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Check out this documentary - Pressure Cooker. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3277476&w=425&h=350&fv=videofile%3D..%2Ffiles%2Fflv1%2FPCTrailer1.flv%26autoplay%3Dfalse] more about "TakePart | Official Pressure Cooker M...", posted with vodpod Three seniors at Philadelphia's Frankford High School find an unlikely […]

WHEN: 3pm Saturday August 29 till Sunday August 30th afternoon WHERE: Smithereen Farm – 286 Pleasantvale Rd. Nevis, NY FEATURING: the Rude Mechanical Orchestra and lively nighttime music by DJs […]

It's easy - just visit our Serve Your Country Food website and click on "Join the Map" Here's a little blurb from takepart.com: Serve Your Country Food: A Map of […]

More on the Farm Beginnings program... We at Hawthorne Valley Farm are excited about a new program that we will be offering beginning in October 2009, called Hudson Valley Farm […]

Some great events this weekend: Food Justice Revival concert in Wassaic, NY August 28th Food Security Roundtable seasonal gathering, also in Wassaic, NY August 29th For more information, check out […]

Big Spuds, Little Spuds The impact of climate change and monoculture on one of the world's staple food crops. a fantastic film from BULLFROG FILMS. about potatoes in peru, and […]

greenhorns ally Mark Andrew Gravel of Agrarian Art Lab is behind this new mag. Not Your Average Food Porn: Food + Sex Previews Nationwide New collage art food magazine Food […]

Greenhorns - here is a great opportunity from MOFGA - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association CALL for APPLICATIONS for 2010-2011 MOFGA's Farmer-in-Residence (F.I.R.) Program offers aspiring farmers committed to […]

Young Farmers!  This is a 'blast survey'. It should take 2 minutes. Please fill it out by following this link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEthMkZQcWR3ZXFpZ1Y2SzFHWVBLVEE6MA.. Some of you may have filled out our longer […]

This comes to us via our good friends at the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Greetings! Do you have the blight blues? We do. And we've decided to do something about […]

a re-post from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Avant-Garde Agriculture, Architecture Meet in B’klyn Futurists’ Workshop Attracts Students From All Over World By Stephen Rex Brown BROOKLYN — When Dr. Mitchell […]

so much going on. so much bloomy fungality on my cucurbits. all the clothes hanging on doorknobs breezes dry overwhelment. feeling a bit like this song: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn22KsLG0wo&NR=1]

and stir up some trouble. Our favorite day of the week around here is Thursday. Why? because that's the day of our favorite radio show. Its called "The MODERN WORLD" […]

This re-post comes to us via a new blog - Friend of the Farmer.  A great opportunity for one of you greenhorns out there! The Race Brook Lodge, a 30-room […]

new farmers. new foods.  particularly new foods made with green tomatoes! there are some amusing, witty entries here.  let's pepper them with some farm-fresh fare. McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Reviews of […]

This site has got a lot of landed farmboys on it. Yes, they are mostly conventional farmers. Let's convert them one by one! Farmers for the Future: http://farmersforthefuture.ning.com/ Here's their […]

with pig as unwilling participant. via boing boing [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZof9PSEB7k&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boingboing.net%2F2009%2F08%2F17%2Fjapanese-pig-rodeo.html&feature=player_embedded] actually, there is quite an amazing young farmers' movement in japanese, which we will have more to say about later. For […]

have you been listening? did you know you can hear us interview young farmers and artist ninjas and other fine folk each week? Greenhorn Radio is on the Heritage Radio […]

Learning from the European Experience to Increase Wheat Production and Quality in New England via the Heritage Wheat Conservancy: Biodiversity is at the heart of a robust community food system. […]

'Trees of life' are vital food source Miranda Spitteler BBC News The "famine food" of trees can keep drought-hit communities alive when all other food crops fail, says Miranda Spitteler. […]

WHAT: September Field Days WHEN: Sunday, September 13th, 11 AM into the evening WHERE: High Mowing Organic Seeds Trial & Showcase Gardens in Wolcott, VT A celebration of local food […]

As farmers age, plans match aspirants with pros By Sharon Cohen The Associated Press RICHLAND, Iowa — He quit his job and drove his wife and their four young daughters […]

a love supreme. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1AoSTcdSPU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmultimedia.slowfood.com%2Findex.php%3Flng%3D2%26method%3Dmultimedia%26action%3Dzoom%26id%3D30131&feature=player_embedded]

An ‘agri-intellectual’ talks back by Tom Philpott for Grist 14 Aug 2009 A lot of folks have asked what I think of the essay “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals,” […]

Sometimes we feature cool tools. This is a tool designed for outdoor peeing. It's called p-style. http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2007/04/pstyle.html and then there are these Japaneses knives. http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html and Hoes. http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html Do you […]

Sometimes we find interest in the passionate backs and forths. Studies have shown a decline in the nutrition ( vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals/antioxidents etc) in conventional foods over time. Now […]

a greenhorns e-blast, anyway. If you'd like to receive more, sign up for our newsletter! all greenhorns - It is August. It is hot. At Smithereen Farm,  our Greenhorns headquarters […]

There is such a lot going on this year still. We'd like to keep you abreast of it all. Sign up here: http://www.thegreenhorns.net/mailinglist.html

Severine and many other agricultural folks will be at the Waterpod Project. come join! My event is DIY 4H. we'll be working with amaranthus. see you there. - Severine SUNDAY, […]

The latest from our friends Annie & Ben at Rooftop Farms: Greetings from the bridge between summer and fall! As tomato season begins, please remember to support our local organic […]

howtohomestead.org has an amusing collection of (actually useful) videos on everything from kombucha to humanure.  worth a look.  They're also accepting submissions... [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3189308&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about "» Kombucha and You", […]

important book just released­ by Food First: Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice By Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel with Annie Shattuck Today there are over a billion […]

but it seems that farming, and interfacing with the wildness, is good for our psyches. Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick By Linda Buzzell, AlterNet. Posted […]

Curt Ellis & Ian Cheney, the truck farm-driving, award-winning filmakers responsible  King Corn, have planned an amazing crash course in independent documentary for early September.  Applications are due this week!  […]

With business planning, goal setting, marketing, land access. Bottom line: it starts October 17th, runs every saturday afternoon for 9 weeks and costs $1200 I'll be there!   - severine download […]

mark your calendars... ( ) watermelon moonshine ( ) a night-time ripening + workparty. When: saturday august 29th afternoon+ sunday all day. What: a campout, flashmob, grill up, farm over. […]

Greenhorn & artist Miranda Currie sent us some of her whimsical artwork recently, and we love it.  Here's a note from Miranda about her work and inspiration. I currently work […]

certainly many of you greenhorns out there are into photography.  It could you win you front row Farm Aid tickets!  Read on... (and while we're at it, if any of […]

U.S. WORKING GROUP ON THE FOOD CRISIS CRITICIZES CLINTON/VILSACK TOUR OF KENYAN PRO-BIOTECH INSTITUTE USAID-Monsanto-KARI Spent $6 Million on Failed GM Sweet Potato Project (Washington D.C., Boston, MA, San Francisco, […]

we'd like to celebrate and congratulate jeanne, who has created a cultural institution, actually just a list serve.  A nice compilation of NYC foodie events.  Read more & sign up […]