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Stewardship Resources from Scenic Hudson are useful for everyone. Visit their website to see all of their resources.

NOFA-NY, USDA Risk Management Agency, NYS Dept. of Ag and Markets, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the National GAPs Program present: GAPs for Small Farms: Dispelling Myths, Getting the Facts, and Designing a Food Safety Plan for Your Farm Dates:   Wednesday, March 23rd and Thursday, March 24th Times:   8:30am – 3:30pm both days Loc.:       Geneva Experimental […]

March 16 Mentor Training Workshop for Farmers Groundswell and Finger Lakes CRAFT offer an informal workshop and potluck for farmers who want to become better educators Join us on Wednesday, March 16 at the EcoVillage FROG Common House, 5-8PM, to learn how you can become a more effective educator and mentor on your farm. Whether […]

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self-supporting young farmer corps are popping up all over. here is one focusing on mentoring Local Organic Farmers Offer New-Farmer Mentoring Carnation, WA — A meeting for people interested in starting their own organic farm under the mentorship of experienced farmers will be held on March 12 from 11:00-1:00 at Jubilee Farm in Carnation. The […]

A note from friends out west who have formed the Washington Young Farmer's Coalition. That's what we like to see!What other newly founded state/regional/local young farmer coalitions are out there? tell us! "Since the success of the first Washington State Young Farmer’s Mixer last October (thanks Greenhorns!) we’ve been brainstorming, dreaming, potlucking, e-mailing and networking;  now […]

everyone in hudson is abuzz. Etsy is renting office space and will bring alleged 50 jobs to hudson, ny Yes yes yes. it is on: http://gotohudson.net/

In the spring of 2009 Douglas Gayeton and Laura Howard-Gayeton hired researchers and assembled a Lexicon featuring terms from 13 different areas of sustainability, from air to water, manufacturing to conservation, food to farming, energy to architecture and health to spirituality. The initial idea was to publish these terms in a book along with selected photographs by […]

Small Farms Update is intended as a resource for farmers and agricultural service providers in New York, and is provided to you by Cornell’s Small Farms Program. Our mission is to foster the sustainability of diverse, thriving small farms that contribute to food security, healthy rural communities, and the environment. Our work is made possible […]

Symphony of the Soil is an upcoming documentary series currently in production by Deborah Koons Garcia - The Future of Food (2004) - that explores the soil community from the microscopic to the global. Three of the short films (Sekem Vision, Transition Town Totnes, and Portrait of a Winemaker) from the Symphony of the Soil […]

Organic Seed Alliance's mission is to support the ethical development and stewardship of seed. Our advocacy program pursues the implementation of ethical values in seed systems. In particular we believe that organic agriculture holds the potential for the development of a new model of decentralized seed systems that serve community needs. While there are many […]

Real Time Farms is a user-generated, online food guide that helps you follow your food from farm to fork. They help consumers know the story of their food and provide tools for producers and retailers to share the story of their food. Farms are the heart of Real Time Farms. Real Time Farms was launched […]

Greenhorns will be 'delegates' of this fantastic social art project by our friend Lisa Gross and Hybrid Vigor projects. The power of planting seeds! Check it out and come join us when we plant trees in May during our elderflower foraging bike ride in the Boston area. Hybrid Vigor Projects (http://www.hybridvigorprojects.org) is a new nonprofit […]

Via the Center for Rural Affairs: USDA has created a new tool so that landowners and beginners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program Transition Incentives Program can find each other. The Conservation Reserve Program Transition Incentives Program (CRP TIP) provides up to two additional Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) annual rental payments to a retired or […]

Organic research proceeds apace. http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/br_news.php/2011/02/02/ofrf-awards-first-grants-in-seed-matters-project Interested to do some research on your farm? write it up, get organized, get funded

courtesy of joel w - Here is the second installment in the Trying Something New farmers market promotion series. Thought you guys might like to see it: http://vimeo.com/19446034 It again features farm scenes from central WV and showcases the narration skills of the farmers market kids around here. If you have yet to see the […]

This just in from the national family farm coalition - a toolkit which includes  an introduction to beginning farmer issues, a research project that explored the strategies and challenges of mentoring organizations, a compilation of resources for experienced farmers interested in becoming mentors, and a directory of mentoring organizations.

ecology and natural resources students take note. if you read between the lines here you see that opportunities for bridging the allied movements for conservation and sustainable agriculture are rife, if you are a passionate and land-loving person willing to dig your fangs into public policy http://blog.farmland.org/2011/01/economically-prudent-conservation-for-an-environmentally-healthy-future/

What a terrific twist on "trade schools". Starting today! Trade School classes begin on Wednesday, February 2nd at 32 Prince Street, NYC. At Trade School, students barter with teachers. Here’s a sample of upcoming classes and a sample of barter items you'll need to bring: - Learn about Coptic Sewing if you bring grant editing, […]

today (january 31st) is the last day of a special offer from our friends at the beehive collective, and the last day of the kickstarter campaign.  Help keep their good work coming! We are sharing our ENTIRE COLLECTION OF POSTERS (13!) with their accompanying narrative storybooks for $100 including shipping. Help us raise funds for […]

Parts and Crafts has a new project!   It’s called a CSE, short for Community Supported Education — our new experiment with R&D and kit development. Our goal is to raise $5000 (by February 28 at midnight) to support to creation of high quality, imaginative science, art, and engineering project kits for kids. For details, go to http://kck.st/partsandcrafts, or visit our website at cse.partsandcrafts.org.

the farming season is long and leaves lots of impressions. young farmers often eat like kings and get more sunshine than anyone, but the fact is we put our bodies on the line. your young farmer body needs protection! Our hugely muddled and expensive healthcare system doesn't meet the need for a growing rank of […]

The Northeast Beginning Farmer Project is offering more of its popular online courses, including one that will help you take your marketing to the next level. Register now for: What Do I Need to Do to Start a Farm Business? (BF 103) - a 6-week course for new and aspiring farmers addressing the legal, regulatory, […]

they retrofitted their brewing system from tanks they found in maine and massachusetts: http://throwbackbrewery.com/

RODALE INSTITUTE NAMES DR. ELAINE INGHAM AS NEW CHIEF SCIENTIST World-renowned soil biology expert to join Rodale Institute Kutztown, PA, January 24, 2011—The Rodale Institute, a non-profit dedicated to pioneering organic farming through research and outreach, today announced the appointment of Dr. Elaine Ingham as Chief Scientist. Dr. Ingham has lead Soil Foodweb, Inc. as […]

ABC's of Farm Based Education Spring Workshop Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA April 7-8, 2011 If you are just starting to explore the possibilities of opening your farm for education, or looking for new ideas for your program, this is the workshop for you!

Screen-printed by workaholics in brooklyn, carried to saratoga springs, carried to staatsburg. next stop your mailbox? Please help us finish our film by buying some useful merch for your new career as a hustling landsperson. these red red (and bluey blue and whitely white) rags for your summertime worksong + seed saving and seed sovereignty […]

but does every city have a homesteader's league? http://www.urbanhomesteadersleague.org/

Learn about the Tucson-based organization BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Art & Salvage), which helps teach bicycle skills to newly arrived refugees from all over the world - watch the video on vimeo!

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certification Training February 15th &16th 2011 Anderson County Civic Center. 3027 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; Anderson, SC The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, in partnership with the Clemson University Sustainable Agriculture Program and Anderson County, is offering Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) training to local farmers, extension agents, institutional food service managers, […]

  Big thank you to Andrea for making us aware of this brand new farmer training program in VT. she said 'would you be into this?' we said YES A partnership between Intervale Center and The University of Vermont. These programs continue to flourish, but will flourish even more if we flood them with applications. […]

Phillies Bridge Farm Project, in New Paltz, NY, is looking for two fun-loving hard working interns to work with our summer education programs. To Apply: Send letter, resume, and names and phone numbers of 3 references to: Amie Baracks, 45 Phillies Bridge Road, New Paltz, NY 12561 or [email protected]. Summer Internships in Environmental Education This internship […]

Portland Fruit Tree Project provides a valuable service that helps communities benefit directly from local resources. Fresh fruit that grows on neighborhood trees is collected by volunteers, and dropped off at local Food Banks for distribution to those in need. The great thing about this program is that in large part, the fruit would not […]

From our elder, the spritely and fierce Elizabeth Henderson. Explore the IFOAM website, it's terrific. Dear Greenhorns, You might also want to list the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) - not a toothpaste, but the world wide organization that pushes for organic before the UN and lately promotes smallholder interests around the world […]

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough of us focused on meeting the needs of farmers.. especially now as the snow drifts up up up and I look at our calendar, the 6 north east regional Nofas, the trips to maine, virginia, west virginia, new hampshire, north carolina. Its a lot but, frankly no matter […]

for our friends across the pond. a list for the london based community food growers

The ETC Group. A Canadian action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration get the jive on biochar land grabs and "climate-ready" crops so when these issues come up people say, hey that farmer kid is smart. they're also responsible for  "Who will Feed Us?", a publication about food in the climate crisis (answer: probably peasants, […]

Organic Farmer Training Program Michigan State University Student Organic Farm Now accepting applications for 2011 Cohort! The Organic Farmer Training Program offers nine months of intensive instruction in year-round organic farming.  The program focuses on diversified production of vegetables, flowers, fruits and herbs for local markets.  Students manage all aspects of a 10-acre certified organic […]

www.farmvetco.org a technical assistence program to help veterans navigate their beginnings as farmers. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced that The Farmer-Veteran Coalition (FVC) will receive a grant from the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) to assist the transition of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars into careers in farming.

there's money to be made in tanning clean it, salt it, scrub it, tan it DIY or just clean it and salt it and send it to people who already know how. Bucks County Fur Products Box 204 220 1/2 N. Ambler Street Quakertown, PA 18951 215-536-6614 they have no website but this contact and […]