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Behold! The Ballymaloe Cookery School schedule for 2011. A selection of old classics and new twists including Simply Delicious Food for Family and Friends, Classic Techniques, Easy Entertaining with Darina and Rachel Allen and New Trends in Cooking (find out about pop up restaurants, truck food and much more).  Here is a selection of just some […]

The 30th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures on November 20th brought together three strong voices calling for change in our economic system and outlining strategies for that change.  With appreciation to Peter Montague, the talks by Gus Speth, Neva Goodwin, and Stewart Wallis may now be viewed online HERE, brought to you by the New […]

By MICHELE F. MIHALJEVICH Indiana Correspondent: FarmWorldOnline.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The growth in college agriculture programs across the country has come from women, according to Bill Richardson, project manager of the USDA’s Food, Agriculture and Education Information System. He said the major growth in female enrollment has come from two disciplines: food science and animal […]

farmers, solder your own radio transmitter and broadcast! this weekend at Wassaic Community Farm. Saturday November 28th 10 am to 6pm and Sunday November 29th 10 am 8 pm. This is a benifit for new Community Radio Stations in Honduras and a learning opportunity for those interested in building radio stations. Bring food, bring funds […]

SURREF intends to fulfill families‚ unmet need by helping local communities who sustain themselves through farming in persistent poor communities jump-start their own businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable, quality, and eco-friendly agricultural innovations. http://www.surref.org/ [vodpod id=Video.4990793&w=425&h=350&fv=] SURREF Promo on Vimeo, posted with vodpod  

a BBC radio broadcast Farming Today Farming Today finds out why it costs more to live in the countryside than the city. With rising fuel prices and restricted access to services such as healthcare, those on the poverty-line in rural areas are feeling the pinch. Anna Hill meets a parsnip farmer gearing up for the […]

Our friend Elaine Weiss recounts the role that the Women’s Land Army played in sustaining local farms during World War I.  Listen HERE.  And check out these ladies from WWII Land Army...

here's a note from our friend Patrick Connors, about the snazzy new look & programming at The Farm School. Dear Greenhorns, Very cool new web pages have just been launched for The Farm School's adult farmer training program at Maggie's Farm! http://www.farmschool.org/prog_practicalfarm.html Check it out! Tell your friends! And please email us ([email protected]) if you'd […]

from the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Let's get some young farmer voices in there! The Essential Principles of Small- and Mid-Scale Food Value Chain Development Manuscripts due February 15, 2011 For details about JAFSCD and author guidelines, visit www.AgDevJournal.com/submissions. JAFSCD invites researchers, ag/food system development professionals, and others to submit applied […]

Red Dog Farm, located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State is a 23-acre certified organic row crop farm. We produce mixed vegetables, strawberries, cut flowers and plant starts for a diversity of direct market outlets. Red Dog Farm is excited to announce it is accepting applications for the position of Field Crew Manager. This […]

greenhorns, this is a generous opportunity if you can't afford to attend otherwise! NOFA-NY is pleased to announce the availability of seventy-five full scholarships to beginning farmers who are interested in attending the 2011 NOFA-NY Winter Conference: Diggin’ Diversity! The conference will be held at the Saratoga Hilton & City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY […]

Senator Stabenow’s Statement on Becoming Next Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today made the following statement on becoming the next Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

from Andrew Plotsky at Farm Run, two shorts on Farmstead Meatsmith: & Naomi's Farm Supply in Portland: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEnAGMJ1LM0] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEC9HZR--c]

This week in the New Yorker magazine, Burkhard Bilger writes about Sandor Katz and the underground food movement. Bilger talks with Blake Eskin about making sauerkraut at home, the surprising ways in which bacteria are integral to human life, and some of the unusual foods he ate (or refused to eat) during his reporting. Listen […]

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some commentary the aging farmer population in AgWeek. Graying on the prairie By Jonathan Knutson NIAGARA, N.D. — By Nelson County, N.D., standards, Niagara farmer Mike Kelly is still a young buck. By regional and national standards, he’s neither young nor old. He’s 56. “Yeah, there are a lot of farmers my age and older,” […]

a wonderful essay by charles waldheim which can be read in its entirety here.  An excerpt is below. The categories of agrarian and urban are usually understood as distinct. Across many disciplines, and for centuries, the country and the city have been defined in opposition to one another. But today, in striking contrast, design culture […]

they've got an interesting speaker series going on. The MIT Food and Agriculture Collaborative brings together students – and other MIT community members - to coordinate and support work in the areas of food and agriculture. Members are actively engaged in advocating for and supporting the development of a more sustainable food system on our […]

Regenerative Agriculture can Mitigate Climate Change By Eliav Bitan. We greenhorns are the first generation to farm in a climate that has been radically changed by hundreds of years of burning carbon based fossil fuels. This week at the Quivera Coalition conference in Alburqurque, New Mexico we learned more about how the way we farm […]

Scenic Hudson and the Open Space Conservancy (the land acquisition affiliate of the Open Space Institute) are accepting proposals to purchase 171 acres of farmland (formerly known as the Leiser Farm) in the town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County. OSC and Scenic Hudson are seeking to sell the land subject to a conservation easement and at […]

A not-for-profit, collectively-run publisher and distributor of zines and related work, Microcosm Publishing strives to add credibility to zine writers and their ethics, teach self empowerment, show hidden history, and nurture people's creative side.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2010 Prop 84 Funding for City Slicker Farms Brings Land Security to West Oakland’s Urban Agriculture Movement. City Slicker Farms is awarded $4,000,000 to purchase land in West Oakland to create a Community Market Farm and park.Oakland, CA (November 10, 2010)—On Monday, November 8, 2010 City Slicker Farms was awarded […]

The Organicology Conference is February 10-12, 2011 in Portland, OR at the Doubletree Hotel,  put on in part by the Organic Seed Alliance from Port Townsend. The “Food and Farm Policy – Inter-Generational Farm Bill Thinking” will be led by a group of leaders with decades of experience in shaping agricultural and food policy.  Panelists will present the […]

because there's always room for more in this ever growing blogosphere - check out-  Ecocentric - its  a new environmental blog about food, water and energy, educating consumers, advocates and policy makers through programs like Sustainable Table, Eat Well Guide, The Meatrix, Network for New Energy Choices and H2O Conserve.

Don't forget! Enter your photos into this exhibition that our Anya is co-curating! *A Sense of Place: Contemporary Agrarian Photography - Call for Submissions* Farmer-photographers are invited to submit up to 6 images by December 5, 2010 on the theme of "a sense of place."

It's out! Our friend Kristin Kimball recounts her first year farming, after leaving the big city for upstate New York to fall in love--with a man & with the land. Essex Farm is a horse-powered, year round, full diet CSA. Woah. We've read it & we love it! http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Kristin-Kimball/44726842

South Dakota Solar-Powered Bike Shop http://www.spearfishbikecoop.blogspot.com/

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDTiFkXgEE] "it's actually made of chicken!!!" we can't resist. anya found this one.

Fields of Zombies by Claire Pentecost www.clairepentecost.org We begin with the seed. In this case a very particular cache of seeds banked in a remote and barren location: Svalbard, Norway, 620 miles from the North Pole. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault functions as a back-up depository to a network of official seedbanks worldwide. Boasting dual […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckE1HFE-CA0] There's a resurgence of small scale grain growers these days - many of them greenhorns! Check out these folks in western Mass: http://www.localgrain.org

The Horticultural Society of New York is pleased to present Contemporary Heirlooms: Art from the Hudson Valley Seed Library as part of its continuing exhibitions program featuring plant-based art. The exhibition showcases for the first time in New York City original artworks commissioned by the Hudson Valley Seed Library for their unique Art Pack seed […]

Our own Patrick Kiley cleaned them for our mixer at NESAWG last week, and here's a little something he wrote. I scrubbed each one with a little squirt of lavender soap and hot water, again and again, until they sparkled. Out with mouse shit, in with sparkle. These jars are for drinking Red Jacket Orchards […]

GROWING THE NEXT SEASON OF FARMERS Young people looking for satisfying environmental work By Whitney Pipkins for the Skagit Valley Herald Customers of Hedlin Farms’ community supported agriculture program get a special treat in their boxes of produce each week: Kai Ottesen’s odes to farming. With an English degree in his back pocket, Ottesen can […]

Here's a piece about the brilliant folks at Farmstead Meatsmith, and posted on the website of an equally brilliant project called Farmrun. Nauseatingly Predictable The conditions are nauseatingly predictable. It’s a miracle I’vnt vomited on my keyboard just thinking about using myself sitting next to Lauren in a car to grab your attention. She is […]

Deutsches Zusatzstoff Museum and here is how you can translate it: http://translate.google.com/#

Corporations Have A Powerful Extra-Legal Strategy For Coercing Self-Censorship By Those Who Talk About How Our Food is Produced - Can We Track It? Can We Stop It? Agribusiness interests have pushed through laws designed to make the expression of critical ideas about food production seem too costly. These laws are working outside of actual […]

The Reno Bike Project. The organization is built around the belief that the bicycle is the world’s greatest, most utilized mode of transportation and that every individual, regardless of age, gender, race, or class has a right to afford, maintain, and enjoy one.

The Traditional Agriculture and Sustainable Living Conference was held in early November in New Mexico.  It looks wonderful!  Did any of you go? The Native Earth Bio Culture Council (NEBCC) and the Pueblo of Tesuque are hosting the 5th annual Traditional Agriculture & Sustainable Living Conference  November 5 & 6, 2010.

The Cornell Small Farms Program is adding yet another online course to its repertoire: Starting a Small-Scale Vegetable Farm. If you’re in the planning stages of a diversified vegetable enterprise, this course will help you with site selection, enterprise budgets, cultivation, equipment, cover crops, and more. The course runs Jan. 5 – Feb. 23, and […]

Pie Ranch in Pescadero, CA is seeking a full-time Production Manager for its 27-acre ranch, of which seven acres are in use for production and teaching. This dynamic farm offers educational opportunities for apprentices, interns, volunteers, and students from elementary through college. The current production focus is on an integrated mix of vegetables, fruits, some […]