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we love tom. and the holler of maverick where he rambles. Community Gardens A small farmer on how the government can help rebuild the infrastructure he needs to survive. By […]

our own Smithereen Farm was just featured in our local paper, the Poughkeepsie Journal. Young Farmers Sprouting Up by Evelyn Gilbert Manziello November 1, 2009 Today the average age of […]

We just found out about this terrific project - check them out! After working on Organic Farms in VT, founder David Stockhausen moved to San Francisco to learn about urban […]

check this one out: Jones Valley Urban Farm is a community-based non-profit organization in Birmingham, Alabama. Utilizing over 3 acres of vacant downtown property, JVUF grows organic produce and flowers, […]

Nominations are due in December! How about some greenhorns? Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has just announced this year’s Growing Green Awards 2010, a sustainable food award contest hosted by […]

@ Jimmy's No. 43 Thursday, October 29, 7 - 9 pm 43 E 7th Street Beekeepers of NYC: come out and share a little bit of your sweetness! (Non-beekeeping pollinator […]

Editorial Sacred cows at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo The university should be ashamed of its attempt to squelch an anti-agribusiness message to placate a donor. October 16, 2009 California […]

Slow Food USA is hiring. POSITION TITLE: SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT LOCATION: BROOKLYN, NY REPORTS TO: PRESIDENT, SLOW FOOD USA Slow food USA is current hiring for a Special […]

Check out Katchkie Farm for more information Delight in the bountiful fall harvest at Katchkie Farm. Take a trip to Kinderhook and spend the afternoon in our fields and children's […]

The Glynwood Center has announced their 2009 Harvest Award Winners.  Check out the greenhorns they've chosen: The Glynwood Wave of the Future Harvest Award Cody Hopkins/Andrea Todt, Co-creators, Falling Sky […]

Cote de Fer is a commune in the Southeast department of Haiti. There are 6 communal sections and approximately 64,000 people. It is estimated that at least 70% of the […]

It's a popular thing, it seems. Have you been to our site, Serve Your Country food? Dwell has a mapping project too: Small Farms Across the United States Greenhorns - […]

from the ny times, with quite an amazing photo! European Farmers’ Anger Spills Into the Streets of Brussels BRUSSELS — After months of complaints by European dairy farmers angry over […]

this is a nice rental quite close to Great Barrington. with 13 acres! http://betsylittle.com/properties/rental-pages/mil.html

from the Soil Association Obsession with high yield crops has stunted food nutrition Basic foods from modern crops contain significantly less vital nutrients – a problem which poses a heightened […]

A newly formed land collective of young farmers is looking for co-op members with great ideas and permaculture ideals. Located in Preston Hollow, NY, the 110 acre farmstead offers full-time […]

If you are looking for fertile land on 6.5 acres to garden organically and expand with field crops & grazing animals bordering a good size creek, with beautiful perennial gardens, […]

this is an appeal from COMFOOD: Dear COMFOODERS, I'm planning an organic farm bicycle tour across the US in 2011. I'm having a difficult time finding organic food projects in […]

from our friend Dave Lord, who adds: "4 million hours/fatal accident for the average bicyclist (and it's not too hard to make yourself above average) vs. 2 million hours for […]

Smithereen Farm has a fierce supply of tomatillos these days and subsequently we've all got sticky fingers from de-husking the purple dappled honeys. We've just moved to our new farm […]

The evolution of Bicycle Music Festivals continues with three full days of jammin in Calaveras County. The fun will begin on Friday, October 2nd at a secret location featuring a […]

Love is Love Farm, in Douglasville, GA, could use some help! Dear Friends and Co-Producers.  As many of you know, we at Love is Love Farm have been hit by […]

A series of workshops sponsored by the Regional Farm & Food Project We are very pleased to be able to invite you to our Fall 2009 Kitchen Culture Workshop Series. […]

The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology will be hosting a speaker's series discussing "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. Speakers on the panel include: Jessica Prentice, head chef at […]

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 22, 2009 (ENS) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's deregulation of genetically engineered RoundUp Ready sugar beets in 2004 was unlawful, a federal court in California […]

a re-post from comfood I used to work on a market garden just a short distance from this available 9-acre farm. Some of the most ideal growing conditions in the […]

We received this email notice of some land available in tennessee - sounds promising for a greenhorn? photos included in the link. Hello Team Greenhorns, I know of a farm […]

We are thrilled about our upcoming bike tours in Missouri: headquarter state of Monsanto, landscape of glory. October 2nd: daylong bike tour in La Plata, MO Meeting at 10 am […]

A re-post from Comfood on the Doha Round in India: Trade ministers are attempting to revive the Doha Round in India today. Thousands of Indian farmers are protesting. You won't […]

you could take this weekend off, or you could get your hands in the dirt.  If you're in NYC, get on over to our friends at Rooftop Farms. Dear friends […]

Re-post from Comfood: Please see the email below from a contact that saw our work with farmers here in Phoenix.  She has land available to farmers in New Mexico and […]

Young Farmers!  This is a 'blast survey'. It should take 2 minutes. Please fill it out by following this link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEthMkZQcWR3ZXFpZ1Y2SzFHWVBLVEE6MA.. Some of you may have filled out our longer […]

This re-post comes to us via a new blog - Friend of the Farmer.  A great opportunity for one of you greenhorns out there! The Race Brook Lodge, a 30-room […]

This site has got a lot of landed farmboys on it. Yes, they are mostly conventional farmers. Let's convert them one by one! Farmers for the Future: http://farmersforthefuture.ning.com/ Here's their […]

have you been listening? did you know you can hear us interview young farmers and artist ninjas and other fine folk each week? Greenhorn Radio is on the Heritage Radio […]

Sometimes we find interest in the passionate backs and forths. Studies have shown a decline in the nutrition ( vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals/antioxidents etc) in conventional foods over time. Now […]

a greenhorns e-blast, anyway. If you'd like to receive more, sign up for our newsletter! all greenhorns - It is August. It is hot. At Smithereen Farm,  our Greenhorns headquarters […]

There is such a lot going on this year still. We'd like to keep you abreast of it all. Sign up here: http://www.thegreenhorns.net/mailinglist.html

we received this comment on the greenhorns trailer.  Those of you who are concerned about white privilege or racial exploitation should be angry - not at white people, but at […]

Dear greenhorns, we need a boson- based collaborator for a special covert operation... not actually covert. just special. we're needing art materials for our upcoming workshops-- bike safety badge stations-- […]