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Summer Internship for 2009 Denise O'Brien and Larry Harris of Rolling Acres Farm are looking for summer intern(s) who are looking for a unique experience on a small farm in Iowa. This internship will be will focus on 1) producing crops for a CSA, 2) being involved in regional food system work, and 3) assisting […]

Get used to it folks. The rules are changing and the loopholes which allowed wealthy people and corporations to give 'tax free' to non profit organizations are closing up. It seems like social activism will have to learn another model of accounting. And some of us are probably going to go work for the government. […]

A re-post from Time Magazine.  The Suburbs need to be recycled, and Greenhorns have a role in that.  Thoughts? 2. Recycling the Suburbs By Bryan Walsh The American suburb as we know it is dying. The implosion began with the housing bust, which started in and has hit hardest the once vibrant neighborhoods outside the […]

Here's a re-post from Daily Finance, with some promising, happy thoughts. Pollan, Waters influencing food politics more than we know sarah gilbert Mar 22nd 2009 at 6:00PM Filed under: Economy Blame Tom Vilsack's grandchild, blame Sasha and Malia Obama, blame 30 million American children. Blame them for this: food politics are changing mightily, and the […]

This is important work, Greenhorns. And good reading. The work of Slow Food and RAFT (Renewing America's Food Traditions).  Here's hoping we'll all be able to bite into a Red Astrachan or Yellow Transparent come fall. Madison, Wis - Apples and apple growers are in trouble. At one time, North America had over 14,000 apple […]

Here's a beautiful image from the Prelinger Library.  Click on the image to bring it to full size.  And check out the new Prelinger Library Digital Collections:  http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger_library

Joining us for Land. Liberty. Sunshine. Stamina., our propagandist/conspirator friends at Bouwerie are showing their latest project, Legalize Ag. About the project: Legalize Ag is calling for agriculture reform of the most immediate sort. Recognizing America has no future without food, we seek that the government sanction, by law, policies that limit the agri-industrial control of our […]

This reflection comes from Greenhorns friend Anna Rose... Dear all, It's been a week since I drove down I-20 and began my three day stint in Farmer Heaven, so I thought I'd give y'all an update. I'm writing this monster of a synopsis mostly for posterity, but for anyone who'd like to live in complete […]

Craftsbury Common, VT - Do you have a desire to take the mystery out of draft horse tillage, raising a family cow, or growing organic veggies? How about permacuture? As the subject of organic farming becomes nationally discussed, with the advent of CSA's and Michelle Obama digging up the White House lawn, Sterling College in […]

This via California FarmLink Dear California FarmLink Clients and Friends, I'm writing to you today to ask for your support in securing funding for the Beginning Farmer Individual Development Account (IDA) Pilot Program. This program would enable beginning farmers and ranchers to open an Individual Development Account (matched savings account) in order to save for […]

We met Grace, the creator of these awesome t-shirts, at the Georgia Organics Conference. Handmade and 100% recycled, they come in a variety of sizes, both men's and women's. Grace can try to take requests for colors as well. $10.00 each plus shipping & handling. Email orders to: [email protected]

These are fun folks. and dabbling over there in that radical land is a healthy salty dose. - Severine Culture Change Reports March 10 - Mar. 21: did you miss any? Read any you missed and pass along one you like! 6 Firms Stop Sales of Hard-Plastic Baby Bottles By Jane Kay http://culturechange.org/go.html?351 Radiation Dangers […]

Finally, after the bitter cold winter and far too much grantwriting and officeworks: Spring is catching me up and the finger=planet interface approaches the psyche nurture cotyledons and smell must of rabbit worm drippings on the hot greenhouse floor . Thankfully I have flawless cell reception at 2.3 acre Smithereen farm (which is just a […]

The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology and UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group proudly present: Nicolette Hahn Niman discussing her new book, Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms Thursday, April 2, 7:00 pm 105 North Gate Hall University of California Berkeley (directions) For more information contact SAFE at [email protected] […]

Lovely 4 acre farm in Livingston NY (10 minutes south of Hudson). The farm is surrounded by Rockefeller Trust lands; sits upon an aquifer; and holds a 3,000 square foot recently renovated, super energy efficient house.

Check out the latest newsletter from Common Vision with news on their Fruit Tree Tour! Greetings- Common Vision's epic 3,000 mile journey, Fruit Tree Tour 2009 is now ½ way to its final planting event. Apples, Figs, Peaches, Plums, Oranges, and Lemons are in the ground at public schools in California and saying hello to […]

News from the Farmer-Veteran Coalition: Dear Friends, I am sending this e-mail to you because you know me and you know my commitment to a sustainable food and farming system. Recently, I accepted the position of Deputy Director for the Farmer Veteran Coalition, a nascent non-profit with amazing potential to address some of our country's […]

Thought we'd share the introduction to Lisa Hamilton's book Deeply Rooted.  Hamilton is a writer and photographer who focuses on food and agriculture, particularly the stories of farmers. Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness (Counterpoint, May 2009) Balfour, North Dakota Highway 84 cuts a diagonal line across central North Dakota, a landscape […]

this via Ian Cheney: I hope spring finds you well! I'm writing to invite you to the premiere of A SENSE OF WONDER this Friday, March 27th, at 730pm at the Anthology Film Archives Theater in Manhattan. I'm an outreach producer for the film, and this event is the culmination of a huge month of […]

Greenhorns will be there, come introduce yourselves!

A Greenhorn in the U.S. recently told me, "big business has made sustainable farming seem obsolete." Living here in northeastern Thailand, it's easy to think so. Farmers struggle to hold on to their land in the face of mounting debt. Most young rural people leave home for Bangkok or other industrial centers to find work. […]

Does that excite you?  Do you want to be a part of it? Join the Greenhorns mailing list! We'll keep you inspired and in the loop. In the meantime, some reading from the New York Times. On the Andalusian Strawberry Harvest. And the first flowers of the season!

Looking for help creating organic kitchen garden and sustainable lifestyle Hi there, I have an old normal manoir in France with one hectare (around 2.5 acres) where I live with my wife and child. I work from home. I'd really like to to create an organic kitchen garden and make more use out of the […]

News from Rural Route Films!  And check out their "Best of" DVD... Greetings from Queenstown, New Zealand, the Xtreme Sports Capitol of the World! I've been on trains, buses, and ferries coming from the top of the North Island, on down to Wellington for a couple of swell screenings with the artsy-intellectual crew at New […]

I am flattered and surprised that you consider me sensible. (Especially considering I spent most of my life up until three years ago studying poetry.) Sensible would have been to stay in my union job with my direct deposit paycheck in New York. Sensible would have been to set up a petting zoo or demonstration […]

Some lovely words from Neil Bertrando... here's a brief rundown of the past weeks events...filling in and finalizing schedule and curriculum details for NV city PDC, pulling together resources and learning materials for this course, organizing and directing delivery of 20 yards of woodchips from local tree services to river restoration project (with Americorp volunteers), […]

Dear musicians near and far. urban and rural. we have begun the song search. lyrics of food farm sunshine. electronica to match the lazerlandia anti-suburban/post-suburban we need grunge we need grange we need the soul-rumblings of the punk yeoman revival. If you sing songs or mix them or are in any way producing the cultural […]

Farming Profitably: Business Planning & Management, Marketing, and Record-Keeping A Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Intensive Learning Program presented by the University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC) with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Risk Management Agency. Register Now! Course Offered in Three Locations Across Pennsylvania

City Dwellers - green your roof! http://alivestructures.com/home A Focus on Local and Unique: The Alive Structures team includes committed environmentalists who have a practical plan to improve air and water quality, reduce energy dependence, make open green space and natural habitat for wildlife, and stimulate new educational and economic opportunities in New York City. We […]

The NY Beginning Farmer Project is thrilled to announce the release of our new video series, "Voices of Experience." It's a series of 12 web-based clips featuring a spectrum of farmers offering advice on topics like marketing, financing farm start-up, profitability, lessons learned, and many more. Please share these with any new farmers you work […]

Please take a moment to survey the prodigious and visionary films of our elder, advisor and favorite estuarian, Les Blank.  - Severine For example... Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) The latest, All In This Tea (2007) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNw1PwlNRWk] For more, check out Flower Films: The Films of Les Blank

Note to DIY-ers.... The Maker Faire is a celebration of innovation and initiative--for tinkerers, inventors, robotics-dorks and crafty folk of all kinds to demonstrate their pet projects and freak toys. Its kind of like burning man for legos, terrabites, bicycle wheels and blowtorches. Most of these projects are hobbies and fetishes, but the applications of […]

Let us reiterate, Craigslist is a great resource for potential Greenhorns! 4-5 acres free to use (ESOPUS, N.Y.) Reply to: [email protected] Date: 2009-03-07, 1:51PM EST Use my land. I recently bought a farm that raised Arabian horses. It is situated between New Paltz & Kingston. I thought with the way the economy is going you […]

This from the News -Record in North Carolina... 100 million new farmers? North Carolina writer calls for agricultural revolution by Morgan Glover Last year, I interviewed Concord resident Aaron Newton, one of the few people I know who has gone beyond academic conversations about peak oil and climate change to making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Newton […]

Reconnection and Revival! Hands-on Permaculture Weekend Workshops Michael Judd with Green Phoenix Permaculture At Sivanada Yoga Ranch in the Catskill Mountains 90 miles north of NYC. MARCH 14-15 / MARCH 28-29 Tree Care and Pruning Learn basic care and pruning techniques for productive berry bushes, vines and fruit trees while tending the ashram's expansive existing […]

This from Greenhorns' Ally Taylor Reid.... I'm still working on my dissertation on first generation farmers and taking lots of video now, though I haven't started to edit. Just too busy at the moment. Wanted to let you know about my new site www.beginningfarmers.org. I'm still working on adding content, but the idea is to […]

So. Today being yet another day of cold wind I thought it might be time for a PUNK YEOMAN PEP TALK. Which I think is a new format for missives too short for the book, too relevant for pencil. the art of punk yeomanry is in fact a kind of deliberate and proactive socio-homeopathy. meaning, […]

Print it out, tape it up in your greenhouse, stick it to your fridge, laminate it and hang it on the back of your bike.  See you soon! 2009-greenhorns-calendar

This is a great resource for Greenhorns and other think outside the box types... I am writing to tell you about a new book that hit the bookstores yesterday and is already #1 on Amazon's bestselling nonprofit books: http://www.idealist.org/en/handbook/ Published by Penguin, the Idealist Handbook to Building a Better World was written for anyone who […]

This brilliant list was prepared by rockstar Sarah Tautin. Read along for the full list, or just download a documen here: food-festivals-2009. FOOD FESTIVALS 2009 (March-onwards) State/County Fair info. culled from indiv. State websites. All other events culled from www.foodreference.com and www.festivals-and-shows.com CAVEATS: State Fair info. is as of 3.1.09 unavailable for GA, and RI's […]