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"The Wonders of Raw Milk", a cheesemaking class this Saturday at Hawthorne Valley Farm from 1-4pm.  Cheesemaker Peter Kindel will cover how to make a few fresh, raw milk cheeses (including […]

An article on the all--but-vanished herbs and vegetables of our colonial predecessors: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/garden/ye-olde-kitchen-garden.html?ref=style

FORAGE: #2 in The Seed Circus Series, Oakland Museum of CA Sunday July 10th, 2011 / 1:00 pm Foraging has provided sustenance to all kinds of communities of all kinds […]

fire roasted catering. check out a video of some swell summer roasts - http://vimeo.com/11621973

Binnewater Farm Project is seeking a grower for the 2012 season to start up a new 60-100 member CSA farm, located on 6 acres of land owned by Legacy Farm […]

Remember. Big things start small. Large, young farmers at risk if land prices tumble A rise in borrowings for buying tractors has raised the threat of agriculture insolvencies if the […]

  Afghanistan’s Last Locavores By PATRICIA McARDLE MANY urban Americans idealize “green living” and “slow food.” But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is […]

August 12-14 @ UMass Amherst Register Now Online!  Workshops in the Beginning Farmer Track: 4) Farmer Maintenance: Ergonomics & Self-care – Lydia Irons & Rachel Scherer 5) Getting Started with […]

young farmer doesn't like the climate of agriculture... Levees Save a Farmhouse, but Farming Is Still a Risk By Campbell Robertson; June 20, 2011 in the New York Times

Oregon Tilth is hiring for two positions, check them out! Certification Directorhttp://tilth.org/about/job-openings/certification-director Inspector/Reviewerhttp://tilth.org/about/job-openings/inspector-reviewer ----------------------------- PCC Farmland Trust hiring Conservation Project Manager PCC Farmland Trust (PCC FT) is seeking an experienced, […]

Penn State Extension is presently accepting candidates for an Extension Educator for Northampton County who will function as a team member of the Penn State Extension Horticulture, Entrepreneurship and Livestock […]

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                Join the Washington Young Farmers Coalition and Full Circle Farmstead for a summer social and crop mob! Located on 30 acres of […]

follow the blog of a group of engaged bike riders, as they take to the streets of New England on their bikes, raising their voices and urging all generations to join […]

  Learn more here: http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-seed-library-20110618,0,5748959,full.story and here: http://slola.blogspot.com/

New Spirit Farmland Partnerships is accepting applications for their newly launched Organic Farm Succession Program. This program helps young farmers by allowing them to take over a mature certified organic […]

Advice for Young Farmers from Swanton Berry Owners by Vera Chang In a recent talk for Seattle Arts & Lectures, Wendell Berry told aspiring young farmers to “listen to the […]

Invitation for Input & Proposals Deadline: July 1, 2011 Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference  Strengthening Community Seed Systems January 19 - 21, 2012 Port Townsend, Washington Organic Seed Alliance invites you […]

rabble is rising in my veins. can everyone please call again call again let them know its crazy/ sev From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: The agriculture appropriations bill the House […]

From NCPR: Beginning and veteran farmers will gather in the Champlain Valley on Saturday for a chance to network, learn and socialize. The event, at the historic Whallonsburg Grange in […]

We love these guys, and what a great idea! Let's help make it happen. Farmstead Meatsmith, an animal processing business on Vashon Island, WA is campaigning to fund a series of […]

We need to see this more and more.  If you are part of a land trust that doesn't have an explicit goal of getting young farmers, or active farmers of […]

You may remember Anthill Farm from a mixer we held there last year.  Check out their new website - it's beautifully designed and a good model if you're working on […]

tomorrow!  There will abstracts available online after the event. 2011 UMaine Sustainable Agriculture Field Day Featuring Small Scale Vegetable Production Wednesday, June 29  –  5:00 to 7:30 pm University of […]

Help fund Anna Mumford's film about her family's Indiana Farm!  15 days to go on her kickstarter campaign. A year ago, inspired by the work I'd been doing with the […]

Cornell University's Vegetable MD Online a resource for vegetable farmers with a little crisis on their hands.

Internships Available at Rainbeau Ridge Farm 49 David’s Way Bedford Hills, NY 10507 Westchester County NY—one hour from NYC Positions are available, with possible housing and stipend, that will incorporate […]

A Facebook page wants to help. Understanding the Farm Bill The support for local farmers, fresh and healthy food, gardening, and farmers markets has reached new levels of enthusiasm. That […]

Deb Shoval, 33 year old farmer in northeast PA made the short film AWOL while running her CSA, Fertile Grounds http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/awol_sundance2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/movies/palm-springs-international-shortfest.html?_r=1&hpw

Antique Farm Tools.info What a collection!  There's much to learn from these tools.  Seed fiddle, anyone? Peter Charles Dorrington collected and restored over 750 antique farm tools between 1985 and […]

Join the Heritage Grain Conservancy July 14-15 for a Grain Festival sponsored by Northeast SARE to share seed and skills. In contrast to the corporate seed system with patented seed, […]

a film series: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/the-next-american-system/video-beyond-the-motor-city/939/

you can find us in in Hudson July 9 and in Brooklyn July 24!

Billy Bragg sang an electric version of an old english ballad about the DIGGERS and the uprising of the peasantry - "World Turned Upside Down" at this weekend's Clearwater festival in […]

this article in the NYtimes sheds some light: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/us/23crop.html?_r=2&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

Sunday, September 25 from 12 PM - 5 PM (upstate NY) Agrarian Acts, presented by NACL and The Greenhorns.   Come one, come all, to Agrarian Acts-- a contemporary county […]

First summer social for the New CT Farmers Alliance to include an illustrious farm tour, wood-fired pizza, drinks, and good times (and sparklers!).  Bring farmers friends and family. Tour: 4-7pm […]

greenhorns are hosting an agrarian children's book read-in at yale in october. here's one that might make the list. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/books/review/childrens-books-farmyard-beat-and-moo-moo-brown-cow-have-you-any-milk.html?_r=1&hpw

Join us for late season farm walks! Mark your calendar & visit our upcoming farm walk page to register. Here is the line up: Monday, June 27 - Templeton Farm, […]

pay heed. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/05/03/us/FLOOD.html?ref=mississippiriver these are profound images of agriculture being forced to absorb the overrun of the missisippi. Paving, channelling, developing wetlands. over tiling, distrurbing hydrology, climate change. The waters […]