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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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[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, […]

[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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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) […]

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, […]

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 […]