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Here's an excerpt of a letter from the Friends of the Farm Campaign about a terrific program training veterans in organic farming. Please take a look at Archi's Acres Veterans Sustainable Agricultural Training (VSAT), an innovative program helping veterans in transition right now - in very concrete ways. This progressive small scale organic farm training […]

Three members of the Hudson Valley Biodynamic Group, Steffen Schneider, Mac Mead and Malcolm Gardner, will be leading a four-day seminar on Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture Course at the Pfeiffer Center in Chestnut Ridge, NY. For details on the course, including how to sign up, click here

Hello all, My name is Jacob Slosberg, and I am a student at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. I am current an undergrad in the B.Sc. Global Resource Systems program focusing on Agricultural and Environmental Studies. I am 21 years old and have been involved in sustainable, […]

Check out this great post on Civil Eats... it documents the journey (so far) of Naomi Starkman, as she seeks to be an organic farmer. From WWOOF to Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, several sustainable agriculture organizations and the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden, and on to whatever comes next. Here's an excerpt: […]

Sandor Katz, fermentation guru, author of Wild Fermentation, and Greenhorns Advisor is coming to New York!  Sandor will make three appearances in New York this January... January 10, Third Root Community Health Center, Brooklyn January 11, Just Food, Brooklyn January 12, Natural Gourmet Institute, Manhattan You can find details on how to sign up for […]

Here's a great post on the Green Fork Blog (the blog of the Eatwell Guide) about the recent Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns.  The Greenhorns attended, along with dozens of inspiring, and inspired, young farmers. A New Crop of Young Farmers December 10th, 2008 by chelsea There's a budding social movement underway and it's […]

Here's the first installment of some notes on the Greenhorns' recent trip to Appalachia! From Severine... "The Greenhorns have just returned from a whirlwind, and quite blizzardy tour of Appalachia and Georgia. Over the course of 9 days we visited: Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia and we got rained out of Tennessee […]

Howdy fellow young farmers, This upcoming season, my partner & I have the privilege of stewarding a small piece of land nestled in the Puget Sound. Island Meadow is a previously full-time organic farm nestled in the hills on Vashon Island, located just outside of town & a short ferry ride to Seattle. The owners […]

Fantastic article about young farmer Christy Raymond, who founded White Barn Farm this year... The Boston Globe, November 27, 2008 "If there are ghosts that walk the Raymond home - if they roam the rooms of this 18th-century farmhouse in Wrentham, or its barn and fields - perhaps they approve of the change that has […]

Just received - You can sign this live petition effort to encourage President-Elect Obama to consider a Sustainable Choice for our next Secretary of Agriculture. The letter includes 6 recommendations for Secretary of Agriculture, and is being circulated on a number of blogs, including the New York Times. The letter is at: http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/ Read on […]

Here's a link to a petition you can send to your congressional representatives asking them to put a halt to subsidies for biofuels: http://www.change.org/foodfirst/actions#letter_form If you're looking for some inspiration, read on for Severine's letter.  And just for fun, here's another of Brooke Budner's drawings.

We've just heard from the Local Food Project at Ailie, a fabulous food & farming initiative in Warrenton, VA.  The The project consists of an organic culinary garden which supplies fresh, sustainable herbs, vegetables, fruits and flowers to the kitchen of The Airlie Foundation & Conference Center. (Read more about the foundation here.) This January 9th, […]

Here's an oldie but goodie (Feb 08) from The Lacrosse Tribune...  New farmers, The Land Stewardship Project of the upper midwest, etc. Back to the farm: Program aims to beef up farming in the state By JOE ORSO | La Crosse Tribune . Andrew and Ana Skemp were on the path to the heights of […]

We Greenhorns love farming, and food, and bikes.  We like biking from farm to farm, and we think bikes, like farming, are the future.  So, naturally, we love this latest beautiful piece of machinery from Xtracycle: The Radish. And in their November Newsletter: they also give some advice on how to use the box your […]

The Greenhorns' planned visit to Williams Island Farm (A small farm situated on an island in the middle of the Tennessee River!) got rained out, but these cool cats are worth a look... Check out their blog at http://williamsislandfarm.blogspot.com/ They're raising lambs and chickens and cultivating veggies for a CSA.

Happy Thanksgiving from The Greenhorns!  We hope you spent today eating delicious, local, sustainable, farm-fresh fare with good family and friends (tell us about it if you did!).  Now that we're all feeling warm and fuzzy and full, why not spend tomorrow taking a nice walk, digesting, sitting by woodstoves and not shopping! Doesn't that […]

Severine is in Appalachia, filming rosy-cheeked (because it's chilly) greenhorns. There will be much more on that adventure later, but to whet your appetite here's an article about a pair of young farmers who started Jenny Jack Sun Farm in Pine Mountain, Georgia: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/392/story/516586.html

We'll be doing this, maybe you should too... Building New Farmer Incubation Programs Join us for a Webinar on December 2 Time: 8:50 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Here's a link to a beautiful calendar for 2009, celebrating local farms from Columbia County in Upstate New York. All of the profits from the calendar go to farm-to-table education for urban children. Here's the link to a virtual sample of the calendar, and more details about the project: http://katchkiefarm.com/nyfarmerscalendar/ A great holiday gift for […]

Here, Andy Glaser gives us what he calls his "late night rant."  Let's hope for a strong '09 season for Andy and the "student" garden club at Rutgers.  Cheers, Andy.

This came to us via Comfood...looks like another great film. If you're in Washington, DC area, don't miss this powerful and emotional film about an L.A. community fighting to save their garden and their livelihood... Wednesday, November 19th a fundraiser for the 7th Street Garden, a community food project in the nations capital. (www.7thstreetgarden.squarespace.com)

For a fun, inspirational read, here's an email that greenhorns' friend Rebekah Guss sent out after visiting some new Tennessee Farmers...

Lists are fun, so we thought we'd post a recent note and to-do list from farmer/writer/greenhorns ally Zoe Bradbury: Well, here's the thing: I'm leaving in 36 hours for a 3.5 week honeymoon with my new hubby. In that 36 hours I have to: -pull off my last harvest day -deliver the harvest -finish building […]

Young Farmers Conference: Reviving the Culture of Agriculture December 4, 2008 @ 9:00 AM - December 5, 2008 @ 1:00 PM Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture presents The Young Farmers Conference: Reviving the Culture of Agriculture, a program especially for young and new farmers. While the number of American farmers aged 55 or […]

Greenhorns' ally The Eatwell Guide has teamed up with Consumers Union to launch a Thanksgiving Challenge - it's simple, and we think young farmers should rock this one. Here's the deal: This Thanksgiving, try to incorporate at least one local, sustainable or organic item into your Thanksgiving feast. We know this will be easy for […]

Yes We Can influence Obama's choices for Ag Secretary, and other appointments in the USDA! In the last week there has been much exciting talk of potential people Obama could or should choose for Secretary of Agriculture. So how do we take action? Chrys Ostrander of Chrysalis Farm at Tolstoy compiled an amazing list of […]

We're looking for cool maps to post on the website of our mapping project, Serve Your Country Food!  Here's a great one that represents which areas of the country are becoming more democratic (blue) or more republican (red,) based the November 4th election.   Have maps that you think we should post?  Email us!  Send an […]

While this Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) season comes to a close, it's never to early to start fantasizing about next season! In many major cities, demand for CSA shares far outreaches the number of shares available. Why not start your own? The workplace is a good to start, if you work in a building with a consistent number of […]

Seeking: Techy whiz kid for grass roots film media project in Red Hook, NY A documentary film about young farmers needs a few good hands. Our protagonists are fierce patriots of soil fertility. The rosy-cheeked muscles of a New America.

Here is an exciting opportunity for a young farmer with a few years experience... Yellowstone Land Opportunity Experienced organic beef farmer and landowner seeks young, entreprenurial farmer to come grow vegetables on his certified organic pastureland.

Excited about our new president-elect? Come celebrate with the Greenhorns at our farm in upstate New York! We're having a cheese melt to celebrate change, an "Obama Melt", if you will.  It's a chance to gather together to celebrate the election of a progressive president, one who says exciting things like ""America's farmers are America's […]

We wanted to share some information on a terrific community garden project that Greenhorns' friend Jacob Gordon is involved with in Nashville, Tennessee.  The Sylvan Street Garden was founded in May of 2008, aiming to bring healthy food and organic agriculture to one of Nashville's most underserved communities. The organic urban garden primarily serves Nashville's […]

Here's the official press release for the Greenhorns newest project, Serve Your Country Food. Young farmers, join the map and share your vision, practices and obstacles, friends of farmers, nominate your favorite farmer to the map!  We’re excited to use this project to make visual the impact of a swelling new force on the American […]

Today. Unexpectadly, and with the trumpet- force of simultaneous ambitions finally aligned -- the young farmers of Terra Madre made a resolve. We met informally, at a place and location spread thru the underground grapevine of emphatic whispers. We arrived to the room in a parade of bewildered delight, to find such a crowd already […]

Scott Cantini is looking for experienced or green farmers to grow food on his land in Tivoli. He has about 17 acres available for organic farming. The property is approximately 22 acres in total, with about 17 acres available for farming. They currently grow hay. One of the local dairy farmers is haying the field. […]

Dear USDA beginning farmer listening session: ref: CSREES-2008-0003 I'm writing as the director of a small, grass-roots non profit that works to recruit, promote and support young farmers in America. We are mostly known for our documentary film, The Greenhorns, which was featured in last week's New York Times Magazine Food Issue. Our name, The […]

hey there! We get a ton of email from intelligent young people with ambition. Particularly they are often looking for a job in sustainable agriculture. We'd like to suggest that you sign up to comfood listserv it's a bit of a load on the in box, but fills you with sustainable ag news from every […]

Kaycee Wimbish and Severine V T Fleming just presented to the US delegation at Terra Madre. We showed the film, and gave our list of what young farmers need to succeed Five things young farmers need to succeed: Land. Liberty. Stamina. Sunshine. These are the natural ingredients for an edible future. Courage- Role models, supportive […]

  Come on down to the Fall Festival this Saturday, October 25th at WOW farm, located at 537 Lewis St.  Join us in celebrating the harvest season and all the City Slicker Farms' participants, volunteer and supporters.  There will be a BBQ, art projects, street theater, a raffle, and pie!  We'll have plenty of food, […]

We at the Greenhorns have some sayings. Vote with your fork: as a person faced with the decision of what to eat (hopefully) 3 times a day, you have the power to vote with your fork: consume locally grown veggies, peruse your local farmers market and eat what is in season. Think about where your […]