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Our pal chandler passed this along - press opportunity for young farmers! Know any up-and-coming farmers, ranchers, or agribusiness people that would make interesting profile subjects for a story in the Capital Press? We are looking for folks 35 and younger who work in ag-related operations in Calif., Idaho, Ore. or Wash. Send an e-mail […]

Many thanks to Gina Baldwin for passing along this terrific roundup of good things happening in Idaho. Gina worked at Draggin' Wing Farm which specializes in native and regionally adapted ornamental plants for water-conserving landscapes.  Here is her list.  Know some others we know be aware of?  email us - [email protected] Idaho Earth Institute: http://www.idahoearth.org/ […]

who are awesome troopers-- http://www.youtube.com/user/ASIatUCDavis#p/u/6/VOalzw6fBPo

and better than ever. if your farm isn't on there.. join today. ( it'll take a little while for your dot to show up since we moderate the dots)

Toluma Farms, Inc. is looking for a goat herd manager-- how can you resist this face? Read on for full Job Description:

Highway to Health Festival & Youth Forum NYC Youth Forum! Live music, cooking competitions, nourishing food, biking, yoga, rock climbing, jousting, Zumba, capoeira, gardeners and filmmakers workshops, lively discussions, movie screenings, advocacy training and a marketplace of ideas and information about community health and sustainability. Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM […]

The International Farm Transition Network will host their annual conference July 20-23, 2010 at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. This three day meeting will bring together agricultural professionals, farmers, citizens, and service providers to discuss and learn about exciting projects in farm transition. The conference will highlight the Countryside Initiative: a partnership between […]

here is the thinking of our loyal reform team: and here is where you can have your say on the farmbill directly. more soon. House Ag Committee Accepting 2012 Farm Bill Comments through June 14: farm bill feedback form

sounds pretty awesome. What also are hearing about is the revival of shaker seed saving, w/ ken greene our favorite green gremlin of local varieties. more on that soon. Woolman Summer Intensive June 20th-25th 2010 The Woolman Summer Intensive is a six day residential program for adults integrating the practices of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Permaculture […]

The 7th International Audiovisual Festival of Biodiversity is now online. It is possible to watch and vote participating videos on the digital platform Arcoiris.tv till the 23rd of May. Your vote will decide who will get 'Premio Arcoiris' prize. The Festival will take place from Thursday, the 20th to Sunday, the 23rd of May as part […]

Check it out (!) Providence has an Urban Agriculture Calendar that lists mostly free events around the area AND This weekend is Southside Community Land Trust's 18th Annual Plant Sale -  gearing up, assigning tasks, making posters and spreading the wildfire word. Lots of crazy plants. Sensitive ones. Bright-red veined ones. Over fifty kinds of tomato […]

Daily Yonder. Relevant news for rural America.  Check out their latest offerings: Dear Readers, We bring stories of local food and beverage this week. David Mudd reviews Cornbread Nation 5, a literary buffet of Southern foodways, and we introduce Kay Westhues's documentary of artesian wells across the Midwest, flowing free and sprouting stories. Gains but […]

we've been hearing from more and more young farmers in australia-- they are getting organized over there too.. and hot on the email. Farmers' voice needs to be loud and proud to bridge the city-country divide DEBORAH BAIN, May 4, 2010 The urban Australian population is removed both physically and emotionally from the farming sector. […]

Greenpoint Food Market is having a bash on May 22. The month of May is whizzing by right before our eyes and we MUST share our excitement for summer.

at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Post-Doctoral Fellow-Lecturer in Anthropology Food Studies Centre, Department of Anthropology & Sociology £31,987 - £37,780 p.a. inclusive of London Allowance Vacancy No: 000167 The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) seeks to appoint a socio-cultural anthropologist working in the area of food systems […]

Maine Farmland Trust is excited to announce a creative collaboration with Portland's SPACE Gallery. From May 20-23, SPACE Gallery will be hosting a Food & Farm film series; and each evening, the feature film will be preceded by one short documentary about a preserved farm, from the series "Meet Your Farmer" - commissioned by MFT and created by Cecily Pingree and […]

the power breakfast that we served up at our It Takes A Village pig butchery weekend last fall.  (not quaker) oatmeal marinated in lemon juice and grated apples add frozen or fresh berries, ( raspberries) to which add yougurt and honey stir and let sit covered optional: oil of oregano, flax seed oil, pollen, spirulina […]

courtesy of  the soil association. “I battle so furiously on behalf of the small family farm because they are threatened with extinction from huge global corporate concerns, and governments that fail to understand the absolute crucial importance they play in the issue of food security.” HRH The Prince of Wales – The Times – 8 […]

and applications are due May 14! New Beginnings TDA grants jump start a budding generation of farmers... Friday, May 7, 2010; By Matt Felder Trent Thompson is a fire fighter. Wife Kara is a math teacher. She’s from Amarillo. He’s from Fort Worth. Outside of Comanche lies a patch of land virtually undisturbed by human […]

go hang out with my brother and see this  - Sev The Third Annual Rural Heritage Institute at Sterling College: Is Local Enough? Promises and Limits of Local Action Craftsbury Common, VT— The third annual Rural Heritage Institute, Is Local Enough? Promises and Limits of Local Action, will be held at Sterling from June 17 […]

what do we think about geo tinkery? As huge cloud-whitening experiment goes public, global coalition urges an immediate halt to geoengineering First UN talks on issue in thirty years begin today http://www.handsoffmotherearth.org Amidst revelations in this weekend’s London Times newspaper{1} that a team of scientists and engineers funded by billionaire Bill Gates are planning to […]

greenhorn Katy Giombolini sent us this letter and a beautiful poem that she wrote!  Thanks Katy, good luck in the fields this summer. I was taking a poetry class this past semester and one of the prompts was to write a poem copying another poet. I chose Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" because in highschool I […]

Taking place on  May 20: Farmworkers’ Rights & Preserving Small Farms: A Conversation about the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act The Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act is a New York State bill that was intended to provide fair labor protections to farmworkers who were excluded from the federal fair labor laws enacted in 1939. The […]

The deadline is coming right up!  May 17.  DeLano Farms CSA Manager at the The Kalamazoo Nature Center,  a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to inspire people to care for the environment by providing experiences that lead them to understand their connection to the natural world. Summary of Position: The DeLano Farms Manager position is […]

and wannabe crafters.. these are some of the most forward thinking farmer educators: http://www.craftfarmapprentice.com/index.php?page=2

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lets convince our universities to engage more fully in the process of documenting rural and agricultural life. check this out! Iowa Youth and Families Project

They are still looking for the right person!  We'll be at there this weekend for the hoggett event. Here is Severine with Lee Ranney at Kinderhook. Kinderhook Farm is a grass farm located in the Hudson Valley of upstate NY that is seeking an able-bodied and enthusiastic apprentice for 2010. The farm raises beef cattle, […]

Their May newsletter is chock full of good information, resources, tips, and research findings.  Check it our HERE.. And their Spring Planting Festival is this weekend!

An amazing resource for learning more about farm subsidies in the U.S. . The Environmental Working Group's  Farm Subsidy Database.

We just found out about The Xerxes Society for invertebrate conservation, which has a wonderful Pollinator Conservation Program.   Their resource center in particular is quite remarkable. Pollinators are essential to our environment. The ecological service they provide is necessary for the reproduction of nearly 70 percent of the world’s flowering plants, including more than two-thirds […]

online registration is closed, but you can still show up and register at the door for Taking Root the 5th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference. Detroit, Michigan, May 17-19. Farm to Cafeteria is TAKING ROOT all across the country. Entering its second decade, farm to cafeteria is becoming a permanent feature of school meals. It’s […]

Nominate Your WFAN "Sustainable Farming Mom of the Year" by May 7! Have you seen the hoopla lately from Monsanto about nominating candidates for their "Farmer Mom of the Year?" They're giving away $5,000 to five lucky winners. Interestingly, nominees aren't eligible unless they raise a certain number of acres of commodity crops or livestock. […]

The Hudson Valley has a vibrant and growing farming community.  Here are some real estate offerings in Hudson, NY. HOUSE #1 One is a small house two story with back yard. It has three rooms upstairs and a bath and down stairs is living room, kitchen and small bathroom off kitchen.  This is not a […]

Starting today, and weekly from now on, we'll be featuring books  all of us greenhorns who " farm with their brains as well as their bodies".  We'll categorize them under "Reading list", so if you're looking for a good read, click on that category and take your pick! Geography students, this one's for you. The […]

imagine if the midwest grew 28 kinds of vegetables for local consumption! A very nice study just came out unfurling the economic impact of such a future-- no surprise, more farm jobs, more farm income, and more nicer food http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/research/marketing_files/midwest.html

we'd like to illustrate the situation of young farmers in American agriculture: ex. ave. age 57 more prisoners than farmers 42% of farmers looking to retire within 5 years growth in american small farm sector 6% of total farmers under age 35 of those..% organic farmers Anyone out there an animator? Here is an example: […]

weird weather ahead. Dripworks Drip Irrigation & Supplies

In collaboration with key partners across the Chesapeake area, Engaged Community Offshoots, Inc. is organizing and hosting Sowing Seeds Here and Now!: A Chesapeake Area Urban Farming Summit on Friday, June 18th, 2010 at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Our keynote speaker and inspiration is Will Allen, CEO of Growing Power in […]

There are quite a few things going on here at greenhorns. Sev is working these days at "The Hickories" Farm in Ridgefield CT-- and is looking for someone who can take on some tasks that lives locally here. Anyone around here want to pitch in with: scanning, databasing media management silk screening filing mailing layout […]