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tis wedding seasing you know, not just weeding season. www.ascfg.org

but notice how buggy and busted all these ag sites are? http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=directory/marketReport.cfm&type=3 (scroll down to see auction listings) WE need spiffy web designers to gallop down from the hills and repair this !

Tool Making Supplies from Kestrel Tool The Northwest coast has a long tradition of tool making. Building your own saves money and is often the only way to obtain the exact tool required. All our raw steel is supplied with with heat treating instructions.

women, food and agriculture network.  we've talked about them before, but can't say it enough. A tremendous listserv out of Iowa, a great community of women thinking long term, practically and transparently about the future of agriculture.   Check them out and sign up.  

Keith Good of FarmPolicy, Inc. Tune in and turn on your farmbill mojo. Farm Bill; Ag Economy; Trade; and Animal Agriculture Posted By Keith Good On May 27, 2011 Farm Bill: Senate Ag Committee Hearing Sara Wyant reported yesterday at Agri-Pulse Online that, “Citing the need to focus on ‘principles, not programs,’ Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, […]

Farmers and Rural Broadband Internet Access The blog site Geekinthecountry.com is seeking small, organic, sustainable, or biodynamic farmers to interview for a book and possible podcast series. The subject centers on how broadband internet access, or the lack of it, affects the way farmers learn new techniques, connect with other like- minded people, find resources […]

Shared Use Value-added Commercial Kitchen Resources Funding Sources: As far as funding is concerned, check out the grant resource section of the USDA “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” website at http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/knowyourfarmer?navtype=KYF&navid=KYF_GRANTS. Kitchen Examples: Citrus County Canning Center Community Food Processing (value added) Centers in NC Community Food Processing, LLC, Wisconsin Franklin County, MA Food Processing […]

Angelic Organics Learning Center - http://www.farmbeginningscollaborative.org/ Food Works - http://www.eatsouthernillinois.org/Training/Training.html  Dakota Rural Action - http://dakotarural.org/grow-sustainable-farming/farm-beginnings/ Hawthorne Valley Farm- http://www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org/education/farmbeginnings.htm Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society - http://www.nebsusag.org/farmbeginningsnebraska.htm Nuestras Raices - http://www.nuestras-raices.org/ The Farm School - http://www.farmschool.org/ Farm School NYC - http://www.justfood.org/farmschoolnyc Rogue Farm Corps - http://www.roguefarmcorps.org/farms-next-internship-program Groundswell - http://www.groundswellcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=83

They do this monthly...sign up for it! May 2011 Small Farms Update Prefer to print out the update for easier reading? Download this month's Small Farms Update as a WORD document. Announcements Thinking of Growing Hops? Specialist Now Available to Assist You Greenhorns Documentary Film Hits the Road Upcoming Events Beginning Farmer Events Other Featured […]

Greenhorns, you can suggest this app to all your iphone-using customers. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/22962283] Farmanac is an iPhone app that empowers consumers to make better decisions when shopping for fruits and vegetables. Farmanac does the work for you, telling you exactly when produce is in season locally; what its pesticide level is (indicating whether to splurge […]

Biodynamic Association Launches Scholarship Fund for Beginning Farmers May 16, 2011, East Troy, WI – Beginning farmers who want to learn the principles and practices of biodynamic agriculture have a new source of support – the Biodynamic Scholarship Fund. Responding to a growing interest in farming in general, and biodynamics in particular, the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association has launched […]

La Cocina - an incubator kitchen in San Francisco. a model to be replicated across the country need a kitchen? check it OUT

Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming offers popular summer course for college students Ithaca, NY – In cooperation with the Environmental Studies Program at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Groundswell will again offer the eight-week Summer Practicum in Sustainable Farming and Local Food Systems from June 1st to July 25th, 2011. The Summer Practicum is […]

Getting Covered is a campaign to inform young adults and their families about dependent coverage, the provision in the new health care law that allows young adults to stay on their parent's plan until age 26. This provision is important. It alone has the potential to cover over 2 million of our nation's 18.9 million […]

Women are shaping the future of food. The number of female-owned farms is soaring and women are responsible for 80% of consumer spending. Local agriculture can remain viable if we support local farmers. She grows food wants to create a sisterhood of support between women consumers and women farmers. Can we count on you to join in? […]

making it happen with marketing. for all you feisty young things biking across the country and change the world - when you settle down on your own farms you'll have to sell sell sell. here is one online tool for that: http://www.smallfarmcentral.com/

lots of times people wonder how this local food movement is going to 'Feed the masses' Those of you here likely have your own favorite answer to this question, but recently mine has had to do with Succession. the succession of local farm operations, that grow more sophisticated, more logisticated, more formalized and diversified with […]

the deadline to apply is April 30th. Beginning Farmer Institute A Partnership between New England Farmers Union and National Farmers Union New England Farmers Union is providing a unique opportunity for individuals who are contemplating starting a farm operation to receive valuable training through the Beginning Farmer Institute. The program is also open to those […]

at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH among the skills you could be learning: Traditional Blacksmithing Introductory Tinsmithing Oxen Basics for the Teamster and Team Logging with Draft Animals

The NOFA-NY Education Team pleased to announce our newest addition to the NOFA-NY Beginning Farmer Summer Workshop Series.  This event will take place on three farms in the Ithaca, NY area on May 16th, focusing on working season-extension infrastructure into a farm’s yearly production plan.  Each farm will give insight into the types of season […]

here is a great tool~ http://calshort-lamp.cit.cornell.edu/bjorkman/covercrops/decision-tool.php

Tilth Producers and WSU Small Farms Program 2011 Early Season Farm Walks Cost:  $10 for Tilth Producers members, students and interns. $15 for non-members For more information: [email protected] or call 206-632-7506 These farm walks are always informative and amazing. Highly recommended! Check out all the young farmers featured this year: Red Dog Farm, Welcome Table […]

Have you felt the glory of the No-Strap Kneepads yet? Works beautifully with those double front pants from Carhartt or Duluth Trading Co. The foam pads could be easily farmhacked. Save your knees with all that weeding!

For Washington but applicable for those fighting this good fight in other states Including resources on selling to schools: http://www.wafarmtoschool.org/Page/14/Farm-to-School-Farms

useful for greenhorns... and some good press for our cause! A Mad Scientist's 50 Tools for Sustainable Communities By Leah Messinger, March 23, 2010, The Atlantic In the middle of rural Missouri there is a physicist-turned-farmer looking to redefine the way we build the world. Marcin Jakubowski is the mastermind behind a group of DIY […]

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or southbound greenhorns! Dear Farmers and Students, We are pleased to announce a new way that Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) is working to launch beginning farmers in North and South Carolina! CFSA's NEW on-line Internship Referrral Service connects sustainable farms throughout the Carolinas with aspiring farmers looking for hands-on learning opportunities.

This resource was made possible by the Northeast Beginning Farmer Network, a project of the BFRD Farmbill money and administrated by Cornell University Small Farms Program. http://nebeginningfarmers.org/farmers/learning-to-farm/farming-opportunities/

available online! They are download-able at the bottom of the webpage. There was a focus on the legalities around farm internships. It sounds like good people are working on getting farm apprenticeships into the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards.  View proceedings HERE.  

In response to the overwhelming interest in a later summer start to our new Farmer Apprentice Program, we have changed the dates for 2011! To make this opportunity available to more stellar students, we will be condensing our 7 month curriculum into 5 months of intensive farming and learning. And, since we have shortened the […]

Don't forget! We still have lots of goodies for sale, including our mini compendium of young farmer resources for land tenure aka "Land. Liberty. Sunshine. Stamina." and the Greenhorns Guidebook for Young Farmers. At the etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenhorns

look to ATTRA! Here's their publication, Finding Land to Farm --http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/finding.pdf Land for good is another great resource for the Northeast. If there are others you know of, tell us! [email protected]

some resources from NYCAMH. Thanks to Aspiring farmer Sarah for sending us this link!  In her words, "The NY Center for Agricultural Medicine has a lot of resources about preventing injury on farms and how to best cope with farm-related disease and injury.  They have some resources in Spanish and Creole as well as a […]

here are some resources for this important component of your farm. from a Washington State agronomist. Cover Crop Chart - Remember it's 48 pages - before you press the print key.... http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=20323 Youtube Webinar http://www.youtube.com/user/NCATATTRA#p/u/2/zjI2zWf4uMI ATTRA video Innovative No-Till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health http://www.attra.org/video/index.php#vids

A day of skillsharing and planning as we build a local network of shared values and knowledge around urban gardens, food networking, food preservation, passive and alternative energies, water catchment, and social justice. Together we can manifest the critical and necessary transition from resource-rich industrial capitalism to bioregional sustainability and community. Workshops with many local […]

Explore the Archive! On the third Thursday of every Month since June 2009the National Good Food Network has hosted a top-quality webinar featuring the best of the best models of how to scale up healthy, fair, green and affordable Good Food. Dozens of top practitioners have shared their stories - successes, works in progress, challenges. We now […]

If you haven't already, check out A Growing Culture - a new site designed to cultivate a web based community where farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates can come together for education, networking, idea exchange, ethical debate and inspiration. This group focuses on supporting a network of traveling writers who publish essays to the site that […]

for all your mapping needs! http://publiclaboratory.org/home http://grassrootsmapping.org/ http://cartagen.org/

interested in historical farming? check out their trade association: http://www.alhfam.org/

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