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Or wherever you are. Inaugural Eating Starts on the Road to D.C. With the Obamas' much-discussed habit of healthy eating, this week foodies from all over the nation will travel to D.C. to munch up sustainable goodies at two green inaugural balls and revel in the election of our svelte, tech-savvy, 44th president.

Here's a reminder of why we need to be more conscious of what "green" fuels really mean - Here, it means deforestation, wildlife habitat loss, and the destruction of local livelihoods. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.  The video discusses palm oil in Indonesia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3i7VAjx9p0 More info at http://www.paneco.ch/aktuelles-n111-sD.html (you […]

Sweet opportunity for potential Greenhorns! North American Biodynamic Apprenticeship Program The Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association is pleased to announce a new two-year biodynamic certification program for apprentices, sponsored in part by the Association, for individuals seeking to learn more about the knowledge and practices of biodynamic agriculture. This new Program consists of an on-farm […]

Check this out! http://www.earthworkmusic.com/ "The Earthwork Music collective believes in the intrinsic and historical power of music to raise both community and self-awareness and serves to facilitate and encourage original music in the state of Michigan and beyond." For some fabulous chicken imitations, listen to Darlene - "Chicken in the Red Dress", andbut there's much […]

Some people own land. Some people farm land. Some lucky folks own the land that they farm, but with real estate pressures and subsidies, and now with shrinking credit, its difficult for many young farmers to conceive of affording a farm. Thankfully, there is an emergent subset of non-farming landowners are keen to partner with […]

Everyone's talking about how to "green the white house", and those in sustainable agriculture circles are eyeing the lawn first.  We've posted about it before.  Now tere's a chance to vote for the idea on change.org. Just click "vote now" in the upper left hand corner of the page. Ideas for Change in America is […]

This could be great for a greenhorn! SEEKING COMMUNITY- AND ECOLOGICALLY-MINDED INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE TO RENT: Solar powered 300 sq.ft. dome with clawfoot bathtub, woodstove, sleeping loft, & small auxiliary kitchen featuring poured adobe floor, natural plaster walls, solar hot water system & outdoor shower. 20 min from Laytonville. 4WD recommended. Excellent references a must. […]

Great young farmer article!  A thrilling vindication of what we've always known, families and farms thrive together. My own (tall, strong, handsome) brother will be working with me on my farm this summer, and I think we'll all be the better for it. - Severine Seeds of Success, By Jimmy LaRoue Published: January 10, 2009 […]

Here's a chance to nominate a deserving someone who's doing the good work - tilling the soil, feeding people, educating...whatever you deem "extraordinary".  And a nice photo of a hen to make you smile. NRDC Announces First Annual Growing Green Awards to Honor Extraordinary Contributions in Sustainable Food Nominations are due by February 6, 2009. […]

Here's a great opportunity for teachers who want to bring all things green and delicious to their students!  The School Garden Teacher Training  & Support Program at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center   School Garden Teacher Training and Support Program 2009 APPLICATION NOW AVAILABLE ! HOW TO APPLY: Please note that acceptance to the […]

Every-time I"m in New York City I see these tall, strong, ambitious young men striding forcefully around. Arrogant, intelligent, handsome and deliciously focused. Every-time I get upset, almost to tears, that these men are wasted on the financial sector when we so badly need their ambition in Agriculture. Yes, we have a strong young farmers […]

We've already shared a post from the blog Civil Eats, but now the site has officially launched!  Congrats to all involved - a great resource for foodies, greenhorns, and sustainably-minded folk in general. Below is the press release about the launch for the site, but click here for  an exciting series of posts about Young […]

As you may know, The Greenhorns were in West Virginia recently, filming and hanging out with fabulous young farmers. Here's a great mention in the West Virginia Farmers' Market Association December Newsletter, by one of the farmers we filmed, Joel Wolpert. Quite evocative... The Greenhorns: Documentary Films Barbour County Farmers submitted by Joel Wolpert My […]

This is a great opportunity for young farmers, particularly those who might want to farm in urban areas.  And there is still time to sign up for the January training! Growing Power's founder and CEO, Will Allen, was recently awarded a MacArthur fellowship. "From the Ground Up" Growing Power Training "Growing Your Community Food System" […]

There's so much information on the web, so many webpages and widgets to distract or engage us...Here's something that we think is worth your time - The Oakland Institute. The Greenhorns heartily recommends their site for food politics news and briefings, and much more. Right now, there's a great policy brief on the Food Crisis […]

Here she is singing The Little Red Hen... Click Here May your New Year's Eve be filled with good food, friends, & music!

Great opportunity for wannabe greenhorns... The Poughkeepsie Farm Project seeks farm and program interns for spring of 2009! Do you want to be a farmer, sustainable agriculture educator, or community food advocate? Poughkeepsie Farm Project's Farming for the City program provides interns with weekly workshop style trainings and field trips, hands on experience growing food […]

This is a great opportunity - submit proposals for The Second Annual Rural Heritage Institute at Sterling College... Food, Farms, and Community: Rural America's Local Food Renaissance June 16-18, 2009 Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT Panel, workshop, presentation, and roundtable proposals are solicited for The Second Annual Rural Heritage Institute at Sterling College, a three-day […]

Introducing the 2nd edition of the Greenhorns Guidebook for Beginning Farmers, available in an easily downloadable 40 page pdf! A book for the fierce protagonists of soil fertility, the rosy cheeked muscle of the new American countryside. Enjoy, weigh in, spread far and wide. The Greenhorns Guide for Beginning Farmers: greenhorns-guidebook

Here's an excerpt of a letter from the Friends of the Farm Campaign about a terrific program training veterans in organic farming. Please take a look at Archi's Acres Veterans Sustainable Agricultural Training (VSAT), an innovative program helping veterans in transition right now - in very concrete ways. This progressive small scale organic farm training […]

Three members of the Hudson Valley Biodynamic Group, Steffen Schneider, Mac Mead and Malcolm Gardner, will be leading a four-day seminar on Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture Course at the Pfeiffer Center in Chestnut Ridge, NY. For details on the course, including how to sign up, click here

Hello all, My name is Jacob Slosberg, and I am a student at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. I am current an undergrad in the B.Sc. Global Resource Systems program focusing on Agricultural and Environmental Studies. I am 21 years old and have been involved in sustainable, […]

Sandor Katz, fermentation guru, author of Wild Fermentation, and Greenhorns Advisor is coming to New York!  Sandor will make three appearances in New York this January... January 10, Third Root Community Health Center, Brooklyn January 11, Just Food, Brooklyn January 12, Natural Gourmet Institute, Manhattan You can find details on how to sign up for […]

Here's a great post on the Green Fork Blog (the blog of the Eatwell Guide) about the recent Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns.  The Greenhorns attended, along with dozens of inspiring, and inspired, young farmers. A New Crop of Young Farmers December 10th, 2008 by chelsea There's a budding social movement underway and it's […]

Here's the first installment of some notes on the Greenhorns' recent trip to Appalachia! From Severine... "The Greenhorns have just returned from a whirlwind, and quite blizzardy tour of Appalachia and Georgia. Over the course of 9 days we visited: Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia and we got rained out of Tennessee […]

Howdy fellow young farmers, This upcoming season, my partner & I have the privilege of stewarding a small piece of land nestled in the Puget Sound. Island Meadow is a previously full-time organic farm nestled in the hills on Vashon Island, located just outside of town & a short ferry ride to Seattle. The owners […]

Fantastic article about young farmer Christy Raymond, who founded White Barn Farm this year... The Boston Globe, November 27, 2008 "If there are ghosts that walk the Raymond home - if they roam the rooms of this 18th-century farmhouse in Wrentham, or its barn and fields - perhaps they approve of the change that has […]

Just received - You can sign this live petition effort to encourage President-Elect Obama to consider a Sustainable Choice for our next Secretary of Agriculture. The letter includes 6 recommendations for Secretary of Agriculture, and is being circulated on a number of blogs, including the New York Times. The letter is at: http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/ Read on […]

Here's a link to a petition you can send to your congressional representatives asking them to put a halt to subsidies for biofuels: http://www.change.org/foodfirst/actions#letter_form If you're looking for some inspiration, read on for Severine's letter.  And just for fun, here's another of Brooke Budner's drawings.

We've just heard from the Local Food Project at Ailie, a fabulous food & farming initiative in Warrenton, VA.  The The project consists of an organic culinary garden which supplies fresh, sustainable herbs, vegetables, fruits and flowers to the kitchen of The Airlie Foundation & Conference Center. (Read more about the foundation here.) This January 9th, […]

Here's an oldie but goodie (Feb 08) from The Lacrosse Tribune...  New farmers, The Land Stewardship Project of the upper midwest, etc. Back to the farm: Program aims to beef up farming in the state By JOE ORSO | La Crosse Tribune . Andrew and Ana Skemp were on the path to the heights of […]

We Greenhorns love farming, and food, and bikes.  We like biking from farm to farm, and we think bikes, like farming, are the future.  So, naturally, we love this latest beautiful piece of machinery from Xtracycle: The Radish. And in their November Newsletter: they also give some advice on how to use the box your […]

The Greenhorns' planned visit to Williams Island Farm (A small farm situated on an island in the middle of the Tennessee River!) got rained out, but these cool cats are worth a look... Check out their blog at http://williamsislandfarm.blogspot.com/ They're raising lambs and chickens and cultivating veggies for a CSA.

Happy Thanksgiving from The Greenhorns!  We hope you spent today eating delicious, local, sustainable, farm-fresh fare with good family and friends (tell us about it if you did!).  Now that we're all feeling warm and fuzzy and full, why not spend tomorrow taking a nice walk, digesting, sitting by woodstoves and not shopping! Doesn't that […]

Severine is in Appalachia, filming rosy-cheeked (because it's chilly) greenhorns. There will be much more on that adventure later, but to whet your appetite here's an article about a pair of young farmers who started Jenny Jack Sun Farm in Pine Mountain, Georgia: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/392/story/516586.html

We'll be doing this, maybe you should too... Building New Farmer Incubation Programs Join us for a Webinar on December 2 Time: 8:50 AM - 12:00 PM EST

This came to us via Comfood...looks like another great film. If you're in Washington, DC area, don't miss this powerful and emotional film about an L.A. community fighting to save their garden and their livelihood... Wednesday, November 19th a fundraiser for the 7th Street Garden, a community food project in the nations capital. (www.7thstreetgarden.squarespace.com)

Young Farmers Conference: Reviving the Culture of Agriculture December 4, 2008 @ 9:00 AM - December 5, 2008 @ 1:00 PM Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture presents The Young Farmers Conference: Reviving the Culture of Agriculture, a program especially for young and new farmers. While the number of American farmers aged 55 or […]

Greenhorns' ally The Eatwell Guide has teamed up with Consumers Union to launch a Thanksgiving Challenge - it's simple, and we think young farmers should rock this one. Here's the deal: This Thanksgiving, try to incorporate at least one local, sustainable or organic item into your Thanksgiving feast. We know this will be easy for […]

We're looking for cool maps to post on the website of our mapping project, Serve Your Country Food!  Here's a great one that represents which areas of the country are becoming more democratic (blue) or more republican (red,) based the November 4th election.   Have maps that you think we should post?  Email us!  Send an […]