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The Last Crop tells a personal tale of a family caught in the middle of a delicate interplay between urban and agricultural space in California’s Central Valley. Annie and Jeff Main own a 20-acre organic farm that serves the Sacramento/San Francisco communities. After 30 years of farming, they are finding it harder to remain viable […]

The Land is written by and for people who believe that the roots of justice, freedom, social security and democracy lie not so much in access to money, or to the ballot box, as in access to land and its resources. It contains feature articles, information on land campaigns, and a Chapter 7 section with […]

Check out the youngfarmers.org young farmer profiles, including this from Greenhorns in OK: http://www.youngfarmers.org/2010/12/emily-oakley-and-mike-appel-ok/ and their super nice website! www.threespringsfarm.com

Here is the house committee ag chairman Lucas ranting about the EPA's unachievable and radical environmental proposal - http://agriculture.house.gov/keyissues-spraydrift.shtml As neighbors in the ag- landscape many of us are keen for regulation of spray-drift. How many of us? This is old news this spray drift issue-- but not many of us have weighed in on it. […]

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough of us focused on meeting the needs of farmers.. especially now as the snow drifts up up up and I look at our calendar, the 6 north east regional Nofas, the trips to maine, virginia, west virginia, new hampshire, north carolina. Its a lot but, frankly no matter […]

The Farmer Fund offers members of the local community in Ann Arbor, MI an opportunity to support local farmers by partnering with us on each of our projects.  By working with others in our community that seek to lend money directed to farm infrastructure, we will be able to triple the impact breakfast funds currently […]

Severine spoke with Blair Randall, executive director of Garden for the Environment. If you missed it live, listen online! Blair is a passionate educator and perennial advocate for gardening in San Francisco. At Garden for the Environment Blair combines 8 years of experience as an educator with extensive training in small-scale organic fruit, vegetable and […]

wow. check out these beautiful farm signs from daloz farm

for our friends across the pond. a list for the london based community food growers

drawing by "bike saddle color theory" karl addison they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. we like this collection of Beijing saddles from fringe phenomena

Dead Birds Fall From Sky AGAIN In Louisiana, 300 Miles From Arkansas Incident Days Earlier Travis Walter Donovan for the Huffington Post Around 500 dead birds have fallen from the sky in Louisiana, found scattered along a quarter-mile portion of highway in Point Coupee Parish, the AP reports. The discovery is approximately 300 miles south […]

heartwarming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSjKrYDmBmk

The super expensive inputs, infrastructure, hydrolics and gear of industrial farming... is also vulnerable to theft. These are the risks of stewarding more land than your dogs can guard. it's an older piece from the LA Times, but surely still relevant. Theft of Irrigation Pipes Soars, but Police Efforts Cropping Up by Coll Metcalfe

A new program from High Mowing Seeds.  It's too late to join for 2011, but what a super model! Join our Community Supported Seeds program and receive 10% off seeds for next season! Put your seed dollars towards supporting a family-owned company committed to meeting your farming needs with high-quality organic seeds! The CSA model […]

Check out these upcoming workshops organized by our friends at Frey Vineyards.  Click on the titles for more information and to download a pdf of each. 3 Workshops with Master Orchardists: The Biodynamic Orchard A to Z - January 9 at Frey Vineyards, Redwood Valley Apple Orchard Workshop  - January 15 at Apple Farm & […]

& Release Parties with author Daniel Tucker.  For more readings across the country, click here Farm Together Now: A portrait of people, places and ideas for a new food movement By Amy Franceschini & Daniel Tucker, with a foreword by Mark Bittman Photography by Anne Hamersky & Illustrations by Corinne Matesich Published by Chronicle Books […]

The White Oak Farm and Education Center in Williams, Oregon is a unique operation, purchased as part of a land trust and run by a combination of residents and interns. The farm seeks to be a model of sustainability, sharing our experience through education in ecologically sound agriculture and forestry, and natural building. The farm […]

The ETC Group. A Canadian action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration get the jive on biochar land grabs and "climate-ready" crops so when these issues come up people say, hey that farmer kid is smart. they're also responsible for  "Who will Feed Us?", a publication about food in the climate crisis (answer: probably peasants, […]

Organic Farmer Training Program Michigan State University Student Organic Farm Now accepting applications for 2011 Cohort! The Organic Farmer Training Program offers nine months of intensive instruction in year-round organic farming.  The program focuses on diversified production of vegetables, flowers, fruits and herbs for local markets.  Students manage all aspects of a 10-acre certified organic […]

Survey on winter growing seeks input from vegetable farmers Are you growing or storing crops for sale during the winter months?  Are you interested in expanding your farm’s winter harvest? Click here to take the online survey, and get connected with a network of winter growers and resources for year-round farming! This survey will inform […]

Everblossom Farm 6363 Carlisle Pike East Berlin, PA 17316 This unique 190-acre farm offers broad experiences in sustainable agriculture and organic farming.  Every season we explore new ways to diversify our farm and meet local demand for fresh, organic products. We have been Certified Naturally Grown for several years and will be Certified Organic beginning […]

take down the Christmas trees ...... the new year has started. Happy Happiest.

http://www.rimonthly.com/Rhode-Island-Monthly/February-2008/The-Cheese-Stands-Alone/ and coordinator of Seed Circus, Oakland Museum.

new yorker magazine. a profile of our favorite fermentation guru: Ssandor katz.. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/22/101122fa_fact_bilger

Inspired by Spain’s famous "Running of the Bulls," Brattleboro’s annual Strolling of the Heifers Parade features scores of heifers ambling up the town’s historic Main Street, along with many, many farmers, future farmers, cows, bulls, horses, Strolling of the Heifers will present its first annual Farm & Food Short Film Festival during the Tenth Annual […]

PASA's 20th Annual Farming for the Future Conference: Strength from Our Roots: Claiming Our Food-System Future February 2 - 5, 2011 at The Penn Stater Conference Center in State College, PA. Speakers include Wes Jackson of the The Land Institute, Greg Judy of Green Pastures Farm, and George DeVault from Seed Savers Exchange.

www.farmvetco.org a technical assistence program to help veterans navigate their beginnings as farmers. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced that The Farmer-Veteran Coalition (FVC) will receive a grant from the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) to assist the transition of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars into careers in farming.

there's money to be made in tanning clean it, salt it, scrub it, tan it DIY or just clean it and salt it and send it to people who already know how. Bucks County Fur Products Box 204 220 1/2 N. Ambler Street Quakertown, PA 18951 215-536-6614 they have no website but this contact and […]

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and it comes with chickens!  from our friend Jenna Woginrich of Cold Antler Farm. Breakfast in the Backyard Sunday March 6th and Saturday 12th 2011 This is crash course in how to raise backyard chickens for beginners, and get this, it comes with chickens All people who sign up for the all-day workshop will go […]

our tireless artist and a brilliant urban greenhorn - brooke budner. Urban agriculture: S.F. considers allowing sales by Robert Selna, in the San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, December 23, 2010 With all the talk about locavores, victory garden revivals and residents raising chickens and bees, a San Franciscan might be surprised to learn that he can't […]

removing concrete...by force of their own fingers. Depave.org. Depave promotes the removal of unnecessary pavement from urban areas to create community green spaces and mitigate stormwater runoff. Through partnerships and volunteers, Depave strives to overcome the social and environmental impacts of pavement with the use of action-oriented educational events, community stewardship, and advocacy to reconnect people with nature […]

we hope to get these guys on Greenhorn Radio! which returns to live shows in january.   here's an older story about them. Gemini Farms: Back to the Land By Mark Schiller and Kay Matthews published by La Jacarita News Editor's Note: As the Agricultural Revitalization Initiative (ARI) gets off the ground (see page 3) we […]

NEW ALBUM from kipchoge & the ginger ninjas! oh gee its great

Snore & Guzzle - a private press especially specializing in the art of the story. Story-telling is not a luxury, it is an absolutely core need. Story is how we make sense of the world. It’s how in the flux of experience, with all of the things coming and going, with all of the little […]

"micro-macro" - a look at life from quark to cell to organs to galaxies, using only food! real food. from the fellows and fellas at Encyclopedia Pictura

startle your senses, support your bookshelf ride! it is pocket-sized and an almanac - both greenhorns priorities! you can buy our pocked-size book too on etsy thanks to nic in colorado for making yet another connection between young farmers and cyclers, and small publishers, i should mention, and for sharing that with us.

is always welcome. December 3, 2010 11:51 am Best Made List: Heat Values For Various Woods As winter marches on and the mercury begins to dip, we turn more frequently to the hearth. One good thing to remember when your building a fire is that your wood selection will effect the amount of heat produced […]

Have you heard of the Oklahoma Falconers' Association?

Five beginning farmers selected for training and mentorship project Bellingham, WA - A variety of new farmers are setting forth on their business ventures through the Food To Bank On project. Housed within the Sustainable Connections' Food & Farming Program, Food To Bank On connects sustainable farmers with less than three years of experience with […]