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read up: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/weekinreview/24food.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=kim%20severson&st=cse

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 table. Corporate Team-Building Workshops: Leadership and communication skills are put to the test during essential farming activities on a working farm. Farmer for a Day: […]

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 as a radical action, looking specifically about how farming can be a means to restructure communities, a way to redefine the relationship between humans and […]

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

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 shovel. Cuts fade and reappear, garnishing her knuckles. Her palms tell the story of the day’s work, etching out the lines with black soil to […]

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 Government Action to Limit Such Use - May 3, 2011 WASHINGTON -- The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming today launched "Moms for Antibiotic Awareness," a […]

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 Chelan (see above).   More information available at www.thesunshinefarm.com/employment.  Pay starts at $9/hour.  On-farm housing is available. Contact Rachel Evans The Sunshine Farm & Tunnel […]

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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. For nearly 70 years, the number of US farms has been declining, while the average age of farmers has been rising — it's now 57 […]

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 also looking for bloggers for the NYFC blog. Interested?  Email [email protected]

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 will again offer the eight-week Summer Practicum in Sustainable Farming and Local Food Systems from June 1st to July 25th, 2011. The Summer Practicum is […]

Essex Farm is featured! Check out the video on Kickstarter

Joe's Orchard [vimeo http://vimeo.com/23123364] you may hear Joe on the radio with us one day soon.

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 their parent's plan until age 26. This provision is important. It alone has the potential to cover over 2 million of our nation's 18.9 million […]

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 dark purplish fruit that grows in clusters of 12 on handsome green shrubs. When eaten off the vine it’s bitter—for good reason, many call it […]

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 sized enterprises, as well as sustainable development. The concept is illustrated in the figure below, that shows centralised, decentralised and distributed economies respectively." At the […]

[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 agriculture through urban backyard farming. We create small sustainable organic method farms at your backdoor & provide fresh, in-season produce from your farm to your […]

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 from Anne regarding the future of the market. For over 70 years, the Essex Street Market has been feeding the Lower East Side. This dynamic […]

 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 position Position Summary: The Head Gardener reports to the Director of Ranch Operations, and is part of the Ranch Management Team which also includes a Ranch […]

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 Stabenow. That is why the first official hearing about the 2012 Farm Bill is being held by Senator Stabenow in East Lansing, MI on Tuesday, May 31st, […]

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

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 support local farmers. She grows food wants to create a sisterhood of support between women consumers and women farmers. Can we count on you to join in? […]

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

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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 sell sell sell. here is one online tool for that: http://www.smallfarmcentral.com/

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 joining the movement. Recently, the local news highlighted Austin area farms and a young couple taking the leap from farmhands to farmers.  Skip Connett and […]

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

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!

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 left! Please apply (and encourage friends to do so) if you are interested in an engaging, challenging, and immersive experience at Mildred’s Lane this summer. […]

[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 scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000). Marcin Jakubowski […]

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 findings and recommendations of a national working group on farm financing, whose report Farm Financing: Opportunities to Improve the Financial and Business Environment for Small […]

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 feeling that their sector is a canary in the coal mine of the global food system. here is a small project that is quite hopeful,  […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MW3MsoiOVw&feature=player_embedded] there is a festival coming right up in San Francisco! Check it out.

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 future. Our focus this season will be on growing staple crops such as small grains, dry beans, onions, corn and potatoes. We need a farm […]

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

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 recently mine has had to do with Succession. the succession of local farm operations, that grow more sophisticated, more logisticated, more formalized and diversified with […]

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 for individuals who are contemplating starting a farm operation to receive valuable training through the Beginning Farmer Institute. The program is also open to those […]

26 Acre Organic Farm. * Irrigated * Class I soils * 10 Acres / Berries * Small Orchard / Cherries / Apples * 2 Dwellings * 7 Outbuildings / LG Processing Shop w/walkin cooler * Central Willamette Valley Location / Off I-5   1 hour from Portland / Eugene / Coast / Mountains * Greenhouses * […]

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 by chefs from upstate New York and the big city. Indulge in their pungent and therapeutic pleasure at the first annual Ramp Fest in Hudson […]

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