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Soil Kitchen is a temporary, windmill-powered architectural intervention and multi-use space where citizens can enjoy free soup in exchange for soil samples from their neighborhood. 2nd+ Girard/Philadelphia, April 1-6th, 11am-6pm.

"Due to financial restrictions the Board of Trustees has voted to begin the closing process" of the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture. We need a patron to come along and preserve this collection of agricultural artifacts otherwise they will leave the public sphere and wander back into the collections of fanciers: we need those plow […]

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a non-profit farm and education center located just 25 miles north of Manhattan in Pocantico Hills, New York. Stone Barns has an opening for a full-time Public Programs Manager. Supervised by the Public Programs Director, the Public Programs Manager will have primary responsibility for all on-going weekend programming, management of tours […]

Much afoot in March for us young farmers, much underfoot too. Snowdrops from where I sit, and frisking squirrels shuffling acorn dregs. And geese flying south over the Hudson. And saucy springtime birdsong. And so many logistics, mis-matching bolts, awkward voltages. Spring is uncoiling, and we Greenhorns are in full gallop coordinating the COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION […]

Severine & the Greenhorns will be at Bioneers 2011, October 14-16, at the Marin Center in San Rafael, California. She will be participating in a panel about "100,000 new farmers," the now famed number quoted by Vilsack. October tour made possible in part by the Marin team. October tour info up soon.

GASTROPOLITAN - yet another splendid example of the convergence of social media + budding agrarianism

SEEKING 2-3 INTERNS FOR THE SUMMER 2011 SEASON (EARLY MAY-AUG, SEPT, or OCT) PEAKED MOUNTAIN FARM (sheep dairy) together with BIG PICTURE FARM (goat dairy) represent a collaboration of skills and aspirations that is rare in today’s ever-evolving, value-added, small sustainable farm movement. Our partnership has been formed between like-minded individuals dedicated to producing farm-generated […]

February already almost done, wobbly weather on the east coast, blossoms started on the west coast. All of us bracing for a big year. The weather certainly is wobbly this season -- "lash down the hoophouse matey!" Good weather source: Accuweather has a farmer option, with estimated soil temp and moisture. In case you haven't quite gotten your […]

just launched! New Beginning Farmer Website Unveiled After a year of development, the Northeast Beginning Farmer Project is pleased to unveil a colorful new website with expanded tools and a wealth of new resources.  Point your browser to www.nebeginningfarmers.org to find the enhanced site, which will extend high quality support to aspiring, new and diversifying […]

Thanks to Rebecca for sharing Tom's story with us - Trantham's Sustainable 12 Aprils Dairy Grazing Program. "After years of being a conventional farmer in South Carolina, Tom Trantham faced bankruptcy. As he tells it, the paperwork was sitting on his kitchen table ready for him to sign. Needless to say he was reluctant to give […]

The Center for Rural Affairs is seeking an intern to work with staff to create an online database of information for beginning farmers and ranchers.  The intern will create a database of information on our Land Link program, which matches beginning farmers with landowners and retiring farmers and ranchers. The intern will also compile information […]

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 […]

The latest from our friends at the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Hello gardeners! It's officially Seed Season here in the Northeast. For most gardeners, January is a bit early to think about ordering seeds, let alone starting them. Thank you to all the Type A personality (or is it Type G?) gardeners who already ordered […]

Iowa Greenhorns - hook up with these folks! The Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership is organizing a meeting for all growers currently selling to schools, growers who would like to begin selling to schools, and growers just interested in learning more about farm to school.  We'll have presentations on the procurement process, how farmers […]

White Gate Farm, located on 100 picturesque acres in East Lyme CT, is seeking a full-time farmer to head up crop production and participate in other aspects of this certified organic farm. We have 3.5 acres under cultivation plus 2 large hoop houses where we produce vegetables year round. We grow many varieties of vegetables, […]

A video brought to you by UV Extension. Incredible farmers Eric & Anne Nordell from PA. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3dEnbKNaUY]

Check out the youngfarmers.org young farmer profiles, including this from Greenhorns in OK: http://www.youngfarmers.org/2010/12/emily-oakley-and-mike-appel-ok/ and their super nice website! www.threespringsfarm.com

Check out our friend Connor Stedman's blog, Renewing the Commons My name is Connor Stedman.  I’m a permaculture teacher and designer, based mostly in the Northeast USA but exploring throughout the continent from time to time.  I also mentor people (mostly adults, sometimes kids) in wilderness skills and knowledge of place.  I have other passions […]

so says the Providence Journal. After century-long decline, Rhode Island farms are experiencing a growth spurt By Peter B. Lord, November 13, 2010 Founded in 2002, Aquidneck Farms’ 260 acres of pastures in Portsmouth are on schedule to support nearly 20,000 pounds of high-quality, grass-fed beef this year. Farm manager Jim Booth says his biggest […]

because there's always room for more in this ever growing blogosphere - check out-  Ecocentric - its  a new environmental blog about food, water and energy, educating consumers, advocates and policy makers through programs like Sustainable Table, Eat Well Guide, The Meatrix, Network for New Energy Choices and H2O Conserve.

for those of you not yet tuned into the sustainability forestry kick: coppicing is revelatory. Help these guys write a book about it by pledging on  Kickstarter!  Here's some of their blurb: We humans must develop land management systems that provide diverse products to meet our needs while regenerating healthy ecosystems. Coppice agroforestry systems can […]

The Farmers Arms ‘Let the Wealthy & Great, Roll  in Splendor & State, I envy them not I declare it. I eat my own Lamb, My chickens and Ham, I shear my own Fleece & I wear it I have Lawns, I have Bow’rs, I have Fruits, I have Flow’rs, The Lark is my morning alarmer. So jolly boys now, Here’s […]

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a super wonderful mountain project above portland Wealth Underground Farm

Dear Uncle sam, Dear eaters. While young muscles are brave, they are not invincible. We need to improve the odds for new farmers. Here is a sad story: The End of Our Farm

Which is abstract and big. Farming is direct and tangible. It should be easier for us http://www.350.org/en/resources/media

LOCAL ORGANIZATION LANDS MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT The Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming will launch a three-year training program for beginning farmers and market gardeners The EcoVillage at Ithaca Center for Sustainability Education is pleased to announce that its agricultural initiative, the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming, will receive a three-year grant […]

Our friend & fellow punk yeoman greenhorn Shawn McMahon at Out of Step Farms in Goleta is looking for more land. Here is another strapping, hardworking young farmer who wants land, and is hitting some dead ends. Anyone have a connection in Santa Barbara county? Does this story sound familiar to you? Write Shawn at […]

a project of our friend and fellow greenhorns, Trace Ramsey.  Another successful kickstarter campaign that could use an extra push in the last hours! Kickstarter Project HERE

in new york! GROW NUT TREES The fall meeting of the New York Nut Growers Association will be at SUNY, Morrisville, 80 Eaton St., Morrisville, NY 13408, (which is 16 miles south of Exit 34 on US 90, between Syracuse and Utica), on Saturday, October 23 from,  9 to 3.  This fall colors at this […]

we just love these folks. plus, they are coming to our Washington mixer. here's an update from Cindy, executive director of the school of the lost arts in Carnation, WA. "The fall season is upon us and we are gearing up for our grand finale. The farm is still a busy place with the arrival […]

Redwood Valley Revival Revelry: A celebration of our Agri-Culture & Mixer for young and beginning farmers Friday, October 15, 2010 • 4:30-9pm. Frey Vineyards 1400 Tomki Rd. Redwood Valley, CA Workshops, dancing, networking, and delicious food & drink. A special screening of the documentary film “The Greenhorns” Musical offerings by Ed Masuga and the Freys and Friends. Presentations […]

The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC) at Parsons The New School for Design presents Living Concrete/Carrot City, an exhibition that explores the role of design and grassroots activism in the development of urban agriculture, and its effect on neighborhoods, health and the environment in cities such as New York. "Living Concrete/Carrot City is at once […]

Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks Wary of fluctuations on Wall Street, more wealthy Americans, private funds and foreigners are putting money into parcels of cornfields, fruit orchards and other U.S. agricultural products. As investors tire of Wall Street's roller coaster, more of them are plowing their money into land — farmland. Few […]

Dear Greenhorns Blog readers, We are so proud to have you as our readers, we do our best to give you a gander at the young farmer world that you'll find nowhere else. Please, if you like our blog and believe in all we are doing, consider donating to our essential KICKSTARTER campaign and emailing […]

From Time Magazine. The Case Against Homeownership by Barbara Kiviat Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was an axiomatic good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Herbert Hoover argued that homeownership could "change the very physical, mental and moral fiber of one's own children." Franklin Roosevelt held […]

Greenhorns are organizing pre-conference programming for young and aspiring farmers, and a mixer on Thursday night! "It Takes a Region" A  Working Conference to Build our Northeast Food System REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! "It Takes a Region" is the annual conference and meeting of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. WHEN: November 12-13, 2010 Pre-conference trainings on […]

it is amazing what Katherine Ball from Sea Change Gallery is up to: www.solutionsrevolution.org/route. "The 350 Solutions Revolution bike route mimics Amtrak’s train routes."

http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/nfdp The New Farmer Development Project (NFDP) identifies, educates, and supports immigrants with agricultural experience by helping them become local farmers and establish small farms in the region.

is about pixie tangerines. there is a lot of agribusiness spinny happy talk in this series ( note the sponsors: Monsanto and the American Farm Bureau Federation) but its interesting to watch that spin from the comfort of a homegrown tomato salad. In five full seasons, America's Heartland reporters and crews have brought in stories […]