The rising cost of food
read up: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/weekinreview/24food.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=kim%20severson&st=cse
Support Tierra Miguel Farm!
Over the past 11 years, Tierra Miguel Foundation (located in the Pauma Valley, CA) has contributed: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Bringing seasonal organic produce directly from our farm to your […]
Resistance Is Fertile podcast!
Check out a new podcast project from Debbie Lehmann and Kelly Nichols, two interns at Riverhill Farm in Nevada City, CA called Resistance Is Fertile. This podcast will be a forum to explore farming […]
cool herbal tea growing farm
Honey Locust FarmHouse: http://www.honeylocustfarmhouse.com/HLproducts.htm Anis Hyssop & Honeybush, Egyptian Mint & Green Tea, Tres Limon, Ginger Mint , Peach & Black Tea, Chocolate Mint & Rooibos, Elderberry Assam, Chai Mate, NamLanh&RauRam... oh la la! so much wonderfulness
from our friend tasha
An essay from her blog Brown. Girl. Farming. Her hands are cracked, reeling from the whipping wind. Split, torn and dotted with splinters, numb to the impact of the wooden […]
mommy power
Moms Across America Uniting to Preserve Effectiveness of Antibiotics Poll of 800+ Moms Shows More than Three Out of Four Concerned about Use of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production, Support […]
it's not too late to get a farm job!
The Sunshine Farm is looking for a farm crew member to help out in our vegetable fields. Live and work as part of a diverse, progressive farm in beautiful Lake […]
cnbc on young farmers
Life On The Farm Attracts Green-Spirited Entrepreneurs 26 Apr 2011 | 12:06 PM ET A growing interest in small-scale agriculture is beginning to reverse a decades-long flight from the farm. […]
hey.
Looking to get involved in the National Young Farmers' Coalition? Guess what...WE are looking for collaborators, particularly when it comes to reading, evaluating, interpreting and accessing policy documents. We are […]
the farm as college campus
Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming offers popular summer course for college students Ithaca, NY – In cooperation with the Environmental Studies Program at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Groundswell […]
Small Farm Rising
Essex Farm is featured! Check out the video on Kickstarter
4th generation orchard
Joe's Orchard [vimeo http://vimeo.com/23123364] you may hear Joe on the radio with us one day soon.
health insurance toolkit
Getting Covered is a campaign to inform young adults and their families about dependent coverage, the provision in the new health care law that allows young adults to stay on […]
sawmill hollow family farm
these farmers aim to reintroduce Aronia berries to America! Intrigued? Here's some great coverage from The Atlantic. Aronia Berries: The Next Acai? by James McWilliams The aronia berry is a […]
economic theory
Here's a wikipedia bit on Distributed Economies: "There is no official definition for DE, but it could be described as a regional approach to promote innovation by small and medium […]
your backyard farmer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIUfeKt_LwQ&feature=related] The farmer comes to you, within the Portland, Gresham, Lake Oswego and Milwaukie areas. Pioneered in March of 2006, Your Backyard Farmer is an innovative approach to community supported […]
save the essex market!
Many of you know Essex Market as the home of Saxelby Cheesemongers, the little stand run by our friend Anne Saxelby and featured in The Greenhorns film. Here's a note […]
Job opening at Slide Ranch, CA
Position: Head Gardener Available : May 1, 2011 (posting date: April 28, 2011) Residence: One bedroom house Compensation: $17,000 - $19,000/ year + housing, health benefits, food Position: Full Time, Resident […]
The Michigan Hearing Invitation/Alert
In Michigan you have a unique opportunity to influence the Farm Bill's potential to support organic agriculture because the Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee is your own Senator Debbie […]
A Big Thank You, and Building Support for Farms and Food
severine boardrooming it for young farmers in albany with baseball cap american farmland trust lobby day recorded by anna mumford http://newyork.farmland.org/no-farms-no-food/no-farms-no-food-rally-lobby-day-multimedia
she grows food
Women are shaping the future of food. The number of female-owned farms is soaring and women are responsible for 80% of consumer spending. Local agriculture can remain viable if we […]
media as portal into agriculture
here, a few states are passing laws to prevent media from penetrating factory farms http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/opinion/27wed3.html?_r=1&ref=editorials
superstar darby
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAvLON2AHA]
by farmers, for farmers
making it happen with marketing. for all you feisty young things biking across the country and change the world - when you settle down on your own farms you'll have to […]
austin news
Austin has young farmers too! With the scorching heat and blazing sun, farmers in Central Texas wear their farmers’ tan year round. But that’s not keeping young Austinites from […]
csa 2.0
lots of these mommy-helpful CSA type buying clubs popping up these days. http://www.field-goods.com/how-to-order.html Cool to see entrepreneurship, cooperation, buyers collectives. LOCAL FOOD: the scaffold of small business development
WAYFC spring farmers social
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 […]
nature art camp for farmy artists
From the folks at Mildred's Lane: We are happy to announce that many of our spots for fellows are full for this year, but we do have a select few […]
marcin on ted talks
[ted id=1122] Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from […]
farm financing webinars
FARM FINANCING: Helping New Farmers Scale the Capital Access Barriers Monday, May 9 from 12pm - 1pm Dorothy Suput, founder and executive director of The Carrot Project, will summarize the […]
coffee csa
Nora of Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters in Hudson says that the specialty coffee market is screaming about global climate change, crop failures, drought, supply chain dysfunction, and in general the […]
bicycle film festival
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MW3MsoiOVw&feature=player_embedded] there is a festival coming right up in San Francisco! Check it out.
farm manager on guemes island
Gaia Rising Farm on Guemes Island is beginning its first season selling shares as a member supported farm whose goal is helping transition our community to a less energy intensive […]
"the greenhorns" nyc premiere
with The National Young Farmers' Coalition get your tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/172440 and RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205789559451617&ref=ts
grain situations
lots of times people wonder how this local food movement is going to 'Feed the masses' Those of you here likely have your own favorite answer to this question, but […]
mentorship in new england
the deadline to apply is April 30th. Beginning Farmer Institute A Partnership between New England Farmers Union and National Farmers Union New England Farmers Union is providing a unique opportunity […]
farm for sale
26 Acre Organic Farm. * Irrigated * Class I soils * 10 Acres / Berries * Small Orchard / Cherries / Apples * 2 Dwellings * 7 Outbuildings / LG […]
ramp it up baby
Celebrate the ramp! The first forageable green, spring delicacy, wild onion of myth and mystery. Abundant in the Hudson Valley, the ramp will be at the center of original dishes created […]
traditional skills training
at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH among the skills you could be learning: Traditional Blacksmithing Introductory Tinsmithing Oxen Basics for the Teamster and Team Logging with Draft Animals