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On april 19th, Sheepless will co-sponsor a screening of  The Greenhorns with The Loft @ UCSD and UCSD Earth Week. Join us Tuesday April 19th, 6:30pm, at The Loft @ UCSD for this awesome event. Guests will also be presented with local artist Jason McKenzie's short film "These Hands", honoring the beauty and the labor of creating food at […]

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a non-profit farm and education center located just 25 miles north of Manhattan in Pocantico Hills, New York. Stone Barns has an opening for a full-time Public Programs Manager. Supervised by the Public Programs Director, the Public Programs Manager will have primary responsibility for all on-going weekend programming, management of tours […]

As the daughter of WAND ( women's action for nuclear disarmament) c0- founder, I walked up the stairs of the basement every day to see this image: My mother and her collegues started a national non profit in livingrooms. They conducted calls with swirly telephone stretch cords across the kitchen with babies on their knees. […]

Gigi Stafne sent us this article that she recently wrote.  Have a read, greenhorns. Food Insecurity.  Maybe I should call it Homeland Food Insecurity. This is the precarious state of disrepair that occurs decades after voracious corporate agriculture has taken big bites out of local communities, leaving behind a trail of economic fallout, poor nutrition […]

In response to the overwhelming interest in a later summer start to our new Farmer Apprentice Program, we have changed the dates for 2011! To make this opportunity available to more stellar students, we will be condensing our 7 month curriculum into 5 months of intensive farming and learning. And, since we have shortened the […]

Much afoot in March for us young farmers, much underfoot too. Snowdrops from where I sit, and frisking squirrels shuffling acorn dregs. And geese flying south over the Hudson. And saucy springtime birdsong. And so many logistics, mis-matching bolts, awkward voltages. Spring is uncoiling, and we Greenhorns are in full gallop coordinating the COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION […]

Don't forget! We still have lots of goodies for sale, including our mini compendium of young farmer resources for land tenure aka "Land. Liberty. Sunshine. Stamina." and the Greenhorns Guidebook for Young Farmers. At the etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenhorns

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/food-six-things-to-feel-good-about/ we got a call out! from mark bittman: Farming is becoming hip | The number of farms is at last increasing, although it’s no secret that farmers are an endangered species: the average age of the principal operator on farms in the United States is 57. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently noted that our […]

The text reads "There once was a farm..." and "...that became an airport" You don't really get an impression they have any regrets about that decision, do you? Photo sent to us by Amy Franceschini

Severine & the Greenhorns will be at Bioneers 2011, October 14-16, at the Marin Center in San Rafael, California. She will be participating in a panel about "100,000 new farmers," the now famed number quoted by Vilsack. October tour made possible in part by the Marin team. October tour info up soon.

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look to ATTRA! Here's their publication, Finding Land to Farm --http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/finding.pdf Land for good is another great resource for the Northeast. If there are others you know of, tell us! [email protected]

greenhorn Erin Jakubek is looking for one member to round out her garden crew at a small CSA in southeast Alaska. The CSA is part of Jewell Gardens. Download the full job description here: Garden Crew Job Posting.

some resources from NYCAMH. Thanks to Aspiring farmer Sarah for sending us this link!  In her words, "The NY Center for Agricultural Medicine has a lot of resources about preventing injury on farms and how to best cope with farm-related disease and injury.  They have some resources in Spanish and Creole as well as a […]

here are some resources for this important component of your farm. from a Washington State agronomist. Cover Crop Chart - Remember it's 48 pages - before you press the print key.... http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=20323 Youtube Webinar http://www.youtube.com/user/NCATATTRA#p/u/2/zjI2zWf4uMI ATTRA video Innovative No-Till: Using Multi-Species Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health http://www.attra.org/video/index.php#vids

A day of skillsharing and planning as we build a local network of shared values and knowledge around urban gardens, food networking, food preservation, passive and alternative energies, water catchment, and social justice. Together we can manifest the critical and necessary transition from resource-rich industrial capitalism to bioregional sustainability and community. Workshops with many local […]

The Larson Farm We milk 20 jerseys in a tie-stall barn. We practice rotational, intensive grazing during the pasture season and strive to decrease grain consumption with grass-based genetics and high-quality forage. One of our major focuses is on holistic herd health management using homeopathy and immune-boosters. We sell raw milk from the in-house farm […]

looking for some good reading?  greenhorn Janna Berger is compiling a stellar list of "pages to turn with calloused fingers" and has written a nice essay to accompany the list. Farming the Library When I brainstorm my dream farm I oscillate between ambition and a daunted daze. 'So, we're going to grow apples and keep […]

The Seed Circus is a series of four events, spanning late spring to fall 2010, that each explore an aspect of urban farming. The events have four themes—Sheep and Felt; Foraging; Pickling; and Fall Harvest—but they have a common ethos of sharing information and making and doing with one’s own hands. Seed Circus celebrates the […]

Farmstead Meatsmith Presents: Pork slaughter & Butchery Classes (Grants Pass, OR) Slaughter Day: Tuesday, April 12th. 8:00am till finished On slaughter day, you’ll learn our killing, sticking, hanging, scalding and eviscerating methods on two pigs, at their home-farm, while giving you a chance to participate. We will walk you through proper harvesting of innards and pass on traditional […]

there's a difference! for all you looking for farmwork this season, be sure to check out this article from civil eats

Explore the Archive! On the third Thursday of every Month since June 2009the National Good Food Network has hosted a top-quality webinar featuring the best of the best models of how to scale up healthy, fair, green and affordable Good Food. Dozens of top practitioners have shared their stories - successes, works in progress, challenges. We now […]

If you haven't already, check out A Growing Culture - a new site designed to cultivate a web based community where farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates can come together for education, networking, idea exchange, ethical debate and inspiration. This group focuses on supporting a network of traveling writers who publish essays to the site that […]

BY: Ian Fitzpatrick guardian.co.uk. March 12 2011 "When Gerrard Winstanley and 14 fellow Diggers declared, in April 1649, that "England is not a Free People, till the Poor that have no Land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the Commons", little could they have known how poignant their message would still be more than […]

We have limited space for about 50 young farmers at this event! There's been more interest than we expected, so please oh please  RSVP to Kate ([email protected]) so we can put your name on the list and not make things hard for our wonderful hosts at wild miller gardens! Hot fresh pizza from a mobile […]

for all your mapping needs! http://publiclaboratory.org/home http://grassrootsmapping.org/ http://cartagen.org/

interested in historical farming? check out their trade association: http://www.alhfam.org/

Sandhill Farm is a 35 year old intentional community located in rural, northeast Missouri. Our current population is 6 adults, a 15-year old, and a 2 year old child. We grow 90% of our own food including vegetables, herbs, fruit, grains, beans and shiitakes. Our farm is certified organic and we actively blend in the […]

Corbin Hill Farm in New York serves low income “food deserts” in Harlem and the South Bronx through the Farm Share model.  Dennis has built a connection with reputable farmers like Jim Barber of Barber Farms and Richard Ball of Schoharie Valley Farms as well as smaller start up operations to supply many of the […]

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Stewardship Resources from Scenic Hudson are useful for everyone. Visit their website to see all of their resources.

Making it: Organic farming a natural choice for young entrepreneurs by Mary Albino Visitors to the Young-Carey home tend to express envy. You commute only into the backyard! You lunch on baked squash that tastes like pumpkin pie and smoked meat that’s better than grandmas! In the evening, if you feel like it, you can […]

Daniel Klein and the folks at the Perennial Plate want to know, What's the best food story in America? This spring Daniel will be traveling across the country for 6 months, documenting stories about good food in America. Each week they will be filming, editing and releasing unique short films and for that they need […]

GASTROPOLITAN - yet another splendid example of the convergence of social media + budding agrarianism

Herondale Farm a mixed-livestock, grass-based, holistically managed farm in the Hudson River Valley is looking for interns/apprentices/willing workers for the 2011 Season. Ideally April through October but the start and end dates are flexible with May through August being the most critical periods. We raise grass-fed cows, pigs, sheep and chickens and sell to high-end […]

check them out at the 18 Reasons community space in downtown San Fran: Greenhorns "A Sense of Place" - Contemporary Agrarian Photography Featuring New Works by Small Farmers from Across the Nation In the Gallery until March 31st! The images of farms that we, as consumers of media, are exposed to are often taken by outsiders […]

March 5, 2011 - The Just Food CSA in NYC Conference was an opportunity for CSA members and farmers from around the city to come together for a day of workshops, discussion, and good food. watch the vimeo video to see the awesomeness for yourself!

The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship (www.nyu.edu/reynolds) is pleased to continue its 2010-11 Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century Speaker Series on March 23, 6:00pm -7:30pm at the NYU Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th Floor. Join us for an exciting multiple-perspective presentation and panel on the economics of food production with Bard Center Fellow in Environmental Science Gidon Eshel, Founder & Executive Director of the […]

video from the MIT Global Challenge - Farm Hack! + a play-by-play blog from the weekend  

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