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more from the amazing folks at Common Vision! Soil Food Web & the Compost Tea Revolution August 16-20th, 2010; M.A. Center in Castro Valley, CA Back by popular demand, Common Vision and GreenFriends are offering a repeat of last summer's high impact Soil Food Web workshop with Dr. Elaine Ingham.  Farmers, orchardists, landscapers, ranchers, agricultural […]

many thanks to greenhorn Tim Quinn of Lost World Farm for his words and photos. He says of the Greenhorns, "Your group has been a large part of my inspiration, so I must of course say thank you all for your efforts in helping to jump start our efforts. I really believe that we as a collective […]

Young farmers up for anything The seven young men vying in Gore for the title of the county's top young farmer yesterday got their hands dirty showing their practical farming ability. They are competing for the title of the National Bank Young Farmer of the Year award. After being grilled on Thursday on their theoretical […]

with data sets. FAO provides free access to statistics treasure trove World's largest database of food, hunger and agricultural information now fully accessible online 9 July 2010, Rome - FAO is granting free and open access to its central data repository, FAOSTAT, the world's largest and most comprehensive statistical database on food, agriculture, and hunger, the UN agency […]

Real Food Youth Training in Bethel, Alaska July 26-30. Teens from villages and communities including Pilot Station, Togiak, Kotlik, Kasigluk, Quinhagak, Dillingham, and Palmer will be exploring issues around industrial/processed foods and how that is impacting our health, culture, and environment; as well as solutions such as eating Native Foods, practicing subsistence, fishing, and local […]

One of our allies from the Intervale Center, Mandy Davis, has compiled this wonderful listing of resources for young farmers and aspiring agrarians in Vermont.   We'll be posting more shortly about  the Intervale Center's farm incubator open house for aspiring farmers on August 26th

The Michigan Young Farmers Coalition just posted this video of our Cherry Pie Mixer!

Check out this video from the Providence Journal on a new urban farming project.   | http://www.projo.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=414786

look at this beautiful video of DIY delight. music by John J. Francis. straight out of the seventies. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S75a00owFFA]

featured this week on greenhorn radio (sponsored by the ever wonderful hearst ranch) severine talks to Sarah Petranek, former radiologic technologist and current blueberry farm proprietor. Sarah conveys the story of her drastic decision to put her and her husband's love of hard work and the outdoors to use by moving their family 400 miles […]

--so says a recent piece by Christine LaPado  in Chico's news, where the greenhorns get a shout out! you can read the blurb HERE rock on.

What is a chataqua? its a good time festival, its an adult education tradition born of the methodists in upstate new york. Our chatauqua begins at MOFGA home grounds, also known as the site of the Common Ground Fair with bon fires, potlucks and work parties and workshops all weekend long. RSVP! with your name, telephone and email […]

Writer and wannabe farmer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is living in New Orleans for a while, partly because she’d intended to spend most of 2010 traveling in Haiti to start research on her second book. With that project postponed but her mind and heart very much on Haiti, Sharifa is organizing fundraisers for two grassroots organizations working to support agriculture & ecology as […]

we recommend checking out this short&sweet video about Front Step Farm-- a spritely little 1/6th acre farm in Providence, RI, with produce going to Providence's only urban farmer's cooperative, the Little City Growers Coop. to all you urban-suburban-and not so urban farmers out there: keep sending in your success stories! we want all the world to know how […]

a shout out to some awesome appalachia organizers -- Farming for Health and Wealth is working with communities to increase access to fresh, local food for people in Wyoming and McDowell Counties of West Virginia. By making a better connection between growers and consumers, people in the area will have more food options for their families, and […]

Young farmers: On-job training a must Federal proposal would keep non-family off land By Rick Dandes The Daily Item SUNBURY — A law proposed by a California congresswoman may make it illegal for young people to get summer jobs on local farms. Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-34 of Los Angeles, the Children's Act […]

new haven's farmers market is molto molto buono. Position Title: Executive Director Organization: CitySeed Location: New Haven, CT Position Summary The Executive Director (ED) will be responsible for the consistent achievement of CitySeed’s mission, strategies, policies, programs and financial objectives.

our friend Noah clued us in to this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/colbert-immigrant-farm-wo_n_624875.html In a tongue-in-cheek call for immigration reform, farm workers are teaming up with comedian Stephen Colbert to challenge unemployed Americans: Come on, take our jobs. ... All applicants need to do is fill out an online form under the banner "I want to be a farm […]

Hi everyone, We’re looking to hire another apprentice here at Drumlin Farm for the remainder of the 2010 growing season. We are a non-profit, working educational farm doing 20 acres of vegetables and fruit in Lincoln, MA. Apprentices work 5 day weeks, 7AM – 5:30PM, Tuesday through Saturday. Apprenticeships go through the end of October. […]

CHECK IT OUT HERE dear world. we would like this van. for our touring with the film.. please!? xseverine and patrick, on a cheese field trip.

preserve the bounties of sweet summer! with the help of this new book by miss sherri brooks

WHERE: 766 Metropolitan Ave. betw. Graham Ave. & Humboldt Williamsburg, Brooklyn (L train to Graham / G train to Metropolitan) WHEN:  Saturday July 10 & Sunday July 11.  10 AM WHO: Nicko Rubin & Doni Cain from East Hill Tree Farm in Central Vermont COST:  $15 RSVP/MORE INFO: contact Megan -  [email protected] or Nicko - […]

from our favorite bicycle-powered musicial pixies, the ginger ninjas. Golden Bubble (span: [femenina] burbuja dorada): (n), The Golden Bubble is a force, my force, your force, our force. Benevolent, yet unpredictable, to be relied on in a pinch or for the extra magic to surmount the unsurmountable, yet not to be taken for granted. A […]

this poster says it all

MOFGA Farm Training Project - Hoophouse Tomato Production Tuesday, July 6 at 5pm @New Leaf Farm, Durham Tomatoes are an enormously important cash crop for mixed vegetable growers in Maine. Join Dave Colson, one of Maine's best tomato growers, for an introduction to this delicious and potentially profitable enterprise. Dave will also speak more generally about […]

We recently received this note from from Sasha, a young farmer and regular greenhorn radio listener who needs help Kickstarting an urban farm in Long Beach, CA: I'm very excited to update you on the progress of the urban farm. On Thursday June 17th the Parks, Recreation and Marine Commissioners voted to approve and issue a right-of-entry […]

Agriculture struggles with lack of young farmers BY COURTENAY EDELHART, Californian staff writer [email protected] | Saturday, Jun 12 2010 12:00 PM Don Davis' grandfather founded his family's northern Kern County farm in the 1930s, but the family legacy will end when he retires. His children aren't interested in farming. They came of age in the 1980s, […]

Great Works Regional Land Trust is proud to offer screenings of The Last Crop, a documentary-in-progress by Chuck Schultz about a small California farm’s conservation journey. We invite you to join us, meet the filmmaker and learn about the efforts underway in our own communities to protect local farmland. York Public Library will host the […]

Save the Dates: Upcoming Field Days with PASA Managing Nutrients and Pests in Organic Cucurbit Production Thursday, July 8 Penn State Research Farm PA Furnace, Centre Co. Dog Days of Summer: Incorporating Working Dogs on Your Farm Tuesday, July 13 Steam Valley Fiber Farm Trout Run, Lycoming Co. Pastures and Greenhouses and IPM, Oh My! […]

my first summer farm job was for the head of the swiss biodynamic association on his farm in the emmenthal, switzerland. Every week we delivered six cases of yougurt to the children's hospital. bing bang done.. and now noah and the crew at farm fresh rhode island are working in the same direction.. we all […]

July 25th!  Check it out here. Formaggio Kitchen, one of our favorite places, is making a field trip out of it. Climb aboard the Formaggio Kitchen bus to lovely Shelburne Farms, Vermont, for the second-annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, Sunday, July 25, featuring 50 cheesemakers, 20 wineries and breweries and a host of artisan foodmakers.

The Journal of Extension recently published a short paper called "Best Management Practices for Beginning Farmer Support," documenting strategies and recommendations shared by great CCE educators who have a long history of helping new farmers. You can view the article at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2010june/tt9.php

Greenhorn Neysa King keeps a blog about her transition to a career in organic farming, Dissertation to Dirt.  Recently, She sent us this new post about her first year working on farms as a farm intern. http://www.dissertationtodirt.com/2010/06/people-who-like-farming-are-crazy.html

The USDA has provided funding for Beginning Women Farmers in Connecticut to learn more about whole farm planning in a Beginning Farmer Program developed specifically for women-- brought to you by CT NOFA. The next on-farm workshop in this series is "Integrating Livestock on Your Farm" on July 10, 2010 at Millstone Farm in Wilton, […]

Forage Crop Identification and Fall Seeding Webinar--July 8, 2010 at 7 p.m. with Sid Bosworth, UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture coordinated by the UVM Extension New Farmer Project Join Sid Bosworth, Extension Associate Professor of the UVM Plant and Soil Science Department for an introduction on how to choose forage crops and prepare the soil […]

4th Annual Farm & Food Leadership Conference, "Taking Back Control of Our Food Supply". Jim Hightower will be the  keynote speaker, and the lunches will be prepared with local, sustainably raised foods. WHEN:   Monday and Tuesday, September 13-14, 2010 WHERE: Mexican-American Cultural Center, 600 River Street, Austin, TX 78701 WHAT:   An exciting gathering of activists, […]

Missouri Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives Tour hosted by the Bolivar Chapter. Registration starts on Sunday, August 1 from 4:00 - 6:30. ... ozarksfirst.com/index.php?option=com_jevents... In Switzerland there are schools for farmers' wives. we've posted about it before. Frankly, alpha fem that i am -- there are many such courses I'd love to take: drying food -- […]

add some farmer swag to your life and get one (or four) of greenhorns artist brooke budner's posters, available on on etsy.

Little Dog Orchard, Hudson Valley NY, needs irrigation and that means we need your help! Our goal is to raise $5,000 to offset the costs of installing a drip irrigation system, so we need to lease at least 100 trees by the 4th of July. This year, things are a bit different but essentially the […]

6 New Farmer Training Workshops in the Rutland Region of Vermont this summer, starting July 14th brought to you by Rutland Area Farm and Food Link: July 14 • Marketing Strategies for the Small Farm • Kilpatrick Family Farm July 28 • Building Soils: Soil Testing, Composting, Amendments • Dutchess Farm August 11 • Business […]