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From the Working Lands Alliance: contact your HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE today and urge them to vote today in support of HB5419 as amended by LCO 4811, and to co-sponsor the bill.     […]

those nice websites of the nice farmers are an inspiration to us all. like this one: http://www.bareknucklefarm.com/ do you know of another great farm site? tell us about it: [email protected]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc2JfUBraGw&feature=player_embedded] Kindest Regards, Rob

just out in the nytimes: For Corn Syrup, the Sweet Talk Gets Harder By MELANIE WARNER Published: April 30, 2010 FOR much of 2009, Michael Locascio, an executive at ConAgra […]

here is a little note from our friend Patrick Connors of The Farm School - a wonderful resource for young farmers. Dear Greenhorns, Very cool new web pages have just […]

for your sunday morning enjoyment. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VHc49ZdP4]

Eating Liberally and the Food Systems Network NYC invite you to join us on May 3rd at 6:30 pm for a screening of Pressure Cooker, an uplifting documentary about a […]

Fresh Produce Safety Training in Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) The Clemson Sustainable Agriculture Program and Clemson Cooperative Extension with support from the South Carolina Department of Agriculture are conducting a […]

a summer throwdown! from our friends at germantown community farm in upstate NY: Here it is once more...the burst of spring has got us strapping on our dancing shoes, clearing […]

about how much money is in the federal budget. http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/

Same guy(s), new post(s) Meatncheese!

This is a wonderful blog discussing NW weather. He has forecasts but also explains weather we've had & why it happens. Helpful for farmers! Cliff Mass Weather Blog (thanks Chandler!)

from Les Blank. In April of 1858, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy  wrote to Alexandra Tolstoy, his aunt twice-removed and his closest confidante. He called her babushka,or grandmother, as a sort […]

We're looking for a farmer / farm couple with expertise in vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, medicinal herbs and / or livestock to help re-create a farm, preferably using permaculture principles, […]

this wonderful film festival is on tour!  With many films, including our 20 minute cut. For a list of tour dates click HERE

This just in from our scientist friend Lucas Patzek.  I have just moved to Washington State University's research station in Mount Vernon, which is about 30 minutes south of Bellingham. […]

we cannot wait for this. culture tracker and magic maker: megan prelinger (greenhorn librarian wunderlady ), has produced a book! A marvelous, highly anticipated treatment of marginalia-- as interpreted thru […]

What do women have to do with what America eats? Everything. With a hands-on guide for the sustainable food movement Proving that we all can have an impact Farmer Jane: […]

Our farm of 60+ acres mixed use lands was build in the 1830′s – 1840′s. It consists of a main house, a large 4 story post and beam barn, a […]

"greenhorn at heart" sarah parker sent us this note about a great farming project in oregon. White Oak Farm & Education Center is a lovely little nonprofit in Williams, Oregon. […]

a fantastic resource for greenhorns!   dozens of jobs and internships have been posted in the last month. Check it out.

solaro! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GCNPIslTtg via Pacific Renewables Group

A new book by Heather Rogers.  Read the NYTimes review HERE. , or check out one of the discussions and  signings around the country. Green Gone Wrong takes the reader […]

Re-post of an article recently published in The Root. An Earth Day Solution For Urban Food Deserts With their ''guerrilla'' tactics, black organic farmers are taking Malcolm X's mandate of […]

Severine was recently chosen by Grist as one of 40 people who are "redefining green".  Check it out!

Seeking volunteers for the season! We are two adult daughters and one Dad seeking volunteers for the garden season. We live 45 minutes north of Asheville, NC, 20 minutes from […]

Celebrate May Day at SOMArts on Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 12 to 5 p.m. Let's prepare the gardens for summer arts programming. We'll to some weeding, leveling/laying pavers, beating back the […]

as paula notes, "Farm life, chic agrarianism, and rural color are inspiring fashion!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTi1qpq1K9Y what do we think of this strange trending?

Another (Sub)Urban Homestead In the City of Petaluma, we are converting a 1950's tract home into a productive and sustainable food source. Packing the yards with gardens, fruit trees and […]

by Fred Bahnson; April 20, 2010 published in Faith & Leadership John Jeavons expects that 20 years from now most of the world’s people will be struggling to eat. Jeavons, […]

Here is a smart project that is in competition for funding from Dell.  To vote, click on "promote" on the project's page. Break it Down’s vision is to divert food […]

By Sarah Murray, FT.com. April 24, 2010. Until a few weeks ago Callum Saunders’ tiny east London balcony was packed with planters – but not only ones containing flowers or […]

the tao seeger band is on tour. catch them, quick! http://www.myspace.com/taorodriguezseeger

NSAC is working with the Rural Coalition, National Family Farm Coalition and several other groups to ensure that the costs of paying for improvements to child nutrition programs and for […]

The Hudson Valley Seed Library wants to help you show your mama some love, and have put together an all new Mother's Day Gift Basket with five beautiful Art Packs and some […]

mules and more, missouri ( magazine) western mule ( magazine) ADMS, (american donkey and mule society) courtesy of: Clarence Wilson, Hood River OR mule enthusiast.

When: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 9am to 4pm Where: Sauvie Island Organics, Sauvie Island, OR What: Josh Volk, of Slow Hand Farm, will be teaching this intensive which will cover […]

by Ewen MacAskill. guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 April 2010 Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, donated $30m (£19.5m) to a new fund to help poor farmers today in an effort to […]

For the record, these constant competitions are a bit repetitious.  Aren't we supposed to be strengthening our team muscles? Almost 400 local food enterprises have been nominated for Slow Money […]

Severine hits the airwaves on this week's grow-op on Radio Ecoshock, gettin down to business and talking about getting back to the land! getting out, growing where you are, feeding the city, from […]