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did you know we are on the air at WGXC every Sunday at 6am? WGXC: HANDS-ON RADIO is the new community radio station for Greene and Columbia counties, NY. WGXC transmits 3,300 watts at 78,000 potential listeners in the two counties, and southern Albany County, on 90.7-FM. WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio […]

at Sylvestor Manor.   Young Farmers ages 8-12 and Farm Instructors in Training ages 13-16. Excellent! Looking for a greener summer program for your kids? Enroll your children ages 8-12 for a week or more in our Young Farmers Program. They’ll learn about the cycles of planting and harvesting; tend vegetable, flower and herb beds; care […]

On January 17, internationally recognized plant pathologist Dr. Don Huber, wrote a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack warning of the discovery of a new pathogen and a possible link between Roundup Ready® (GMO) corn and soybeans and severe reproductive problems in livestock as well as widespread crop failure. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed9b-JIAa1Q&feature=player_embedded#at=11] Less than 3 weeks later, […]

Glynwood is calling for nominations for its annual Harvest Awards. In its ninth year, the Harvest Awards recognize farmers, entrepreneurs, organizations, and businesses across the United States that demonstrate innovation and leadership in support of regional agriculture and sustainable food systems. Please help us recognize outstanding work from around the country by nominating someone whose […]

Here's a great article passed on to us by greenhorn Emma Young. The Savory Institute: Healing the World’s Grasslands, Rangelands and Savannas This is the first of a two-part interview with Allan Savory, President and Co-Founder of The Savory Institute, an organization based in Zimbabwe that works with farmers, pastoralists, and ranchers to restore degraded lands […]

Jenna of Cold Antler Farm is hosting a workshop that will get you started -  August 7 at the farm. It will be held on Sunday, August 7th. The 4-hour workshop will include an hour lunch, (10AM-3PM) and explain the basics of setting up a small rabitry for personal use. You'll learn the basics of […]

Biodynamic Association Launches Scholarship Fund for Beginning Farmers May 16, 2011, East Troy, WI – Beginning farmers who want to learn the principles and practices of biodynamic agriculture have a new source of support – the Biodynamic Scholarship Fund. Responding to a growing interest in farming in general, and biodynamics in particular, the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association has launched […]

Women and farming: A nurturing nature By Dan Pilar for the Des Moines Register, May 7 2011 Here's a Mother's Day question for Mom: Is there a maternal instinct that makes women, long the caregivers in most cultures, better suited than men to care for Iowa's 24 million acres of rich farmland? The question and […]

Our friends at Sweet Deliverance in NYC just released their book Tart & Sweet: One Hundred Canning and Pickling Recipes for the Modern Kitchen. It's never too early to think about preserving the harvest!

The National Young Farmers' Coalition seeks a "Calendar Intern!" We need a reliable, enthusiastic person to help fill the NYFC events calendar full of young farmer events, from coast-to-coast. It would require probably a few hours to start, and then no more than an hour a week after that. This is a super low-key and […]

The NOW & THEN FILM SERIES presents: YOUNG FARMER NIGHT - Thursday, May 19th Starts at - 6pm>>> Seeds & starts Exchange - Bring your extra garden starts & seeds to swap or sell!  Anything farm related would be great! Followed by - 7pm  >>> FILM: The Greenhorns explores the lives of America's young farming community - its […]

Our friend zaac chaves is giving a talk in boston on May 24th on mushroom foraging, hydro-electric power, trophy hunting/using bicycles that are scavanged and made by local frame builders. exploring space and the northern arctic is the extreme mission of the explorer's club. the furthest in the frontier that people can get. much like farming. the […]

La Cocina - an incubator kitchen in San Francisco. a model to be replicated across the country need a kitchen? check it OUT

Nice student-made video short about our recent event in BOONE NC http://www.theappalachianonline.com/videos/viewvideo/575/news/greenhorns-young-farmer-mixer

Farm Internship in Costa Rica: Finca Luna Nueva is looking for an intern for a biodynamic ginger and turmeric farm that produces for the company New Chapter. Click here for details. Apprenticeship in Ecuador: Seeking an apprentice who wants to live simply, in a lush and fertile place, while learning basic biodynamic farming skills. Click here for details. Apprentice Sought: Remembrance Farm […]

Pasture Division Director for Belcampo Farms Belcampo Farms is a 10,000-acre organic farm that is building a slaughter facility and a group of old-fashioned butcher shops to market its products. The butcher shops, scheduled to launch in 2012, will offer an old-world experience to California consumers interested in purchasing high-quality, healthy, and great tasting meats. Belcampo […]

newly in paperback! the dirty life - life and love at essex farm, by kristin kimball

Water Fight! Fracking, Food, Art & Economy - May 16 2:00 - 5:30 pm Doors Open at 1:30 5:30 - 7:00 pm Local Food and Discussions Tishman Auditorium, The New School (66 West 12th Street, New York 10011) Parsons The New School for Design and The Baum Forum present an action-oriented conference to energize and educate the […]

[vimeo=http://www.vimeo.com/23573511] from beautiful morven; nice work from andrew plotsky of farmrun

Help Beginning Farmers Develop Successful Businesses!   The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project assists beginning farmers, many of whom are socially and economically disadvantaged, to establish successful farm business enterprises. New Entry is seeking a full-time, year-round Technical Assistance and Incubator Farm Coordinator to conduct New Entry training programs, provide technical assistance (TA) to beginning farmers […]

HOW YOU CAN STAND BETWEEN EXXON MOBIL AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER WHAT'S HAPPENING The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the federal/state agency that regulates the 13,539 square miles that stretch from New York’s Delaware County south to Delaware Bay and includes much of Sullivan County, is scheduled to vote […]

damn do we love debbie roos. She is an extension agent down in North carolina  and a hero in that role. When we talk about 'service providers' for farmers she is one who exemplifies that. ------- Come join the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Chatham County Beekeepers' Association for our […]

Just wanted to put the word out there that we are looking for another addition to our farm's crew. This is a work trade position that offers room, board, a strong educational component, and a few extra perks including natural beekeeping, fiber spinning, and instructor guided yoga. Pictures of the farm and more information about […]

There are thousands of old timber frame barns around the country in need of the kind of love this one is getting at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough, ME. Check out all the photos HERE

Looking for insight on starting or improving your urban farm?  Join NOFA-NY and fellow urban farmers on June 12th in Queens, NY to delve into the challenging yet rewarding business of rooftop farming & production for urban markets.  The Brooklyn Grange is a working farm on a rooftop in Long Island City, Queens, New York.  […]

Our friends at  MOFGA are hosting and/or sponsoring these events.  Diversity your operation with livestock! May 14: Livestock 101 ­ Basic Livestock Production 9 am to 4 pm held at the American Legion, 21 College Ave. in Waterville. Sponsored by: University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Department of Agriculture and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners […]

don't forget!  The deadline for these helpful workshops is approaching...May 18 deadline to register for the May 23rd event! Chainsaws 101:  Safe Use and Maintenance for Beginners Learn to use and maintain chainsaws safely at two workshops in Essex, VT coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project and the Women’s Ag Network.  Workshop instructor […]

Highfields Composting General Manager Position Lead the way to building regenerative farm and food systems Overview The General Manager will manage the daily operations of the organization, including financial planning and management, staff and program oversight and support, client relations, program oversight, contract development and management, and administrative functions.   The General Manager reports directly to […]

Some of these people came by our tent-making station at the new museum streetfest on Saturday. If you like costumes, rivers, chanting, paddle boards, and pageantry then check this one out: Hudson River Pageant ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE ART EVENT TO RESTORE THE HUDSON RIVER & ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. SIGN UP to wear spectacular costumes or help direct […]

We need ewe! Bonnieview Sheep Dairy in VT is seeking a summer intern for 2011. You'll learn all aspects of sheep dairying, including pasture management, milking, cheesemaking and aging. Other jobs may include helping with haying, the garden and the chickens. There is a swimming pond, and a converted horse barn to live in for […]

COME ONE COME ALL Young and beginning farmers, gardeners, food crafters, agrarians young and old TO THE PIONEER VALLEY YOUNG FARMERS MIXER! FRIDAY MAY 13, 6-10PM At the Blue Barn at Bramble Hill Farm Food, drink, seed/tool/labor swapping, film, music, storytelling. Please RSVP to the wonderful Ms. Tamsin at [email protected] and bring a friend!! And something […]

Ciclovida:Lifecycle Film, Music & Bike Tour 2011 You are invited to Ciclovida in Turners Falls, MA! • Bike-powered projection of the award-winning documentary film, Ciclovida: Lifecycle! • Engaging speakers from a Brazilian landless movement! • Energized speakers from local climate justice and food justice movements! • Live musical performances! You are invited to a pedal-powered […]

The festival  just wrapped up, but here's a nice piece about the event by current Hudson Valley Seed Library intern Alison Baitz. The Art of Food and Farming The New Museum may be known to most thanks to its impressive architecture – the cool translucent-stacked-boxes-like building is a welcome visual treat on the Bowery. But […]

Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center is looking for a counselor to work full time at their Kids! Can! Cook! summer day camp.  There's lots of hands-on farm time with this position, greenhorns!  Read the full job description HERE.

Wednesday! Download the press release HERE or read it below. National Young Farmers’ Coalition Panel to Follow Screening New York, NY – The Greenhorns, a national grassroots nonprofit organization of young farmers, will premiere their much anticipated documentary film, “The Greenhorns,” at Anthology Film Archives on May 11 from 7 to 9 PM. The screening […]

On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns from NY Times By TESS TAYLOR Published: May 3, 2011 ON a sunny Sunday just before the vernal equinox, Rich Ciotola set out to clear a pasture strewn with fallen wood. The just-thawed field was spongy, with grass sprouting under tangled branches. Late March and early April are farm-prep […]

"Our Food, Our Right" is a publication of the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) based in Seattle, WA. The publication combines hands-on tools for change with community recipes and political awareness to engage YOU in joining in the struggle for food justice! "Our Food, Our Right" promotes community knowledge […]

lets watch and see how this goes. so far I'm deeply skeptical http://www.foodandagpolicy.org/

maybe. but let's be wary. "This week, Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and the chairman of the House Budget Committee, told reporters, “We shouldn’t be giving corporate farms, these large agribusiness companies, subsidies. I strongly believe that.” His budget proposal would take $30 billion out of the farm program over the next decade. Representative Eric Cantor, […]

The Washington Young Farmers Coalition is hosting a Spring Farmers Social! Sunday, May 22nd 2pm crop mob, 6pm potluck @ Dog Mountain Farm 7026 Tolt Highlands Road NE, Carnation, WA Join us for an afternoon & evening of mingling, working together & celebrating spring!Crop mob! Learn how and help construct a 26’ x 48’ greenhouse all […]