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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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