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Any Greenhorns out there with advice on funding & other financial matters for start-up Greenhorns? Hello, My name is Nic Koontz and I am working towards starting a small farm […]

Forest Garden Immersion Course Camp Epworth Permaculture Demonstration & Education Center April 23-26, 2009, High Falls, New York For full details, including pricing, check out http://www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Forest_Garden_April_09.html Summary: This course immerses […]

Greenhorns friend & ally Jana Blankenship shared this beautiful quotation with us.  It comes from artist and ecologist Aviva Rahmani.  You can see some of Aviva's work at http://www.ghostnets.com/ "What […]

Sacred Bough Farm is seeking a summer apprentice to help out on our growing permaculture farmstead in Downeast Maine. We live at the site of an old granite quarry; a […]

A FUNDRAISER FOR NEW AMSTERDAM MARKET Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:00pm - 8:00pm New York, New York ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE IS REQUIRED Purchase Tickets Now Please support our mission to […]

This is a re-post from the United Farm Workers. Pesticides are Poison.  Click on the link at the end of the post to send an email to the EPA. Agricultural […]

Edible Schoolyards are popping up everywhere! Join us to learn about growing a K-12 sustainable education program. FEATURED PRESENTER: Dorothy Mullen, Master Gardener, Founder, Princeton School Gardens Cooperative In a […]

For a while we've been mentioning that the reliable data on young farmers was not yet in. Well, it's here!

A request from the California Institute for Rural Studies Dear Greenhorns, Organic food isn't just found at your local co-op or farmer's market anymore- it seems to be everywhere these […]

Those SAFE kids are rockin' it out there on the West Coast! Meet Your Meat The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology is proud to announce an upcoming series of […]

well. the joyousness. and now. the jackhammers. may they ring out in the morning--depaving the land across america! jubuilant. VILSACK ESTABLISHES THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN PROJECT ON BICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH […]

Heads up North Carolina Greenhorns! These Sustainable Farming Classes at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) Pittsboro Are Starting Soon! Call 919-542-6495 ext. 223 to register. 1. Biointensive Gardening (Intro)- NEW! […]

Update: Cookies brown but not burned. All systems go! Bring your appetites, your snazzy selves, your good ideas. We'll see you tomorrow. WHEN: Monday February 16th, 2009... 11AM - 1PM […]

Recently, we received an inspiring note from "fledgling greenhorn" Stephanie Pierce.  In part, it read: Hello Severine (and other Fleetsters), I am an avid follower of the blog and Greenhorns, […]

Greenhorns Ally, & co-founder of growfood.org , Sarita Role Schaffer, just clued us in to this tidbit from the recently released 2007 farm census: "One of the most significant changes […]

This is good news. We welcome new Greenhorns, gardeners, food preservers! Seed merchants reap benefit of need to cut bills By Jonathan Birchall in New York Published: February 5 2009 […]

The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association recently held a webinar on Building New Farm Programs. You can now access this great farm incubator resource online at http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/ Hello to all, I […]

What's not to love? Ok you NYC peoples, here's the haps... Greenhorns is organizing a Young Farmer Bake Sale-- at an Organic Fashion Show, during fashion week in New York […]

Greenhorns & Real Food Lovers - decorate your walls with Greenhorns stuff! We've got a new poster for sale on the Greenhorns' etsy site. This is an18 x 20 inch […]

It's cool when libertarians are down with raw milk. That make sense in the new America. This is announcement comes from The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a great […]

Greenhorns is planning an installation this spring at California College of the Arts. It's a collaborative project already, but we'd like to make it even more so. Specifically-- we invite […]

have you ever been really happy to smell something not that pleasant??' to me, the smell of burning trash as i walk down the rocky roads of agua buena brings […]

Solidarity between farmers, farm workers, farm families and farm neighbors. Please take a moment to send an email to Florida Governor Charlie Crist, asking him to take a stand against […]

A beautiful new business model... this was circulated on a local listserve. I own a local, award-winning remodeling and historical Restoration company, Community Building and Restoration. We've been working to […]

For the San Franciscans among you... Dear Friends, Please join us for the event below on February 12, 2009, observing the closing of our exhibit called "Shorelines and Timelines" at […]

The Geography of Hope Conference celebrates "Writing on Farming and Rural Life", and Greenhorns - they want YOU! From the organizers: The conference is gearing up to be an exciting […]

The Rodale Institute wrote up a great review of our new Greenhorns Guide for Beginning Farmers. Check out http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20090206/nf2 or read on for the full text! E-guidebook forming online for […]

We've had the 'letters from a young farmer' series going on for a while now, but a recent greenhorns ally has emerged with the willingness to write up short young […]

Many key appointments have yet to be made at the U.S.D.A.  We have a voice, let's use it!  Here is one suggestion.  Time to get out that pen again... Dear […]

Future Farmers of America Organic Valley's young voices enthrall a packed house, twice. By Alison Grantham By noon on Friday of the three-day National Future Farmers of America (FFA) conference […]

Young Farmers! The Greenhorns will be going to the MOSES conference in Lacrosse, WI February 26-28....will any of YOU be there? Please introduce yourself to Severine - she'll be wearing […]

Great write up on a recent event in Michigan: http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/01/31/local-food-for-thought/ excerpt: "The Chronicle arrived midway through Thursday's day-long Local Food Summit 2009, and found evidence of the morning's work plastered […]

The Choice to Farm is a report documenting the current role of new farmers as actors in the social movement for sustainable agriculture in the United States. The work focuses […]

A lovely re-post from the Saxelby Cheese blog - visit them at Essex Market in NYC, and check out their great website for cheese news, farm highlights, etc. This Week […]

Beekeeping for Greenhorns! EcoVersity: Topbar Beekeeping Monthly, March 28 - September 12 at EcoVersity, Santa Fe with Talon Van Howten EcoVersity is once again offering very affordable Topbar Beekeeping Classes […]

Here is an opportunity for potential Greenhorns... Are you a college student who is passionate about social change? Have you ever thought about leading your own for-profit or nonprofit organization? […]

Hello friends! We started a farm blog to document our year at Island Meadow Farm. Leave a comment & let us know what you think! http://islandmeadowfarm.wordpress.com/ It's still under progress […]

From Zoe Bradbury of Groundswell Farm Hi farmer friends, I'm curious how - or if - the economic slump is affecting you as farmers. I'm trying to collect a little […]

Check out their amazing pesticide free, farm-inspired tunes at: http://www.myspace.com/greenstringfarmband What is Green String Farming? Green String is the act of farming sustainably and naturally so that we provide a […]

"A documentary film tour of California's emerging sustainable food system." Find out more at http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/ In Search of Good Food is holding a benefit dinner on February 7th - check […]