Blog

via our friend, Bee Ayer BK Farmyards is a new urban farming network in Brooklyn. Our mission is to increase access to healthy affordable food to Brooklyn residents through increasing urban food production and providing jobs for urban farmers. We started last year by turning backyards into farmyards, offering the first CSA with all produce […]

our friend jacob and courtney, greenhorns out at Prairie Heritage Farm, just wrote about this little happening.  A very sweet story.

Stop by and visit Waterpod: Autonomy and Ecology exhibit at Exit Art Underground Jan. 9- Feb. 6 Take a look at our events throughout the exhibit, all taking place at Exit Art at 475 Tenth Ave at 36th Street.

Below you will find information on short courses offered at Southern SAWG's previous annual conference. If these presentations pique your interest, then you should consider attending Southern SAWG's upcoming Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference.

many thanks to Kimberly Hart for this piece. take action, greenhorns! Grassroots push for Student Loan forgiveness could remove barrier to new entry farmers I recently contacted my U.S. elected officials to propose that farming become one of the areas of employment eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. I’m hoping that many young, beginning and […]

Rare animal breeders in many countries are supported in this critical work by private foundations. As you are probably well aware the results of careless or greedy breeding is a degeneration in the quality of the livestock. Some breeds ( like holsteins) take over the markeplace as their milk production is maximized.  With sperm shipments, […]

This opportunity just came through: For The Healing Garden and Landscape work I do at Thanksgiving Farm at The Center for Discovery, I am looking to fill 2 positions. If you were interested, call me or email me for more information. You can also look on the webpage: www.thecenterfordiscovery.org. Jean-David Derreumaux [email protected] 845 417 6415

and don't forget the young farmer conference on January 21st! The main conference homepage is here. Complete Your Walk-In Registration Online •Save time at the door by registering online for workshops only • PRINT YOUR RECEIPT AND BRING IT WITH YOU.  You will need the receipt to check-in. • Online Walk-In Registration will be available […]

at Time & Space Limited in Hudson, NY Hi Friends and Fans of TSL. This  Friday night Jan. 15.@ 7:30pm Puppets/music/creative use of the simple things---(like cardboard??? Wow!!) THE SAME OLD BALONY SHOW will be at TSL. YES!!! ONE night only. This young group of theater people (Old Reliable Amusement Company) is touring the North […]

For all you techie geeks who want to streamline. our friend natsuko recommends running Mac operating system on this little MSI WIND computer.

Food first recommends these charities. thanks to Anna Lappe for spreading the word Partners in Health Founded by Dr. Paul Farmer, this nonprofit health delivery program has served Haiti's poor since 1987. To donate for earthquake relief, go to https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=homepage In an urgent email from Port-au-Prince, Louise Ivers, Partners in Health clinical director in Haiti, […]

this is a terrific opportunity for the right greenhorn - particularly one with cheese-making dreams! We have an immediate opening for a unique, full-time position at Hawthorne Valley Farm’s biodynamic/organic dairy. We are looking for an enthusiastic, morning person, with a passion for food. Call 518-672-7500 x120, or email resume to [email protected]. Our Demeter-certified biodynamic […]

if this means penalizing bad players. so be it. this land is our land, and we need it for food. State aims to protect Utah farmland By Josh Smith Deseret News Published: Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 10:52 p.m. MST SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's agricultural land is disappearing at an "alarming" rate, according to state […]

Can we have some commentary about this atlantic piece? Cultivating Failure next point. If agriculture were dignified, not just gentrified. Wouldn't that set the economic conditions for the mexican child in this article to be able to have a gardening experience back at his parent's farm in Mexico. Meaning: if the family hadn't been displaced […]

thanks to Lisa Mitten for sending us this one! WESTERN LONG ISLAND - The Nassau Land Trust is seeking a farmer to operate an organic educational farm at the former Grossmann Farm in Malverne, NY, a few miles outside of Queens on Long Island.  The property consists of 4.5 +/- acres of arable farmland surrounded […]

A lot of big thinking is going on about landuse in and around our culturally potent metropolitan places. http://themannahattaproject.org/ here is one example close to home. As we bring our digital tools to bear on the redesign of our economy--it will require many many minds. How about yours?

by Ian Wylie The Guardian, Saturday 9 January 2010 It's January 2020. You've commuted to the office in your titanium flying car, to be greeted by a robotic receptionist. You travelate to your 3D, virtual, interactive desk which pours you a tall decaf and scans the morning's to-do list on to your retina …

The airplane magazines are talking about eat ins! well, point, set. from our friend hallie chen: I think it's really interesting to look at Gastronomy and Farming from the Mainstream media point of view- I keep seeing incredible articles in Airplane magazines about Farmers, and food This was the most recent one that I read: […]

The Cornell Small Farms Program is seeking an Extension Associate to join our staff.  Please see position description and instructions below. To view the description online, visit http://www.hr.cornell.edu/jobs/ Then, click on: External Applicants > Faculty and Non-Faculty Instruction, Research & Extension Positions > Job Number 11761-Extension Associate Interviews will begin late January. 

just a shout out to the network that is home to our greenhorns radio show (every thursday!) No matter where you are, you can listen online to lots of great programs.  including: Cutting the Curd with Anne Saxelby If there is one thing Anne Saxelby knows, its cheese. Cutting the Curd, heard every other Sunday […]

this is an exciting coalition: Greetings MYCF! This is an exciting time and there's a lot going on, so here's our first newsletter to present all of the information to you in a concise package. Coming out the the retreat, there's been a whirlwind of activity and there's a lot more on the horizon. Read […]

from our friends at the hudson valley seed library: Our Full 2010 Seed Catalog is now online! New for 2010 This year we have expanded our offerings, printed more packs, and grown and processed more of our own seed. We now have three kinds of seed packs to help our customers distinguish between our seed […]

we've gotten a few tips on gear suggestions for our greenhorns gear list - if you have more, send them to [email protected]! In the meantime, here are a few more suggestions: Womanswork Gloves - pawling, ny Ibex Woolens - woodstock, vt Wiggy's - grand junction, co

Chautauqua i was utterly utterly bedazzled. What marvelous thespians. Greenhorns want an act in the variety show when it goes on tour

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qFI59wGHY] http://www.filmforum.org/films/oldpartner.html

of "the real dirt on farmer john" fame. 2 job opportunities, one deadline has passed: Program Manager - Farm Training Initiative Application deadline: January 8, 2010 The Program Manager assists Sheri Doyel, the Program Director, with the development and implementation of our expanding Farmer Training Initiative. We currently administer the farmer-led Collaborative Regional Alliance for […]

this is a new book, from SARE + Renewing the Countryside You can purchase here

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W3aVZ9Tl1E] pretty good viewing around the holidays, with a snow theme. you can watch it on The Auteurs, which seems to be a place to watch old, hard to find films. Of course, if you are a serious lover of  archivals, there is only one place: Prelinger Archives May sexual tension between prim + pastoral […]

Michael Pollan with more good ideas. "Food Rules": A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis By Michael Pollan The idea for this book came from a doctor--a couple of them, as a matter of fact. They had read my last book, "In Defense of Food", which ended with a handful of tips […]

from our friends in Wassaic. We are very pleased to announce the creation of: The Wassaic Project Artist Residency! Please help us spread the word as we place our open call and forward this info to artists you know. The Wassaic Project Artist Residency summer program hosts eleven artists to live and work for four […]

to buy old posters: http://www.chezpanisse.com/store/posters/

the charming fellow who helped make it happen is going to be on the radio show sometime in the coming weeks.  stay tuned. you can see many beautiful photos here

there is a man who loves hazelnuts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7mQZHfFVE]

C Note. and a wonderful guide. for street vendors. helping them to navigate the regulatory frameworks: Vendor Power this is what we need for meat processing regs, I think our new friend arion thornberry could contribute he runs the similarly radical Niche meat market. http://www.nichemeatprocessing.org/ The logistics of bravery.

this is useful stuff. learn how to compost your offal and scuttle away unscathed. Third International Symposium Management of Animal Carcasses, Tissue and Related By-Products Connecting Research, Regulations and Response July 21-23, 2009 University of California - Davis Davis, California

are you on our mailing list?  If not, sign up! We just sent out the first issue of our new newsletter, The Greenhorn Circular.  Read it in full HERE.

another cool urban farming project. City Farm is a sustainable vegetable farm bordering two very diverse Chicago neighborhoods: Cabrini-Green and the Gold Coast. The farm boasts thirty varieties of tomatoes as well as beets, carrots, potatoes, gourmet lettuces, herbs and melons. All produce is grown in composted soil generated from various sources, such as restaurant […]

Beef gone beyond organic Alec and Sarah Bradford join a growing list of small family farms across the New River Valley that use environmentally conscious practices to raise their livestock. By Tonia Moxley ALLEGHANY SPRING -- Alec Bradford stood in muddy boots on a recent Thursday morning, huddling against a cutting winter wind as he […]

The Corbin Hill Road Farm, LLC (CHRF or the “Farm”) is developing a 96+ acre farm located in the Town of Carlisle in Schoharie County, NY.  The Farm is a joint venture between social investors and the Hunts Point Alliance for Children, a 501c3 in the South Bronx. The Farm has ambitious goals.  It expects […]

here is the story of a chemist, who wanted to become a farmer. so he moved up into the mountains, in the engadin in the south of switzerland. to grow herbs.