real time farms
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 […]
job opp in oregon!
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 […]
praise be PLANT AND SING 2010!
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 […]
Dog Mountain Farm & School of the Lost Arts
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. […]
this kid wants to be a farmer!
watch a sharp 11-year old tell it like it is at TEDxNextGenerationAsheville.
Greenhorns in Canada
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: […]
so many jobs!
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 […]
UVM extension new farmer webinars
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 […]
the greenhorns guidebook
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, […]
featured resource
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 […]
amazing land opportunity - missouri
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 […]
golly piggy
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 […]
RSVP to the Washington Mixer!
Are you coming to the Washington Young Farmer Mixer? RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/FarmersMixerRSVP More info on the event here.
animal power
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 […]
living concrete/carrot city
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 […]
huck finn!
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 […]
stephen colbert testifies
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
Redwood Valley young farmers mixer!
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, […]
workhorse workshops
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 […]
The New School presents Living Concrete/Carrot City
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 […]
Generation Organic 2010 tour
“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 […]
4th annual D-town Harvest Festival
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 […]
FRESH Farm Manager Job Description
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, […]
Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference-- Registration Open!
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 […]
Join the Hive & Cross-pollinate
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good things in the hudson valley
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 […]
Farmland security
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 […]
another amazing organizing job - VT
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 […]
farm barbecue with chefs collaborative
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 […]
help us make it happen.
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 […]
both sides of the coin
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 […]
NESAWG - it takes a region
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 […]
researchers battling it out.
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 […]
solutions revolution
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."
7th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Consortium
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 […]
will work for food
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 […]