

but hey, if you didn't know about it it is one of the best lists for job searchers.. particularly in academic and non profit food work. For subscribing and unsubscribing to comfood, and for all posting guidlines, please click the following link: http://foodsecurity.org/Comfood_Posting_Guidelines.pdf

people keep asking me where to find them. Here are some really lovely ones: http://www.rosasharnfarm.com/dogs.html

This October 16th, World Food Day, Oxfam is encouraging people around the globe to take a simple yet profound action—hold a Sunday Dinner Conversation about where our food comes from, who cultivates it, and how we can make the food system more just and sustainable. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXedatvrmA&feature=player_embedded] visit their site HERE

CCOF Marketing 101 Webinar September 28, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Back by popular demand! Register NOW!* Are you new to organic production and want to get started with a CSA or farmers' market? Are you currently working in direct marketing and interested in branching out to retail or wholesale? Would you like to explore […]

A bunch of great lectures here from the Food Summit video library: http://foodsummit.stanford.edu/video/

Here's an opportunity to learn more about leasing farmland in Connecticut: American Farmland Trust, University of Connecticut (UConn), and the USDA Risk Management Agency are offering two chances to join our upcoming webinar: Farmland ConneCTions: Leasing Farmland in Connecticut. Leasing farmland from towns, institutions and land trusts provides an opportunity for beginning and expanding farmers […]

Cultivating Success: Sustainable Small Farms Education A great series of classes taking place in Washington State including: Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching On Farm Internships Agricultural Entrepreneurship

from the usda! http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodDesert/fooddesert.html    

...GREAT JOBS IN FOOD! Thank you Taylor for this resource! http://goodfoodjobs.com/search.html

Now farmers can get even tech-savvier with the help of this website: http://www.farmigo.com/howWorks

Sadly we don't have any info about Sustainable Food Jobs (we were wondering the same thing, as they've been MIA since mid-July). And although we are not a replacement for them, we do offer similar services in spreading the word regarding jobs in the field of sustainable food. Full disclosure: there are some differences with […]

  some others of you should!

The Learning Center at Hawthorne Valley Farm is once again offering our whole farm planning course, beginning in October 2011, called Hudson Valley Farm Beginnings®. This program will include seven classroom sessions in on-farm goal setting, strategic and business planning, marketing, and financial management, for those interested in developing or expanding farming enterprises. Hudson Valley Farm Beginnings is farmer […]

The Central New York Resource Conservation and Development Project is accepting applications for a year long, statewide training program for beginning women farmers. Women farmers - and aspiring farmers - from around New York State are encouraged to signup for the course that promotes goal setting; financial, business, and marketing plans; land and infrastructure planning; soil […]

http://www.pedal-power.com/ Pedal Power Engineering (PPE) is a small engineering firm that designs and builds human-powered devices. We focus on stationary pedal-powered machines called dynapods. Our first dynapod will be available for purchase in the fall of 2011. We also build custom machines.

FiBL publications: important tools for disseminating information FiBL media place the results of FiBL research within the reach of farmers and other people with an active interest in agriculture, and disseminate these results to extension workers. Many of FiBL’s publications are available in several languages and some are distributed internationally. FiBL technical leaflets give concise […]

Check them out HERE Our first meeting will take place THIS THURSDAY at Brooklyn Grange, the country's largest green roof and rooftop farm. Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries will be there with us talking about a new pay-it-forward bee program and we will talk a little about why "Backwards is the new forwards". 

This week an online directory and map called The Color of Food has been launched to the public, listing and locating farmers of color as well as other food system and food movement communities of color. It has become clear that those who control our broken food system do not represent our most impacted communities: […]

Creative Cartography:  Must-Read Books on Maps by Maria Popova From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time. We’re obsessed with maps — a fundamental sensemaking mechanism for the world, arguably the earliest form of standardized information design, and a relentless source of visual creativity. Today, […]

The Real Food Challenge (RFC) is partnering with the Center for Science in the Public Interest to plan the first ever Food Day happening across the nation on October 24th. RFC is specifically focusing on mobilizing college campuses to host events and actions for Food Day as part of their long-term efforts to ensure that local, fair, sustainable […]

2011 Updates on Marketing and Selling Raw Milk in Vermont and Best Management Practices for Raw Milk Handling August 30, 11:30 am to 12:15 pm: 2011 Updates on Marketing and Selling Raw Milk in Vermont. Jared Carter of Rural Vermont will outline the options and legal requirements established under the 2009 Raw Milk Law, focused […]

ohh la la, the Magnificent Leaven!

The next Farm Hack event from NYFC will be September 17th in Syracuse, NY on the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry campus. It is a meeting of minds between students, faculty, farmers and other professionals to create solutions for small scale farmers. There will be people with backgrounds in […]

The New American Foodshed is a large and relatively unexplored territory of local and regional markets now opening up for farm, ranch, and related entrepreneurs. It encompasses a growing number of food marketing channels that are developing within regions, for regions, and among regions as consumers and communities put new values into their purchases and […]

Open Farm Lunch & Food Justice Presentations August 12 & 13 12-2pm Saving Seeds Farm 3 Flower Farm Lane, Sedgwick, Maine Space is limited, RSVP by calling 207-359-2128 or emailing [email protected] Cost:$10 or more suggested donation or join the morning work crew 9am - 12pm Friday, August 12 Roast chicken*, new potatoes, salad and veggies, […]

If so, consider kicking in with a subscription to help them stay afloat.   You are probably aware that our national sustainable agriculture information service, also known as the ATTRA project, was cut from the federal budget for fiscal 2011 as part of the budget reductions going on in Congress. Despite the elimination of federal […]

Tool lending libraries They are popping up all over, in the city and the country Farmers already barter for and share tools and equipment all the time, here are local, grassroots institutions formalizing that custom http://www.northportlandtoollibrary.org/ http://www.rafiusa.org/NCfarmervoices/listen/

those english! http://www.herepigpig.com/site/home

designed by woody robinson - http://farm-crops-county.findthebest.com/ - which allows you to find & compare practices of different crops and season cycles in different locations.

from the american pastured poultry produces association: http://www.apppa.org/producer_resources.htm

http://www.theyrule.net/ of course, the young farmer mafia is also quite strong. OUR SKILLS are worth more than THEIR JEWELS .

  Learn more here: http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-seed-library-20110618,0,5748959,full.story and here: http://slola.blogspot.com/

tomorrow!  There will abstracts available online after the event. 2011 UMaine Sustainable Agriculture Field Day Featuring Small Scale Vegetable Production Wednesday, June 29  –  5:00 to 7:30 pm University of Maine Rogers Research Farm, Stillwater, Maine (directions below) FREE – no pre-registration required;  1 Pesticide credit and 2.5 Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) credits offered 4:45‐5:00 […]

Cornell University's Vegetable MD Online a resource for vegetable farmers with a little crisis on their hands.

A Facebook page wants to help. Understanding the Farm Bill The support for local farmers, fresh and healthy food, gardening, and farmers markets has reached new levels of enthusiasm. That enthusiasm for a new food system, however, has yet to be translated into new food policy. All of us have seen the impacts of bad […]

Antique Farm Tools.info What a collection!  There's much to learn from these tools.  Seed fiddle, anyone? Peter Charles Dorrington collected and restored over 750 antique farm tools between 1985 and 2001. Most of these tools were agricultural hand implements and fenland tools that were used in England, Wales and Scotland, dating from about 1600 to […]

Try planting something different! a radical suggestion by conservative farm service providers. Grow something different! http://americanagriculturist.com/story.aspx/cornplanting/season/past/now/what/9/50153

An exceptional opportunity to farm for two years with MOFGA - one of the top organic farming organizations in the country and a major greenhorns ally. MOFGA's Farmer-in-Residence (F.I.R.) Program offers aspiring farmers committed to organic agriculture and public outreach the opportunity to live and farm at MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine. […]

Check out the State Program section of SARE's new website to learn more about SARE activities near you, including: An overview of SARE's State Coordinator Program Contact information for your state coordinator. Grant summaries by state The state grants lists include every grant awarded in the state through 2010 by title, including project leader and […]