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Real Time Farms is a live, local food guide. Farmers markets and farm stands near you What's fresh near you in real time! Find what produce, pantry goods, and plants are available now! Locally sourced restaurants near you Share pictures of your local farmers markets and farm stands by posting them online or emailing them [email protected]. […]

Corvallis Environmental Center - Community Food Center Planning Coordinator The Community Food Center Planning Coordinator works as a team with Corvallis Environmental Center staff members, planning committee, community stakeholders and partner organizations to formulate and implement a 12-month community planning process to inform the design and construction of a Neighborhood Food Center.  The Coordinator will […]

Plant & Sing is a festival of acoustic music, writing, planting, poetry, singing, dancing, storytelling, farming and eating! Celebrating the culture of food, Plant & Sing is a benefit for Sylvester Manor and its educational programs, which connect the community with history, food and culture. October 8,9,10 2011. CLICK ON EACH EVENT TO SIGN UP and/or BUY […]

we just love these folks. plus, they are coming to our Washington mixer. here's an update from Cindy, executive director of the school of the lost arts in Carnation, WA. "The fall season is upon us and we are gearing up for our grand finale. The farm is still a busy place with the arrival […]

watch a sharp 11-year old tell it like it is at TEDxNextGenerationAsheville.

We just heard from the National Farmers Union in Canada, who are helping coordinate young farmers up north.  They are also members of La Via Campesina. Pamphlet: http://www.nfu.ca/convention/2010-pamphlet.pdf and blog: http://nfuyouth.wordpress.com/ Here's what they have to say on their website about their campaign for new farmers: The current dominant model of agriculture has pushed out […]

Angelic Organics Learning Center Position Available: Program Manager and Enterprise Facilitator (Rockford) Supervisor: Program Director, Urban Initiative Salary: Salary range is $26,000 to $32,000 with a benefits package. Application Deadline:P October 15 Position Description: Our Urban Initiative works with clusters of community-based organizations to develop food systems and urban agriculture projects and enterprises in Rockford, […]

Real Facts on Marketing and Selling Raw Milk in Vermont Webinar--October 14, 2010 at 7 p.m. with Shelby Girard of Rural Vermont coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project There is a growing market for unpasteurized milk products in Vermont, but deciphering the rules and regulations surrounding marketing and selling raw milk can be […]

download the latest edition of our guide!  The Greenhorns Guide for Beginning Farmers Zine Version, September 2010 This pocket zine version of the guide was written principally by Zoe Bradbury, Brooke Budner, Paula Manalo, and Severine von Tscharner Fleming; with help from Chandler Briggs, Hallie Chen, Talia Kahn-Kravis, Patrick Kiley, Anne Linder, Derrick Mead, Alyssa […]

State funded and fighting for survival - the New York Farm Viability Institute “We’re Still Here!” September 20th, 2010 “Dead man walking”, that’s what it has felt at times meeting and talking with colleagues in agriculture throughout the State as word spread about the cuts included in the 2010/2011 New York State budget, for both […]

Greenhorns, this is an opportunity not to be missed if you're in the St. Louis area, or would like to be. Due to changes in our family circumstances, we are offering our established Poultry, Raw Dairy and Beef farm for sale as a turn-key operation. Details are still being worked out, but the desire is […]

Enviropig: the next transgenic food? "Snort! Snort!" The plump, pink beast comes rumbling towards me as I approach, then attaches its snout to my leg, sniffing intensely, apparently trying to determine if I bring food. It looks like a Yorkshire pig, behaves, sounds and smells like one. But genetically the pigs at Canada's University of […]

Are you coming to the Washington Young Farmer Mixer? RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/FarmersMixerRSVP More info on the event here.

greenhorns, if you're interested in animal power on your farm - this is the event for you.  Coming soon! Northeast Animal Power Field Days Our 4th Annual Event takes place October 15-17 2010 - only 23 days away! NEAPFD has become a clearing-house for educational and operational resources, building networks and sharing experiences around the […]

a New School exhibition on civic urban agriculture and design. October 1 – December 15, 2010 Opening Reception: September 30, 2010, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery Living Concrete is co-curated by Nevin Cohen and Radhika Subramaniam. Living Concrete/Carrot City features creative and research projects that demonstrate the possibilities of urban agriculture. […]

Our friend Jana Blankenship has been hard at work on this project, opening tomorrow!   Here's a little note from her: As many of you know, I have spent the past nine months working as Assistant Curator on the upcoming Huckleberry Finn exhibition at the CCA Wattis Institute. The opening reception is this coming Tuesday, […]

discussing immigrant farmworkers. here's the video from ABC news. [vodpod id=Video.4525513&w=425&h=350&fv=vid%3D22093501%26amp%3BplaylistId%3D15749652%26amp%3BbrowseCarouselUI%3Dhide%26amp%3BshareScreenUI%3Dhide] Stephen Colbert draws attention to self, then f..., posted with vodpod

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Redwood Valley Revival Revelry: A celebration of our Agri-Culture & Mixer for young and beginning farmers Friday, October 15, 2010 • 4:30-9pm. Frey Vineyards 1400 Tomki Rd. Redwood Valley, CA Workshops, dancing, networking, and delicious food & drink. A special screening of the documentary film “The Greenhorns” Musical offerings by Ed Masuga and the Freys and Friends. Presentations […]

Doc Hammill Workhorse Workshops Announcement Doc Hammill will be coming to California October 27 through November 1, 2010 to conduct a special Driving and Farming with Horses Workshop. It will be the 2nd Workhorse Workshop at Live Power Community Farm, (www.livepower.org ) the home of Stephen and Gloria Decatur, near Covelo, California, and we would all love to have you join us. The […]

The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC) at Parsons The New School for Design presents Living Concrete/Carrot City, an exhibition that explores the role of design and grassroots activism in the development of urban agriculture, and its effect on neighborhoods, health and the environment in cities such as New York. "Living Concrete/Carrot City is at once […]

“Generation Organic”—a group of young, dynamic, organic farmers—is rolling onto college campuses and the Capitol this October in their veggie oil-powered school bus! Making stops along the way to sow the good news about organic farming, Gen-O farmers are urging everyone to own their food choices—to drive a more delicious and sustainable future. Check out the Gen-O “Who's Your Farmer?” Tour schedule and you may find a Gen-O presentation, garden visit […]

TOMORROW, Sept. 25th - The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network is hosting their 4th annual Harvest Festival. Noon to 6PM! Please visit this model of a community-based, urban farm focused on reclaiming commons and increasing food security in Detroit. In addition to our speaker, Andrea King Collier, there will be food, music, vendors, learn-shops, and children's […]

FRESH Mission Our mission is to encourage and empower broad participation in the hands on transformation of our food system from what it is to what it ought to be: healthy, just, sustainable, accessible, productive and beautiful! Position Title:  FRESH FARM MANAGER Position Status: Year-Round, Full-time Position Location: New London, CT Supervisor:  Executive Director Job Overview: The […]

2010 Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference November 1-3, 2010 at the Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT Bringing together farmers, ranchers, educators, agricultural service providers and activists to: build production and business skills share educational and organizational strategies forge new connections that support farm women in the Northeast. Featuring: Farm-based workshops and tours Intensive skill building sessions […]

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THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR EVENTFREE TOUR OF 20,000 SQ. FT.  CARBON NEUTRAL BUILDING , Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at SunDog Solar/Kling Magnetics Buildings , 343 Route 295, Chatham NY THE NATIONAL SOLAR TOUR is the largest nonprofit solar event in the world.  This 15th annual event, (coordinated by the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) […]

Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks Wary of fluctuations on Wall Street, more wealthy Americans, private funds and foreigners are putting money into parcels of cornfields, fruit orchards and other U.S. agricultural products. As investors tire of Wall Street's roller coaster, more of them are plowing their money into land — farmland. Few […]

seems like this might turn out to be a cherry moment for organizers. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is seeking a full-time Grassroots Organizer to work on our 2012 Farm Bill Campaign.   NSAC is a grassroots alliance of farm, faith, and conservation groups.   Our 80 member organizations work to advance federal policies that support small […]

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Dear farmers & friends, Next Sunday, September 26, Chefs Collaborative is throwing a Farm Barbecue down in Rhode Island!  The Farm Barbecue will be at Schartner Farms, Exeter RI, 4-7 pm. http://chefscollaborative.org/events/farm-barbecue/ The barbecue is a celebration of the local harvest, farmer-chef connections, and the Chefs Collaborative RAFT Grow-Out of heirloom veggies (http://chefscollaborative.org/programs/raft-grow-out/) so come meet […]

Dear Greenhorns Blog readers, We are so proud to have you as our readers, we do our best to give you a gander at the young farmer world that you'll find nowhere else. Please, if you like our blog and believe in all we are doing, consider donating to our essential KICKSTARTER campaign and emailing […]

From Time Magazine. The Case Against Homeownership by Barbara Kiviat Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was an axiomatic good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Herbert Hoover argued that homeownership could "change the very physical, mental and moral fiber of one's own children." Franklin Roosevelt held […]

Greenhorns are organizing pre-conference programming for young and aspiring farmers, and a mixer on Thursday night! "It Takes a Region" A  Working Conference to Build our Northeast Food System REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! "It Takes a Region" is the annual conference and meeting of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. WHEN: November 12-13, 2010 Pre-conference trainings on […]

These researchers battle it out over the question of what is sustainable agriculture.Every once in a while I zoom back out and realize that greenhorn efforts in the U.S. are woven into a whole cosmos of agriculture. Having a handle on the great big evolving discussions of global food security and sustainability, with hunger always […]

it is amazing what Katherine Ball from Sea Change Gallery is up to: www.solutionsrevolution.org/route. "The 350 Solutions Revolution bike route mimics Amtrak’s train routes."

the greenhorns are screening here! Advancing our Regional Foodshed: The Role of Higher Education October 15-16, Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY The 2010 Consortium meeting and conference will bring together small-scale family farms; chefs/restaurant owners; agriculture policy experts; farm-to-table non-profits; researchers and others to foster a collaborative, interdisciplinary dialogue about our foodshed. Registration is now […]

NYTIMES.com. By CHRISTINE MUHLKE - September 8, 2010 Some of the most sought-after internships this summer weren’t on Capitol Hill or in the Vogue fashion closet. They were on farms. If you hadn’t applied by the end of the spring, you could forget about it. Ag-department graduates, career-changers and cooks looking to deepen their knowledge of […]