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we just received this note from an old friend, Anirvan.  There's some great stuff here. My wife and I are traveling in Japan (part of a year we're spending meeting green activists in Asia and Europe), and we discovered a bunch of really exciting work being done on the consumer side of food movements, in […]

from our friends at the food security roundtable!

Slow Food USA is hiring. POSITION TITLE: SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT LOCATION: BROOKLYN, NY REPORTS TO: PRESIDENT, SLOW FOOD USA Slow food USA is current hiring for a Special Assistant to the President in our Brooklyn, NY based office. Instructions and details follow. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Check out Katchkie Farm for more information Delight in the bountiful fall harvest at Katchkie Farm. Take a trip to Kinderhook and spend the afternoon in our fields and children's garden. To RSVP, email [email protected]

A Demonstration with Dario Cecchini, Italy’s Renowned Master Butcher In a rare U.S. appearance, Dario Cecchini, Italy's master butcher made famous in Bill Buford's Heat and portrayed in Douglas Gayeton’s new book Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town, will give a demonstration on artisan butchery.

Oakland CA: A new report from the Oakland Institute, The Great Land Grab: Rush for World's Farmland Threatens Food Security for the Poor, sounds the alarm on the threat that land grabbing poses to food security and livelihoods. Land grabs--the purchase of vast tracts of land from poor, developing countries by wealthier, food-insecure nations and […]

The Glynwood Center has announced their 2009 Harvest Award Winners.  Check out the greenhorns they've chosen: The Glynwood Wave of the Future Harvest Award Cody Hopkins/Andrea Todt, Co-creators, Falling Sky Farm, Marshall, AR It is ironic that in the center of a small rural state, fresh, local and organic food is hard to find. A […]

Greenhorns, the organization Seeking Common Ground is looking for a farm manager. Terrific opportunity. Farm Manager Wanted: See(k)ing Common Ground, Inc (SCG) is a non-profit educational organization that models more restorative ways of life. This includes Shimmering Light Community Garden, Fingerlakes Farm-to-Cafeteria, and Herb Haven serving women and children on the path to self-sufficiency. We […]

they have a new website!  with resources for new farmers, on-farm mentors, agricultural service providers and small farm advocates.  this is a good one, greenhorns.  www.growingnewfarmers.org NESFI's collection of small farm information, learning tools and program services has been steadily growing for over thirty years. Slowly but surely, we have worked to create a systematic […]

A note and some beautiful pictures from Tom Stearns, president of High Mowing Seeds in Vermont. They held a young farmer mixer at their field day back in September... The event was great with over 100 young farmers joining the 250 other community members at our annual Field Day. The picture of me raising a […]

The Wanås Foundation is a non-profit art foundation located in the south of Sweden on an estate consisting of a medieval castle, an organic farm, and a sculpture park. Since 1987, the Park holds a constantly growing number of permanent works by internationally renowned contemporary artists. The focus is on sculpture and installations, most of […]

at Rural Ridge Farm.  Greenhorns will be there! 9th Annual Apple Harvest Festival Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Rural Ridge Farm from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Taste a variety of apples that are not found commercially today. The Shelton Family and Vintage Virginia Apples are ready to host our 9th Apple Harvest Festival held […]

are you coming to our pig butchery + sausage-making event?  We hope so! City folk are talking about it already: Grub Street The Village Voice Don't forget to rsvp: [email protected]

a greenhorns friend emailed us this tidbit from a blog: True enough. During WWII, Switzerland received very little imports (it did receive some coal from Germany), but the situation was quite different then in comparison with today. Switzerland had during WWII about half as many inhabitants (4 million people instead of 8), it had twice […]

Cote de Fer is a commune in the Southeast department of Haiti. There are 6 communal sections and approximately 64,000 people. It is estimated that at least 70% of the population in this region does not have access to a toilet. Cote de Fer is a very agricultural region and the majority of families depend […]

an invite from Tangletown Farm in Middlesex, VT Please come to our pig roast and harvest party on Saturday, October 17 from 3pm until late. We will have a bonfire and lots of fun for everyone. If you have something special you harvested from your garden, whip it into a dish (if you have time) […]

from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Young farmer expanding her business and growing interest October 8, 2009; Troy L. Smith Growing up, Erin Bullock couldn't even tell you what farming was. "It wasn't even on my radar," says the 29-year-old Rochester resident. "I didn't even know what a farmer did. It was like, 'What does […]

It's a popular thing, it seems. Have you been to our site, Serve Your Country food? Dwell has a mapping project too: Small Farms Across the United States Greenhorns - are you on our map?  Visit our Serve Your Country Food site and join!

if you're in the North West, this is a good and affordable course.  Slow Hand Farm also has a great blog. Crop Planning for Diverse Plantings and how to effectively use spreadsheets to streamline the process Who: Josh Volk, of Slow Hand Farm (slowhandfarm.com), will be teaching this course based on a system that he […]

to make a sausage!  (or lots of sausages). Download the invite for our upcoming event here: Piggie Invite check out the details below if you can't read the invite, and send us your pork recipes! Smithereen Farm + Greenhorns are pleased to prepare and enjoy our 2 Tamworth pigs Join us for a weekend of […]

Dear Greenhorns, Sarajane here, writing from Keith's Farm in Port Jervis NY. There is much to say and do, tell and ask. For now, though I want to let you know about some NPR news I heard recently. (Strangely, working on this garlic farm has allowed me to clock WAY more NPR time than I […]

Check out the family farmers. I just met them at Farmaid - had so many informative chats with farmers whose claws had been sharpend by years of fighting factory farming and injustice of trade rules, insider trading, and corporate maleficence. National Family Farm Coalition

from the ny times, with quite an amazing photo! European Farmers’ Anger Spills Into the Streets of Brussels BRUSSELS — After months of complaints by European dairy farmers angry over low prices, protesters in Brussels on Monday poured milk onto the streets, hurled eggs and other missiles, and started fires that filled the air with […]

you know we love maps... this is via Brooklyn Based Remember when you were a kid, and you threw blankets over chairs to make tents? Emily Fischer did that too, but she didn’t think of them as a place to hide. She was creating peaks and valleys — topography — because what she saw was […]

Beginning Farmer Project Announces Fall Online Course Are you a new or aspiring farmer who would like some guidance in the development of a farm enterprise, but has been unable to locate or attend any trainings near you? Are you comfortable enough with a computer to consider learning online? Cornell Cooperative Extension and the NY […]

this is a nice rental quite close to Great Barrington. with 13 acres! http://betsylittle.com/properties/rental-pages/mil.html

Melanie Crawford worked the Farm Aid booth with us last weekend. We visited Butterfly Hill Farm on our bike tour out in rural missouri. It was glorious. With a scarecrow called "Cornelia" If you are into homesteading, heirloom seeds and household philosophy, this is the blog for you: http://butterflyhillfarm.blogspot.com/

from the Soil Association Obsession with high yield crops has stunted food nutrition Basic foods from modern crops contain significantly less vital nutrients – a problem which poses a heightened risk for public health, a BBC programme warned on Sunday night.

at the  Poughkeepsie Farm Project Seed Saving - Saturday, October 10, 2-4 pm Come learn to save your own seeds! We’ll talk about the how and why of seed saving, a lost art that is surprisingly simple and a lot of fun, and we'll demonstrate some simple seed cleaning techniques. You will also be able […]

There's still time to sign up for this great program, offered at one of our favorite farms! The Hawthorne Valley Farm Beginnings Program will offer a structured business planning course, Field Days on successful sustainable farms, and individually tailored mentoring sessions for both new and existing farmers.

a great opportunity for an aspiring farmer!  You can read their plan for establishing a farm here: Phoenix House Yorktown Farm Plan

A newly formed land collective of young farmers is looking for co-op members with great ideas and permaculture ideals. Located in Preston Hollow, NY, the 110 acre farmstead offers full-time residencies and part-time land shares for interested individuals who are willing to learn from and educate the other members of the community and the public, […]

Congratulations Greenhorns' Friend Claire Hope Cummings!  This is an important book for us all to read. The Before Columbus Foundation is pleased to announce that Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds by Claire Hope Cummings has been selected as a winner of the thirtieth annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS for 2009. We will […]

more from our friends at the Hudson Valley Seed Library! It's cozy in here. Which is a feeling, I regret to say, that only happens when it's cold outside. Right now Doug, his mom Nancy, our neighbor Linda-Brook, and I are all in our tiny house surrounded by seeds, spoons of various shapes and sizes, […]

The 6th Annual Food on Your Plate Food and Sustainable Living Conference is happening this Friday and Saturday, Oct 9 & 10. It will take place at Daemon College in Amherst, NY, and feature as keynote speakers Howard Lyman, the "mad vegan cowboy," Dr. Margaret Mitchell of Healthy Transitions and Diane Picard of the Massachusetts […]

quite stunning photography here. Be sure to check out the "Growing" Portfolio. And there is a new book. Over: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point Alex MacLean’s aerial photographs have captured the evolution of the American landscape and the complex relationship between its natural and constructed environments that contribute to climate change. Over: The […]

If you are looking for fertile land on 6.5 acres to garden organically and expand with field crops & grazing animals bordering a good size creek, with beautiful perennial gardens, woodlands, meadow, small orchard, massive oak trees and a quaint 2 BR 1800's farmhouse, I am offering such a place. Rent could start immediately. If […]

this is an appeal from COMFOOD: Dear COMFOODERS, I'm planning an organic farm bicycle tour across the US in 2011. I'm having a difficult time finding organic food projects in South Dakota and Wyoming. I'm searching for organic farms, CSA's, heirloom grain farmers, local food restaurants, native grass farmers, etc...

Applecheek Farm- turning over a new leaf! Open Farm Day and New Store Open House on Saturday, October 10th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come and see the beautiful leaves at Applecheek Farm: the fall foliage is spectacular! Plus, be the first to see our new Farm Store! Enjoy free wagon rides and tour […]

Hudson Valley Greenhorns - this is for you! Hudson Valley Food Security Roundtable, Fall 2009 Sunday, October 11, 2:00-4:30 Main Meeting Room, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Poughkeepsie, NY 67 South Randolph Road, Poughkeepsie NY, 845-471-6580 The Hudson Valley Food Security Roundtable is a coalition of farmers, food activists, distributors and consumers working together to help […]