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The NOFA-NY Education Team pleased to announce our newest addition to the NOFA-NY Beginning Farmer Summer Workshop Series.  This event will take place on three farms in the Ithaca, NY […]

There are ways for individuals to build their wealth. These strategies would pay particular benefits in rural America. http://www.dailyyonder.com/building-wealth-rural-america/2011/04/18/3282

a pretty sweet map featuring tons of outdoor art projects, including one tent-making one by greenhorns. come streetfest with us on may 7 and share in the tent-making effort!http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/map

here is a great tool~ http://calshort-lamp.cit.cornell.edu/bjorkman/covercrops/decision-tool.php

Tilth Producers and WSU Small Farms Program 2011 Early Season Farm Walks Cost:  $10 for Tilth Producers members, students and interns. $15 for non-members For more information: [email protected] or call […]

Success to the Farmer Come all jolly fellows who delight in being mellow Attend unto me, I beseech you For a pint when it's quiet, come lads let us try […]

Have you felt the glory of the No-Strap Kneepads yet? Works beautifully with those double front pants from Carhartt or Duluth Trading Co. The foam pads could be easily farmhacked. […]

These folks have written up a nice breakdown on the greens (not grains) that they grow to feed poultry.  Useful information for small-scale poultry raisers! Growing Forage for Poultry This […]

catch the wind like a May catkin does... Join us for a foraging bike ride! And drop five bucks to see Boston premiere afterwards. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/170762

and the price has been lowered to $89,000. Amazingly enough we are selling Foundation Farm. We are "rebooting" our farming dream-machine yet another time with a new farm projected out […]

Greenhorn Olivia Sargent just wrote this piece for Civil Eats.  How do you fit into our food economy? Changing Roles in the Local Food Economy The DIY craze has shacked […]

Wild Hive Farm has an opening. Miller Trainee Position Learn to operate a stone grist milling operation. No milling experience necessary. Mechanical aptitude and farming experience necessary. The candidate will […]

Don’t Bank On It – the product of a collaborative effort between Farm Aid, Food & Water Watch, the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) and the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA). As […]

The Real Food Challenge, a national student network and campaign for just and sustainable food, is looking for an energetic person committed to student empowerment, food, and justice to become our National […]

For Washington but applicable for those fighting this good fight in other states Including resources on selling to schools: http://www.wafarmtoschool.org/Page/14/Farm-to-School-Farms

But she's a little off if she thinks all those farms are small businesses... http://news.thehandthatfeedsus.org/e_article002073711.cfm?x=bjld4nP,bgBrJVB4 "Can we feed a growing world population, fuel our economy, and still offer wholesome food […]

a good recipe suggestion out of the essex farm newsletter: "We’re forecasting the end of the root cellar produce in the next two months, looking forward to the green shoots of […]

grow up. show up. dress up. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/wanted-frack-busters-costume-preferred/

Spoils: Extraordinary Harvest is a short documentary that captures intimate portraits of 3 New Yorkers on a journey through the culture of dumpster diving, illuminating a practice as old as agriculture. […]

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Matthew Garrett, a 24-year-old farmer, is transitioning a 40 acre tobacco farm to organic produce. He's in the second year of the three-year transition requirement to certify a farm organic. […]

greenhorns are looking for a potter for a project at a very special museum Do you mix silicas with muds and have fun squishing them around? Do you dream of […]

The Sustainable Ag Tool Lending Library-- George Oneal, a young farm, started it, and it's ONLY for young, beginning farmers, none of which who could afford equipment on their own. […]

Midwest Organic Farming Retreat Prepares Veterans for Careers on America’s Farms Now Accepting Applications from Vets for July 2011 “Coming Home to Farm” Retreat in Iowa  April 12, 2011 – […]

now here's a great idea... weed dating. Finally! What you've dreamed of...the details for the Weed Dating. Cost $25 Total capacity-50 participants Gay? Straight? We don't discriminate! You must RSVP […]

the 3rd annual, coming right up! The Farm-to-Consumer Foundation and the Foundation for Consumer Free Choice will co-host the Third Annual Raw Milk Symposium: Producer-Consumer-Choice in Bloomington, Minnesota. The event […]

From Ancient Giants, Finding New Life to Help the Planet By JESSE McKINLEY,  April 9, 2011 in the New York Times FORT DICK, Calif. — Shooting skyward like a jagged […]

While agri-players, including some organic ones, look to play at the carbon table... via campesina has made a different decision. Useful to know about. La Via Campesina opposes the inclusion […]

Vilsack seeks biotech/organic co-existence, not a USDA-dictated solution By Jon H. Harsch © Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, April 6 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told organic producers Wednesday that […]

Southern Vermont Beginning Farmers Summit Saturday April 30th, 2011 at Bennington College 10am-12pm The Southern Vermont Beginning Farmers Summit is a free event for young and beginning farmers (both practicing […]

Battery Park landing an urban farm The city's Parks Department will devote an acre of land to cultivating vegetables as an educational experience. By Lisa Fickenscher, April 8,2011 for Crain's […]

An interesting letter to The Telegraph, with some comments following.  Do you have thoughts on this issue?  Write an essay. we'll post it. Young farmers with nowhere to farm The […]

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Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On This inaugural exhibition at Chapel Hill’s new temporary art space at 523 E. Franklin Street, Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On, explores […]

The annual farm tour at Nash's Organic Produce in Sequim is coming up. Special discount price for farmers if you call into the PCC Farmland Trust office to sign up […]

Smartphones on the Farm: An Introduction to Apps for Agriculture Wednesday, April 6, 2011; 7:00 PM ­ 8:30 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 If […]

there's a workshop coming up in Santa Rosa, CA and more to follow around the country.  We'll keep you in the loop! Make Money as an Urban Farmer! May 1st […]

First Seed Lending Library Opens in San Francisco with Two Initial Locations in Potrero Branch of San Francisco Public Library and Hayes Valley Farm Next Seed Saving class is on […]

Partner wanted for new farm We’re looking for a farmer / farm couple with expertise in any of vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, medicinal herbs and / or livestock to help […]