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The New Connecticut Farmers Alliance continues its winter series of monthly farm tours with a visit to Hunts Brook Farm in Quaker Hill on Thursday December 8th.  With several years […]

The Budget Visualizer is a web-based application that allows visual analysis of Farm Bill spending since 2009. Developed by the Center for a Livable Future in partnership with the Hive Group, […]

a little documentary: http://honkfest.org/about/#video

Here's a note from Brooke Welles, a greenhorn searching for land and keeping a great blog about it. I've been keeping this blog (http://twoblueboots.blogspot.com/) almost every day since I left […]

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/colorado/explore/young-ranching-family-finds-home-on-the-prairie.xml http://www.idahosbounty.org/

http://www.beginningfarmers.org/ doing an awesome job over there

Drink a beer, then fill it out. Or a cup of coffee, if you're reading this in the morning.  It'll help out the Northeast Beginning Farmers Project. We are proud […]

NRDC Announces Fourth Annual Growing Green Awards to Honor Extraordinary Contributions in Sustainable Food Nominations are due by December 9, 2011 $10,000 cash prize in the Food Producer category $2,500 cash prize in […]

  Join the Accokeek Foundation on the banks of the beautiful Potomac River for a community potluck, speakers, a screening of the film “The Greenhorns,” and a campout! You’ll want to bring […]

Flooded Farmers Learn to Be Creative By PETE WELLS Published: September 27, 2011 in the NYTimes NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - RAY BRADLEY has always earned money from his laying hens, but […]

facilitated networking between farmers and landowners. SO RELEVANT. so visionary. So Southwest! Quivira Coalition’s “New Agrarian Career Connection” Tuesday, November 9, 2011 @ 6:30-8:30 pm Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, New Mexico

by supporting the widely-known and loved apprenticeship program at UC Santa Cruz! read about the challenges on this post from Civil Eats: http://civileats.com/2011/09/12/government-austerity-measures-threaten-the-country%E2%80%99s-oldest-organic-farming-program/  

almanac posse is starting to gather steam. are you hankering to be on the mailing list? join us by emailing [email protected] please write "ALMANAC" in the subject line

if your fields are still soggywet, this excellent report from Cornell should help!

back to the start - performed by willie nelson for upcoming short film. worth the 2 minutes and 20 seconds!  

In and around Hudson? Grazin' Angus Acres--those authentic, pasture loving, grass fed & finished cattle raisers--are opening a REAL grass fed & finished burger joint in Hudson. Opening in a […]

NYHarbor ShipCoop  

The National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) is seeking fall intern(s) to assist on food and agriculture issues in our Washington, DC office. Founded in 1986, NFFC represents family farm, fishing and […]

The Small Farms Conservancy urgently needs the services of a grant writer who has experience, loves small farms, and education!  This is a paid position, the proposal is due August […]

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are you a Senate Ag Committee member's constituent? http://ag.senate.gov/site/cmtemembers.html Or in the House? http://agriculture.house.gov/singlepages.aspx?NewsID=1222&LSBID=23|69&RBSUSDA=T write to them and call them so they know what you need in Farm bill 2012. […]

AWA Announces Call for 2011-2012 Good Husbandry Grant Proposals  Animal Welfare Approved, the nonprofit certification program and food label for pasture-raised meat, dairy and eggs, is pleased to announce a […]

Binnewater Farm Project is seeking a grower for the 2012 season to start up a new 60-100 member CSA farm, located on 6 acres of land owned by Legacy Farm […]

                Join the Washington Young Farmers Coalition and Full Circle Farmstead for a summer social and crop mob! Located on 30 acres of […]

follow the blog of a group of engaged bike riders, as they take to the streets of New England on their bikes, raising their voices and urging all generations to join […]

New Spirit Farmland Partnerships is accepting applications for their newly launched Organic Farm Succession Program. This program helps young farmers by allowing them to take over a mature certified organic […]

you can find us in in Hudson July 9 and in Brooklyn July 24!

John Whitman Davis, known to everyone as “Whit,” is proprietor of one of the oldest farms in the state. Located on a gorgeous plot of land bordered by Long Island […]

a critical step for fairness in the meat industry here is a good place to learn about it http://kpcw.org/2011/05/community-voices-may-26-2011/

unofficial commercial for trader joes, ya dig? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdB7GDZY3Pk]

small and beginner farmers of nh. they have a newsletter, a huge board of county leadership, gatherings, workshops, all the best ideas come from the state of freedom rock on […]

we met the Concrete Beet Farmers  - an up and coming urban farm in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis - at the Macalester screening event in MN - check them out!

Over the past 11 years, Tierra Miguel Foundation (located in the Pauma Valley, CA) has contributed: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Bringing seasonal organic produce directly from our farm to your […]

Honey Locust FarmHouse:  http://www.honeylocustfarmhouse.com/HLproducts.htm Anis Hyssop & Honeybush, Egyptian Mint & Green Tea, Tres Limon, Ginger Mint , Peach & Black Tea, Chocolate Mint & Rooibos, Elderberry Assam, Chai Mate, NamLanh&RauRam... oh la la! so much wonderfulness

Looking to get involved in the National Young Farmers' Coalition? Guess what...WE are looking for collaborators, particularly when it comes to reading, evaluating, interpreting and accessing policy documents. We are […]

Austin has young farmers too!   With the scorching heat and blazing sun, farmers in Central Texas wear their farmers’ tan year round.  But that’s not keeping young Austinites from […]

Southern Vermont Beginning Farmers Summit Saturday April 30th, 2011 at Bennington College 10am-12pm The Southern Vermont Beginning Farmers Summit is a free event for young and beginning farmers (both practicing […]

The annual farm tour at Nash's Organic Produce in Sequim is coming up. Special discount price for farmers if you call into the PCC Farmland Trust office to sign up […]

an awesome philly institution and a good model to keep in mind. Weavers Way Co-op

Another great opportunity from the good folks at Sterling College. The Sterling College Apprentice Farm Manager Program is an experiential, immersive learning and leadership opportunity for passionate, inspired, and enthusiastic […]