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Location: Maitland, Nova Scotia Four Seasons Farm offers a unique "seed to plate" experience to learn about sustainable growing in a supportive environment. Family-run since 1992, we specialize in small-scale, […]

More Oregon greenhorns, keeping a great blog! Here's a letter from Eric of Wild Garden Seeds. Wild Garden Seeds grows organic, open pollinated vegetable seeds in Philomath, Oregon, seven miles […]

Can we conduct a thought experiment together? http://newdeal.feri.org/wallace/haw06.htm Back in the times-- the government worked to protect growers from cheapening prices. IN this case in Cotton. Very bold maneuvers taken. […]

pretty dinky effort to ' reframe the conversation' using happy mommies. come on corn association, soy bean association. put a bird on it

February already almost done, wobbly weather on the east coast, blossoms started on the west coast. All of us bracing for a big year. The weather certainly is wobbly this season […]

Consider this an early promo photo, featuring Andy Wekin at pedal power, for the bicycle powered tent build in NYC-New Museum StreetFest. Bring your needles, thread, pedaling legs. and a cool […]

Founder and director of the non-profit organization The Greenhorns, Severine von Tscharner Fleming will give an introductory overview of many issues surrounding new + beginning farmers. Learn more about the […]

In the spring of 2009 Douglas Gayeton and Laura Howard-Gayeton hired researchers and assembled a Lexicon featuring terms from 13 different areas of sustainability, from air to water, manufacturing to conservation, […]

In the last three weeks. New crops. ALfalfa, sugar beets, ethanol corn. What is going on ? obama? You need us to show you the movement? You need us to […]

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Who is Building Farmers in the West For? Farmers who want to start a market farm enterprise Farmers who have a market farm business but have farmed less than10 years […]

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"The Greenhorns" will be showing at this student-organized conference in Wisconsin. We like what Sophie is doing as a student farmer-organizer in the midwest. Her campus garden wasn't big enough, […]

a good model. from the  The European Council of Young Farmers

Want to Learn to Make Cheese?  Milk Cows? A Small Dairy in Massachusetts is Looking for Interns! Cricket Creek Farm is a small grass-based dairy in Western Massachusetts.  We make several […]

Using fruit as our lens, Fallen Fruit investigates urban space, ideas of neighborhood and new forms of located citizenship and community. From protests to proposals for new urban green spaces, […]

Small Farms Update is intended as a resource for farmers and agricultural service providers in New York, and is provided to you by Cornell’s Small Farms Program. Our mission is […]

Greener Partners Community Farm seeks Farm Manager About Greener Partners Greener Partners (www. greenerpartners.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to building community through sustainable farming projects and farm- based education. […]

We love hearing from young people who want to farm!  If you're a teen aspiring agrarian and want to share your story, we'd like to hear it: [email protected] Hello, I […]

Below the themes still sought for the Storey publishing book project.  An anthology of Greenhorns essays. READ THIS LINK FOR ESSAY GUIDANCE. Drop Dead deadline March 12th. questions? [email protected]/ [email protected]   biodynamics living in a […]

nice book, nice radio podcast. brought to you by the Leonard Lopate show: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/nov/23/son-farmer-child-earth/ "Fourth-generation farmer Eric Herm discusses commercial agriculture's strain on natural resources, ecosystems, and the farmer. Son of a Farmer, […]

HOW IT WORKS: On-site cheesemaking classes in the Bay Area. You gather the people. I bring milk and all the supplies. Classes are suited for up to 15 students though […]

Coming soon to Manhattan- a two-day Yes Men workshop on food issues and activism - coming to NYC Feb. 26-27 If you would like to participate in the workshop, and afterwards help […]

Calling all Oregon friends and farmers! Be sure to head out to Salem, OR for the Family Farmer and Rancher Day at the Capitol on March 15th.  Talk to your […]

Symphony of the Soil is an upcoming documentary series currently in production by Deborah Koons Garcia - The Future of Food (2004) - that explores the soil community from the […]

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Greenhorns! Here are two opportunities to grow food for some fancy local food resaurants in Washington, sent to us by our friends at Cascade Harvest Coalition: Trellis is seeking interns […]

Farmer objects to bill on livestock treatment from the Daily Progress By Bryan McKenzie On Davis Creek Farm in bucolic Nelson County near the non-incorporated community of Old Myndus they […]

Reminder - there's a public hearing happening today (Thursday, February 17!) in San Francisco about a proposed new zoning code for urban agriculture! Here's a note from Brook Budner (greenhors […]

Thanks, Alisa, for writing this inspiring piece for us! “Where is the midwife!?!” Erin, a young organic apprentice, jokes as the rolling cackle of a hen sharpens and peaks signaling […]

WE STAND UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO GE ALFALFA We stand united in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to once again allow unlimited, nationwide commercial planting of […]

Applications are now available for Rogue Farm Corps 2011 Farms Next Internship Program. Rogue Farm Corps Farms Next Internship Program provides beginning farmers entry-level training in sustainable agriculture through an […]

Zaac is one of these guys who ends of helping out on farms because he is always biking through them. What if we always stopped to acknowledge these new day […]

just launched! New Beginning Farmer Website Unveiled After a year of development, the Northeast Beginning Farmer Project is pleased to unveil a colorful new website with expanded tools and a […]

Organic Seed Alliance's mission is to support the ethical development and stewardship of seed. Our advocacy program pursues the implementation of ethical values in seed systems. In particular we believe […]

Mechanical Innovation in Agriculture:  Farmers + Engineers brainstorming together We hope you will join the National Young Farmers’ Coalition, the Greenhorns and MIT as we bring together farmers and engineers […]

For a market garden in Orange County's Black Dirt region. Greetings, I'm interested in possibly soliciting an investment from you in my farm.   It's a 7 acre plan on, […]

greenhorns, here's a great opportunity with our good friends at the seed library. The Seed Library is looking for interns. We really need the help and hope to make each […]

Lettuce Eat Kale has two solid lists, one of the top 10 Documentaries and one for straight up "food films". Babette's Feast, anyone? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE8ZkMYntdQ]