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A request from the California Institute for Rural Studies Dear Greenhorns, Organic food isn't just found at your local co-op or farmer's market anymore- it seems to be everywhere these […]

Those SAFE kids are rockin' it out there on the West Coast! Meet Your Meat The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology is proud to announce an upcoming series of […]

well. the joyousness. and now. the jackhammers. may they ring out in the morning--depaving the land across america! jubuilant. VILSACK ESTABLISHES THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN PROJECT ON BICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH […]

Heads up North Carolina Greenhorns! These Sustainable Farming Classes at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) Pittsboro Are Starting Soon! Call 919-542-6495 ext. 223 to register. 1. Biointensive Gardening (Intro)- NEW! […]

Update: Cookies brown but not burned. All systems go! Bring your appetites, your snazzy selves, your good ideas. We'll see you tomorrow. WHEN: Monday February 16th, 2009... 11AM - 1PM […]

Recently, we received an inspiring note from "fledgling greenhorn" Stephanie Pierce.  In part, it read: Hello Severine (and other Fleetsters), I am an avid follower of the blog and Greenhorns, […]

Greenhorns Ally, & co-founder of growfood.org , Sarita Role Schaffer, just clued us in to this tidbit from the recently released 2007 farm census: "One of the most significant changes […]

This is good news. We welcome new Greenhorns, gardeners, food preservers! Seed merchants reap benefit of need to cut bills By Jonathan Birchall in New York Published: February 5 2009 […]

What's not to love? Ok you NYC peoples, here's the haps... Greenhorns is organizing a Young Farmer Bake Sale-- at an Organic Fashion Show, during fashion week in New York […]

Greenhorns & Real Food Lovers - decorate your walls with Greenhorns stuff! We've got a new poster for sale on the Greenhorns' etsy site. This is an18 x 20 inch […]

Greenhorns is planning an installation this spring at California College of the Arts. It's a collaborative project already, but we'd like to make it even more so. Specifically-- we invite […]

have you ever been really happy to smell something not that pleasant??' to me, the smell of burning trash as i walk down the rocky roads of agua buena brings […]

Solidarity between farmers, farm workers, farm families and farm neighbors. Please take a moment to send an email to Florida Governor Charlie Crist, asking him to take a stand against […]

A beautiful new business model... this was circulated on a local listserve. I own a local, award-winning remodeling and historical Restoration company, Community Building and Restoration. We've been working to […]

The Geography of Hope Conference celebrates "Writing on Farming and Rural Life", and Greenhorns - they want YOU! From the organizers: The conference is gearing up to be an exciting […]

The Rodale Institute wrote up a great review of our new Greenhorns Guide for Beginning Farmers. Check out http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20090206/nf2 or read on for the full text! E-guidebook forming online for […]

We've had the 'letters from a young farmer' series going on for a while now, but a recent greenhorns ally has emerged with the willingness to write up short young […]

Many key appointments have yet to be made at the U.S.D.A.  We have a voice, let's use it!  Here is one suggestion.  Time to get out that pen again... Dear […]

Future Farmers of America Organic Valley's young voices enthrall a packed house, twice. By Alison Grantham By noon on Friday of the three-day National Future Farmers of America (FFA) conference […]

Young Farmers! The Greenhorns will be going to the MOSES conference in Lacrosse, WI February 26-28....will any of YOU be there? Please introduce yourself to Severine - she'll be wearing […]

A lovely re-post from the Saxelby Cheese blog - visit them at Essex Market in NYC, and check out their great website for cheese news, farm highlights, etc. This Week […]

Beekeeping for Greenhorns! EcoVersity: Topbar Beekeeping Monthly, March 28 - September 12 at EcoVersity, Santa Fe with Talon Van Howten EcoVersity is once again offering very affordable Topbar Beekeeping Classes […]

From Zoe Bradbury of Groundswell Farm Hi farmer friends, I'm curious how - or if - the economic slump is affecting you as farmers. I'm trying to collect a little […]

Check out their amazing pesticide free, farm-inspired tunes at: http://www.myspace.com/greenstringfarmband What is Green String Farming? Green String is the act of farming sustainably and naturally so that we provide a […]

"A documentary film tour of California's emerging sustainable food system." Find out more at http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/ In Search of Good Food is holding a benefit dinner on February 7th - check […]

Nominations for the 2009 Leopold Conservation Awards are open. In his influential book, A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold called for an ethical relationship between people and the land they […]

Farm Camps for kids abound, here's one that was established in 1952. Plantation Farm Camp Plantation is a gorgeous 500 acre working farm nestled in the heart of the Sonoma […]

The High Fructose Corn Syrup crowd's latest slogan is "You're in for a Sweet Surprise".  Indeed. A study released this week contends that High Fructose Corn Syrup, found in everything […]

News from The Carrot Project: OUR FIRST FINANCING PROGRAM! Strolling of the Heifers Microloan Fund for New England Farmers Finding an operating loan has proven to be extremely difficult - […]

This is an amazing resource, for everyone. Click here for the latest Policy Update It's best read on their website, but full text is below. Farm Bill Implementation, FY09 Funding, […]

A Note from Rural Route Films... be sure to see the link at the bottom to purchase the tour DVD! I'm on a German cruise ship, showing films that the […]

We Greenhorns welcome these new refugees to farming & soil. Business World Refugees in the Nonprofit Sector by Nathaniel Whittemore. Published January 15, 2009 @ 08:11AM PST Nothing like hiring […]

The 16th Annual Lancaster County Graziers Conference will be February 9th & 10th in Quarryville, PA at the Solanco Fairgrounds on Route 472 South (about 40 miles from Kimberton). It's […]

From the folks at Diner Journal Diner Journal Will Always Ask You to Do It Yourself It's never a good idea for a magician to give away her secrets. Or […]

via fellow greenhorns at Bouwerie We are pleased to invite writers, thinkers and artists to contribute works of unpredictable lengths and a wide variety of subject matter for our forthcoming preview issue […]

The Greenhorns & Young Farmers are featured on  Good Magazine's Blog Picking up the Ploughshare Posted by: Ben Jervey on January 21, 2009 at 8:30 am How young farmers can […]

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A beautiful piece of writing from a Virginian greenhorn. UVA Garden Initiative Introduction "Agriculture is a science of the first order...It counts among its handmaids the most respected sciences, such […]

There's something special about a good solid barn.  When you drive past one, nestled amongst fields and rolling hills, you just feel...good, and solid, like a barn. They're especially neat […]

Live in San Francisco? Have or want a garden? This is for you: Hello Fellow Gardeners + Residents of San Francisco! Victory Gardens 2009+ has just launched the Garden Registry! […]