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our friend Jay Dunbar is posting regularly to a rad little blog that focuses on microfarming & agricultural experimentation in and around Winston-Salem, NC. Check it out: http://astralamerica.wordpress.com/ Here's what […]

It's easy - just visit our Serve Your Country Food website and click on "Join the Map" Here's a little blurb from takepart.com: Serve Your Country Food: A Map of […]

More on the Farm Beginnings program... We at Hawthorne Valley Farm are excited about a new program that we will be offering beginning in October 2009, called Hudson Valley Farm […]

Sometimes we feature cool tools. This is a tool designed for outdoor peeing. It's called p-style. http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2007/04/pstyle.html and then there are these Japaneses knives. http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html and Hoes. http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html Do you […]

howtohomestead.org has an amusing collection of (actually useful) videos on everything from kombucha to humanure.  worth a look.  They're also accepting submissions... [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3189308&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "» Kombucha and You", […]

Curt Ellis & Ian Cheney, the truck farm-driving, award-winning filmakers responsible  King Corn, have planned an amazing crash course in independent documentary for early September.  Applications are due this week!  […]

courtesy of Cooking Up a Story [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCfyP2tXSM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookingupastory.com%2Fa-conversation-with-claire-hope-cummings%2F&feature=player_embedded] In this 4-part series, journalist, environmentalist, and author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, Claire Hope Cummings speaks out […]

two sites will help you get your veggie trade on. The Farmer's Garden Do You Have Extra Garden Produce? Do you grow your own fruits or vegetables, but harvest more […]

Great resources, for urban and rural greenhorns alike! These publications are available free of charge from the ATTRA website or hardcopies are available free of charge by calling 800-346-9140. Both […]

Last weekend marked the 6th Annual Kickapoo Country Fair. The weekend was packed with a celebration of green-living and Kickapoo Culture, highlighted by the "Organic Heroes" Keynote Panel on Sunday. […]

check out their map - click on carrots to see who's growing what and where. The San Francisco Garden Registry is a tool created by the San Francisco Victory Garden […]

This is an important effort...watch the video. At People's Production House we are fulfilling the promise of citizen and community journalism by closing the gap in skills and access. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HTXbHmae7w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peoplesproductionhouse.org%2Findex.php%2Fmedia%3Ftask%3Dvideodirectlink%26id%3D15&feature=player_embedded] […]

for market farmers, specifically. Growing for Market Growing for Market is America's most respected publication about growing and direct marketing vegetables, fruits, herbs, cut flowers, plants, eggs, meat, cheese, and […]

No we’re not talking Simpsons. Here at Greenhorns headquarters on Smithereen farm we are teeming with Smithers ready to be passed out in exchange for good work or just our […]

there are some good findings here, courtesy of the University of Vermont's FarmLASTS program. Farm and Ranch Access and Tenure: Draft Research Summary Ownership About two-thirds of the country’s farm […]

we approve of efficient water use! here's a call out for a cool company in a cool town - Willits, CA, that is transitioning to a world beyond oil. they […]

this is a solid resource from Farm Aid. The Farmer Resource Network The Farmer Resource Network connects you to more than 400 organizations developing innovative approaches to producing, processing and […]

as you know, we love maps. and here is an interesting food mapping project via Middlebury College, involving dining services, the geography department, and the college's organic garden.

plus 2 of our newest stickers! The FarmLASTS Project The FarmLASTS project addresses one of the most pressing issues facing U.S. agriculture. The future of our agriculture depends on the […]

equity trust, inc. works to preserve "farms for farmers".  here's a bit about their work: Land Tenure Issues and Preserving Farms for Farmers This Program's Goals * To encourage exploration […]

this is the latest from Schoharie Co-op Cannery Hello, Everyone: I thought it would be a good idea to update everyone on Schoharie Co-op Cannery's status and progress, as well […]

greenhorns, this is a most fabulous, understated dutch publication. a worthwhile subscription, and available online--such a lot of academic research avail to us: directories case studies post graduate programs for […]

yes. it goes against many of our instincts to borrow money. Guiding thinking on this issue is borrow as little as you can. Pay it back as fast as you […]

Medium scale food processing. YES! we need more and better. May every PETSMART in america be converted into a smokehouse. Every walmart into a slaughterhouse Every Kmart into a farmers […]

Patti Moreno is known as the Garden Girl.  She's got a pretty rad site, and some great informational videos, including this on, on sustainable urban gardening. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmmBXqHpdV8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gardengirltv.com%2F&feature=player_embedded] and check out […]

give them a shout, greenhorns... Hello from Farmers for the Future! We now have more than 1,800 members from all 50 U.S. states and more than 100 countries. You have […]

we highly recommend signing up for this Small Farms Monthly Update from Cornell - it's juicy reading.  Here's June... June 15th 2009 Small Farms Update Announcements * Organic Dairy Summer […]

ivili.org pulls together short films on practical sustainable solutions, such as this one on growing your own: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCPEBM5ol0Q&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivili.org%2Fvideo%2Fhomegrown-revolution-growing&feature=player_embedded] here is the founder's statement: One day early last year I came […]

This brand new journal has some terrific content, quite relevant to greenhorns. Including: BURNING FOOD| How corn ethanol is effecting food supply in Zimbabwe, FOOD SCRUTINY| Why the sustainable food […]

perhaps you'd like to share your theories, insights and bold gestures of genius with the larger biodynamic community... this just in from the biodynamics farming and gardening association: In order […]

via greenhorns ally Alida Candor of the California Institute for Rural Studies... Help inform policies, programs, and funding to improve organic marketing The California Institute for Rural Studies, a nonprofit […]

this is a great resource for the "landlesss many".  and there are some great workshops coming up, including the one below.  check out http://permacultureforrenters.com/ for more info.

greenhorns, this is interesting (helpful?) technology for you to know about: Food Web, Meet Interweb: The Networked Future of Farms By Alexis Madrigal May 22, 2009 Silicon Valley thinks the […]

Switch Farm Marketing's new  web application is intended specifically for farmers - it's affordable, and fast! Here's a note from the developer: I am excited to announce that our doors […]

Whole Systems Design, based in Vermont, is an inspiring company and resource, Greenhorns. Regenerative Food Systems? Yes, please. From their website: What We Do We develop human habitats that yield […]

Milk-drinkers probably remember The Cornucopia Institute's report and scorecard on organic milk  (and if not, you should check it out) - - for many of us, it has become an […]

Living in NYC and still without a CSA?  And don't have time to cook?  This is a rad partnership between Severine's landlords, Paisley Farm, and Sweet Deliverance, a NYC-based company […]

Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Training & Field Day Training Partners include: New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, New England Small Farm Institute, Mass Dept of Agricultural Resources, Mass Dept of Environmental […]

Awesome resources made available by awesome bureaucrats!  From our friends at the Organic Farming Research Foundation. USDA Service Center Locator: http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app Our last OFAN alert: http://ofrf.org/action/ofan/090507_alert.html Our resource page, which […]

Any Canadian Greenhorns out there?  This would be a valuable experience. The Canadian Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is accepting applications for their 2010 program. Applications are due by June 1, […]