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It's a blog written by Patrick, our very own world traveling cheese+salumi maker/poet/director of outreach, and it's up again after a long absence. Hope you enjoy. meatncheese.wordpress.com

A blog that catalogs the Grassroots Cartography art exhibit curated by SEA Change in Portland, Oregon, USA in May 2009. www.seagallery.wordpress.com This exhibit featured maps of where our food comes from locally and globally comparing unemployment rates of past and present recessions

2010 Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference November 1-3, 2010 Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT Bringing together farmers, ranchers, educators, agricultural service providers and activists to: build production and business skills share educational and organizational strategies forge new connections that support farm women in the Northeast. Featuring: Farm-based workshops and tours Intensive skill building sessions Engaging […]

The 2010 Young Farmers Conference is being held again at Stone Barns Center for for Food and Agriculture in NY. And they want your input for workshops and presentations! Request for proposals PDF can be found here: http://sbcweb1.stonebarnscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/YFC-2010-rfp.pdf Here are some ideas we've had: How to approach the beginning farmer service providers; coaching on interfacing with […]

here's a neat project in Kentucky. 15Thousand Farmers helps create, empower, and inspire 15,000 new, organic, neighborhood backyard/front yard farmers in Louisville, KY to feed their families and themselves and to give away! How? By using simple and easy instructions, checklists and materials and ongoing support provided through local growers and resources that will provide […]

Emily Post. After the publication of Etiquette in 1922, Emily Post quickly became known as a director and authority on the finer points of human interaction. But Emily Post’s role as a cultivator was not limited to the field of social life. The gardens of her Martha’s Vineyard cottage remain today a living testament to […]

there are so many great ones out there, it's hard to keep up.  Here's the blog of Ryan Foxley and Littlefield Farm. Littlefield Farm Weblog

a great article in a local hudson valley magazine, The Valley Table. The Green Ways of Shabazz Jackson read it HERE

these three greenhorns are blogging about their experience at Four Frog Farm in CA. Thanks for reaching out, Leda! Thoughtful Food is a blog written by three young farm interns from a 10-acre organic farm in Penn Valley, California. Stephanie, Matt, and Leda all came to farming with a passion for fostering a local food […]

LocallyGrown.net [vodpod id=Video.4153826&w=425&h=350&fv=] LocallyGrown.net — LocallyGrown.net, posted with vodpod LocallyGrown.net gives the internet's advantages to Farmers' Markets. Whether you manage or sell at a traditional farmers' market with many other vendors or use a small email list to market produce off your farm, LocallyGrown.net is for you!

The oldest continuously operating family farm in the country, Tuttle's, is up for sale. Here's what one blog reader, Anne Farrell, had to say about it: A farm that was a major player during my childhood (long before I understood local produce or industrial ag) is going out of business.  I have such fond memories […]

check out this snippet from a new documentary directed by Jared Flesher, The Farmer and The Horse. If you like what you see and want to get your hands on a DVD for a public screening, contact [email protected]. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qsAvKxqhto]

calling all ruckus raisers: we are putting the finishing touches on a final chautauqua schedule-- look for it monday! in the meantime, interested volunteers should contact anne - [email protected], and send those RSVP's to michelle - [email protected].

look how super wonderful they are!  mfta.org [vodpod id=Video.4048894&w=425&h=350&fv=video%3D1515701086%26amp%3Bplayer%3Dviral] art, posted with vodpod

INVITATION TO CO-CONSPIRE If you receive our emails, chances are we met you at a Greenhorns event somewhere along the way. Whether it was a workshop, a mixer, a bike ride, or at a conference, we all found our way there through the currents of some lovely agricultural magnetism. And we want to keep that […]

Real Food Youth Training in Bethel, Alaska July 26-30. Teens from villages and communities including Pilot Station, Togiak, Kotlik, Kasigluk, Quinhagak, Dillingham, and Palmer will be exploring issues around industrial/processed foods and how that is impacting our health, culture, and environment; as well as solutions such as eating Native Foods, practicing subsistence, fishing, and local […]

The Michigan Young Farmers Coalition just posted this video of our Cherry Pie Mixer!

featured this week on greenhorn radio (sponsored by the ever wonderful hearst ranch) severine talks to Sarah Petranek, former radiologic technologist and current blueberry farm proprietor. Sarah conveys the story of her drastic decision to put her and her husband's love of hard work and the outdoors to use by moving their family 400 miles […]

What is a chataqua? its a good time festival, its an adult education tradition born of the methodists in upstate new york. Our chatauqua begins at MOFGA home grounds, also known as the site of the Common Ground Fair with bon fires, potlucks and work parties and workshops all weekend long. RSVP! with your name, telephone and email […]

we recommend checking out this short&sweet video about Front Step Farm-- a spritely little 1/6th acre farm in Providence, RI, with produce going to Providence's only urban farmer's cooperative, the Little City Growers Coop. to all you urban-suburban-and not so urban farmers out there: keep sending in your success stories! we want all the world to know how […]

a shout out to some awesome appalachia organizers -- Farming for Health and Wealth is working with communities to increase access to fresh, local food for people in Wyoming and McDowell Counties of West Virginia. By making a better connection between growers and consumers, people in the area will have more food options for their families, and […]

25 year-old guy and 24 year-old gal mapping and documenting organic farm technologies via worldwide bike tour. ambitious-delicious. follow the blog!

Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) is seeking nominations for their 2011 'Organic Farmer of the Year' award.  Take advantage of this opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of an organic farmer!  As in years past, the award will be presented at the Organic Farming Conference to be held next February 24-26, 2011 in […]

A new approach to school lunches. [vodpod id=Video.3716775&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D11905296%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A3850006%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] more about "Riverway: one school's approach to re...", posted with vodpod

French farmers turn Champs-Elysees into huge Farm [vodpod id=Video.3705658&w=425&h=350&fv=embedReferer%3D%26amp%3BembedPageUrl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F10143393.stm%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_language%3Ddefault%26amp%3BcompanionSize%3D300x60%26amp%3BcompanionType%3Dadi%26amp%3Bpreroll%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fpfadx%2Fbbccom.live.site.news%2Fnews_europe_content%3Bsectn%3Dnews%3Bctype%3Dcontent%3Bnews%3Deurope%3Badsense_middle%3Dadsense_middle%3Badsense_mpu%3Dadsense_mpu%3Breferrer%3Dnonbbc%3Breferrer_domain%3D%3Brsi%3D%3Bheadline%3Dchamps-elyseesturnedintofarm%3Bslot%3Dcompanion%3Bsz%3D512x288%3Btile%3D6%26amp%3Bconfig%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%3F2_24_18269_19261_20100525142522%26amp%3BdomId%3Demp-10143858%26amp%3Bplaylist%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Femp%2F10140000%2F10143800%2F10143858.xml%26amp%3Bholding%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbcimg.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F47901000%2Fjpg%2F_47901882_jex_701454_de27-1.jpg%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_autoPlay%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showPopoutButton%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bconfig_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType%3Deav2%26amp%3Bconfig_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition%3DInternational%26amp%3BfmtjDocURI%3D%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F10143393.stm%26amp%3BcompanionId%3Dbbccom_companion_10143858%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showShareButton%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bconfig_settings_showUpdatedInFooter%3Dtrue] more about "Great News!", posted with vodpod

Thanks to Erin from Petaluma's Daily Acts Program for sharing this incredible achievement in service, education, and community action-- over 600 gardens in one weekend! + see the gorgeous video HERE SONOMA COUNTY, CA— Sonoma County championed the largest mass garden mobilization in California this past weekend with over 600 new and revitalized gardens to […]

they're seeking a few good women/men, who'd like to 'get their dirt on'. The Core Volunteer Group This is open to CSA and non-CSA members alike. As a Core Volunteer Group member, you will come once a week for an hour or two throughout the season to help out with transplanting, weeding, mulching, and harvesting. […]

Toluma Farms, Inc. is looking for a goat herd manager-- how can you resist this face? Read on for full Job Description:

the power breakfast that we served up at our It Takes A Village pig butchery weekend last fall.  (not quaker) oatmeal marinated in lemon juice and grated apples add frozen or fresh berries, ( raspberries) to which add yougurt and honey stir and let sit covered optional: oil of oregano, flax seed oil, pollen, spirulina […]

The deadline is coming right up!  May 17.  DeLano Farms CSA Manager at the The Kalamazoo Nature Center,  a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to inspire people to care for the environment by providing experiences that lead them to understand their connection to the natural world. Summary of Position: The DeLano Farms Manager position is […]

imagine if the midwest grew 28 kinds of vegetables for local consumption! A very nice study just came out unfurling the economic impact of such a future-- no surprise, more farm jobs, more farm income, and more nicer food http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/research/marketing_files/midwest.html

weird weather ahead. Dripworks Drip Irrigation & Supplies

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc2JfUBraGw&feature=player_embedded] Kindest Regards, Rob

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from Les Blank. In April of 1858, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy  wrote to Alexandra Tolstoy, his aunt twice-removed and his closest confidante. He called her babushka,or grandmother, as a sort of joke, although she wasn't much older than him. He wrote: "Babushka! It's spring! It is so good to be alive on this earth, for […]

we cannot wait for this. culture tracker and magic maker: megan prelinger (greenhorn librarian wunderlady ), has produced a book! A marvelous, highly anticipated treatment of marginalia-- as interpreted thru the study of pop zeitgeist blusterdoms. *Read a nice article about the book.

What do women have to do with what America eats? Everything. With a hands-on guide for the sustainable food movement Proving that we all can have an impact Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat by Temra Costa, will change the way you view your relationship with food. Farmer Jane is a compelling work […]

"greenhorn at heart" sarah parker sent us this note about a great farming project in oregon. White Oak Farm & Education Center is a lovely little nonprofit in Williams, Oregon. It's a community-funded venture that functions with the help of some brave young farmers.

Seeking volunteers for the season! We are two adult daughters and one Dad seeking volunteers for the garden season. We live 45 minutes north of Asheville, NC, 20 minutes from downtown Marshall, 10 minutes from the French Broad River. We Offer: a Yome with a wood stove, outhouse,solar shower over looking stream and pasture, camping […]

Here is a smart project that is in competition for funding from Dell.  To vote, click on "promote" on the project's page. Break it Down’s vision is to divert food wastes to local agricultural production to help feed the hungry. We are a triple-bottom line social enterprise which works to conserve natural resources by providing a […]