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a beautiful flock from Phillies Bridge Farm Project in New Paltz. After working with our small sheep flock for a few years, we have decided let go of them and perhaps re-think our livestock situation. We have a few sheep that we would like to sell as they are of good breeding stock or have […]

this just in from Marc Rumminger I've been collecting articles about farming in Detroit for a while (2 years, perhaps) and finally got around to putting together a digest over at Mental Masala (and cross-posted to L.V.L.).  It links to 9 more articles on farming and gardening in Detroit, plus a haunting photo essay on […]

greenhorns will be shown! Buy Advance Tickets ... Win Prizes! TWO WEEKS TO WILD & SCENIC! Do you have your tickets yet?

on January 9.  And here's a video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yJpw0IOaZI] Saturday, January 9th 7PM $5-$20, sliding scale 1399 Pacific Street, Brooklyn (Take the A, 3, or LIRR to Nostrand Ave) T W O * F L O O R S Food! Gay farmers! Cocktails! Gay Bands! Dancing!

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great new book: The Call of the Land Explores Surging Agrarian Movement New book is “An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century” “Food and farms are involved in a blitzkrieg of changes,” writes veteran journalist Steven McFadden in The Call of the Land, published this October by NorLightsPress. The book gives voice to a growing chorus […]

for nutrition as well as recreation. The Team that Saved the High Line Last week miss annie novak came up in a little rav 4 to pick up rabbit poop for her rooftop. as much as we could fit-- thankfully it was all frozen solid, and anyway the poops are quite innocuous ( smooth and […]

if you're in the Hudson Valley, anyway... a fundraiser/masquerade ball for WGXC radio.

Funding available to help farmers extend the growing season while protecting natural resources AMHERST, Mass. (December 21, 2009) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a new pilot project under the 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative for farmers to establish high tunnels - also known as hoop […]

talking foodsheds MIT Researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via "foodsheds", in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.

We've mostly stopped our shopping. But then there is the exception: Gear. Gear for rain Gear for mud Gear for thorns Gear for maintaining fence-lines. And frankly, it's quite a hunt finding suitable sturdy equipment for the small heroics of farm maintenance. At the Patagonia store everything is flash, purple and shiny. With toggles and […]

who made the film Sweet Grass. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9iah71iPQ&feature=player_embedded] he talks well about the right wing and the left wing-- both out in the wilderness, armed and unarmed this film he recorded with a huge camera- - traveling for weeks on end with the cowboys up in the mountain ranges, in his little talk, he said that […]

If you would like to promote at the conference, here's your opportunity.  See you at the mixer... As most of you are probably already aware, the NOFA winter conference will be held Jan 22-24, 2010 in Saratoga Springs. While the NOFA conferences always provide bountiful learning for new farmers, this year there will be a […]

We met Julie Carney at the Hungry Filmmakers event last week - she's a rockstar who works for Gardens for Health International, as the Country Director for their Rwanda program. She wrote us this nice note: My mother grew up on farms in the midwest, but I was raised in the suburbs of the East. […]

How about a supersonic flowchart to get you all oriented.  eh? Best Online Collaboration Tools 2009 - Robin Good's Collaborative Map

Love v. Vilsack could be settled by legislation Back in 2000 Rosemary Love of Harlem, Montana brought a discrimination lawsuit with other women farmers alleging they were denied loans by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) because they are women. The suit is known as Love v. Vilsack, and if this suit sounds familiar it is because African […]

Minority farmers seek redress, claim USDA discrimination By Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 21, 2009 In November, the Agriculture Department began negotiations with Native American farmers in a class-action suit alleging systematic discrimination in the agency's farm loan program. About 15,000 black farmers have received almost $1 billion since the settlement of […]

everyone's making room for beginning farmers!  make sure to check out their GenNext program. EcoFarm has awarded 13 Conference scholarships in an effort to support beginning farmers and make the unique and abundant resources provided at the EcoFarm Conference more accessible. These scholarships are possible with support from the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program […]

we just heard from a new friend, Evangeline, who has a great blog called FarmApartment.  She wrote a post about Hungry Filmmakers +  the greenhorns. I write a blog called FarmApartment : How To Live Off The Land Without Actually Having Land. I live in Los Angeles, but am here for the holidays. I got […]

out of minneapolis. you can listen online, and soon will be able to download podcasts. Sunday, December 20th, from 6-7 pm Central time. From that point on, a new episode of the show will be available for download as a podcast or webisode every other week or so -- the show is still evolving, so […]

on January 29. This is going to be good... photo from the grass whisperer The Small Farms Program and Northeast SARE are pleased to co-sponsor the Second Annual Winter Green-Up Grass-Fed Beef Conference. The conference will be held Friday, January 29, 2010, 10am to 9:00pm and Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Century House […]

Value-Added Dairy with the pennsylvania association for sustainable agriculture Turn excess fluid milk into a cash flow for your farm. This group of experts will lead you through the information you need to get started — from designing and equipping a plant, to cultures and cheesemaking, to bottling and selling your product. Take the next […]

@ Weaver's Way Co-op in Philadelphia. Position: WWCP Farm Educator Status: Full-Time / Salaried Reports to: Executive Director of WWCP Weavers Way Community Programs (WWCP) is the non-profit arm of Weavers Way Co-op. WWCP programs includes the Marketplace partnership with local schools and Farm Education.

wow, totally amazing. the look on the faces of the girls when their teacher is challenging them to figure out how to make money from the farm products-- fantastically made film by 2 dutch filmmakers who say: " if it can grow in Detroit, it can grow anywhere" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6sI7BqXLo]

wow, totally amazing. the look on the faces of the girls when their teacher is challenging them to figure out how to make money from the farm products-- fantastically made film by 2 dutch filmmakers who say: " if it can grow in Detroit, it can grow anywhere" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6sI7BqXLo]

Have you all registered yourselves as servants of nutrition?  www.serveyourcountryfood.net I got a few folks last week telling me that the site was slightly glitchy-- please let us know if you find this to be the case, we'd like to take it to the next level and knowing where any bugs are will help that […]

Fresh the movie. We're getting our copy this week.  By Orren Fox Orren Fox is 12 years old and lives in NoBo (North of Boston). He goes to school where there is a greenhouse and a bee hive! Orren has 24 chickens and four ducks (three Call Ducks and one beautiful Mandarin). He is really […]

these are our friends in Georgia - a really amazing farm family. Riverview Farms, a strong and constant leader in Georgia's good food community, was severely damaged by a tornado last week. Watch this Fox news story to learn more. They need our help. This Saturday, Dec. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers are […]

Join American Farmland Trust for our Webinar, "Building Consensus to Implement Your Town's Farmland Protection Plan" on December 17 from 12 to 1:30 pm. This Webinar will help towns awarded state funding for the development of Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plans, as well as help communities thinking about getting a plan, learn some motivational techniques […]

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do have a design charette for their organic logo. http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index_en.htm much more suave that the good o'le lazer horizon at the usda.

no one accuses these kids of living in teepees, but still. from the Stock Journal Young farmers advised - save before borrowing by ALISHA FOGDEN; 10 Dec, 2009 04:00 AM Young farmers need to learn the difference between "need and want" if they plan to be successful in any business. That was one of the resounding […]

here is a review of an important book, by a friend of ours, Harry MacCormack of Sunbow Farm The Transition Document:Toward a Biologically Resilient Agriculture A Book Review by Dan Armstrong "One of these fine days the public is going to wakeup and will pay for eggs, meat, vegetables, etc., according to how they were […]

The USSF will take place June 22-26, 2010 at Cobo Hall and Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit. Other workshops and community art and culture programs will take place across the city. The USSF will convene social movements from across the United States and globally. Organizers are reaching out to young people, people of color, unionists, […]

Here's a documentary, Greasy Rider, about two guys going across the country in an old mercedes veggiemobile. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rxIugs5FZ0] Our former intern Michelle, just back from Iceland, told us about it.  Next week she's picking up her first veggie oil-powered mobile - a '96 Ford  F250 extended cab truck - blue with pretty white side trimmings.

hedgemon of soap + ice cream products. dastardly purchaser of plantation palm oil. From the Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6952288.ece A reminder to the yummy mummies out there: buy local soap! vermont soapworks, for instance. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl0Co3eTdLQ&feature=player_embedded]

today, lindsey lusher (of transportation alternatives and national young farmer coalition) told me about this incident between the hipsters and the hassidic community who (it has been leaked) were promised that the bike lane would be removed if they voted for bloomberg. oh the intrigue. oh the gossip. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19oo7Ejq9WI&feature=related] its from a very funny bike […]

Stratford couple voted Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2009 By DAVE STEWART The Guardian Canada’s top farmer prefers to think of himself as a technologist, an entrepreneur. “The term farmer is getting to be an outdated term,’’ Greg MacKenzie of Stratford said in an interview Monday, a day after he and his wife, Tania were […]

thanks to Paul of Civil Eats for telling us about this: Young Farmers on the Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC If this leaves you wanting more, tune in to the Greenhorns Radio show every Thursday on the Heritage Radio Network. You can listen to archives here

we think this would be best viewed in a field on a farm .  anyone planning sleepovers? Dec. 8, 2009: Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends. The best meteor shower of 2009 is about to fall over North America on a long, cold December night. "It's the Geminid meteor shower," says Bill Cooke […]