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There is something magical that happens when you first put your hands in soil and plant. Not only are you transforming the land, you're transforming yourself. Unfortunately, there is a […]

The Community Seed Resource Program (CSRP) provides tools and guidance to community groups interested in creating seed-focused events, exchanges, libraries and gardens. It is a collaboration between Seed Matters and […]

Leviathan is a documentary — and yet not a documentary. It's a near-wordless, almost abstract depiction of an 80-foot groundfishing boat heading out of New Bedford, Mass. The film's unusual […]

From the World Future Council

A huge increase in the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases has been reported in the United States (US) over the last 20 years. Similar increases have been seen globally. […]

Interview can be found on ethicalfoods.com! Seeds live at the heart of our food system. Seeded plants provide us with just about everything we need to live, from most of […]

KAHULUI, Hawaii —The cheers went well into the night. A small army of Maui residents rose up against the big guys and forced a moratorium on genetically modified organisms or […]

Michigan State University is ready to accept applications for their 2015 farmer training program! Looks like a really exciting opportunity. Here's what they have to say: "The Organic Farmer Training […]

via NPR Lisa Morehouse went to Corcoran state prison in California's Central Valley to report on inmates who work in the dairy there. "I really enjoy what I do," says Edward […]

via nesawg.org JIM HIGHTOWER America’s #1 Populist and Food System Reformer, to speak at NESAWG’s It Takes A Region Conference: Region-Sizing: Making It Work! November 11 – 12, 2014 National […]

via TechnologyWater.com UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way to Feed the World by Nick Meyer of ALTHealthWorks Even as the United States government continues to push for the […]

CIW LAUNCHES NEW FAIR FOOD LABEL The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Fair Food Standards Council have officially released a label to help shoppers identify which tomatoes come from […]

Help us create a sustainable fund to support Draft Animal-Power Field Days in the Northeast! As American agriculture is struggling with aging farmers and a shrinking number of farms, sustainable […]

The Hidden Economies newspaper is published in conjunction with the seminar of the same name scheduled for 22-24. October, 2014 at the The Royal Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, DK. […]

A great opportunity for the right greenhorn! We are reaching out to the farming community to find a buyer for our farm.  We are currently operating an organic farmstead dairy […]

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You want to check this out. Shaka Movement.org A model for addressing the GMO issue. The SHAKA Movement is an advocacy, communications and educational outreach program and hub, where people and […]

Use this amazing resource!  The Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures (listed below) include some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Hildegarde Hannum is the editor of nearly all […]

Department of Agriculture cracks down on seed libraries by Naomi Creason via The Sentinel CARLISLE — It was a letter officials with the Cumberland County Library System were surprised to […]

Every year the Switzer Foundation provides funding for 20 scholars and innovators in terminal graduate programs in New England and California. The scholarship is $15,000 for the course of a […]

Occupy the Farm, an inspiring documentary about a community struggling to save public land for urban farming, is premiering in theaters November 7th!  The film highlights the power of direct […]

Annie's Flower Farm is coming up on its funding deadline! But it still has a bit of ground to cover. Check out our previous post to see the full write-up. […]

The November 2014 issue of the e-magazine Green Money is out! It features a flagship article on Slow Money and the BEETcoin by the founder and chairman of Slow Money. […]

Stefan Sobkowiak runs Miracle Farms, a five-acre orchard that he converted from organic monoculture to a permaculture orchard in 1993. Watch this video where he talks about abundance, biodiversity, and […]

A very exciting part-time job opportunity in Connecticut! The Connecticut New Young Farmer Alliance is seeking a coordinator to help grow their network, manage events, and promote their organization. The […]

So much has been said about California's record-breaking draughts this year, but some experts have proposed that it's not so much a an absolute lack of water, but a problem […]

Day of the Dead Flyer

there is much going on with Farm Hack this fall! Check out the latest newsletter HERE and visit their website often. Lots of events coming up: http://farmhack.net/calendar

Deadline: 1 December 2014. Farming Matters As a south Indian farmer said, “soil is the mother of agriculture, the mother of life”. And 2015 is the International Year of Soils. So […]

via Grist Faith and fears in Wendell Berry’s Kentucky By Darby Minow Smith Wendell Berry’s mind is preoccupied with four dead sheep. I join the 80-year-old food movement sage for a […]

On November 15th the Schumacher Center will be hosting lectures by Matt Stinchcomb, founder of Etsy, and Caroline Woolard, founder of OurGoods.org and TradeSchool.coop. The theme is Creative Enterprise in […]

For almost three years a group of enthusiastic folks in Austin, TX have been growing food and building community in their neighborhoods. They're called Food is Free and they started by […]

Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures: Cold Evil: Technology and Modern Ethics by Andrew Kimbrell Buddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future by Arthur Zajonc The Community's Role in Appropriate […]

This roundtable brings together Canadian stakeholders working on new farmer issues under the New Farmers' Initiative, a partnership of FarmStart, along with Food Secure Canada and the Canadian National Farmers' Union Youth Coalition. […]

We currently have two small greenhouses in which we grow more than 15 different crops within the course of the year. We have used them efficiently to grow a lot […]

November/December Orion Magazine Article Today’s green movement is considered by some Millennials and Gen Xers to be an equivalent to the Civil Rights struggle—the organizing principal propelling young people into […]

"It’s the greatest fight in human history, one whose outcome will reverberate for geologic time, and it has to happen right now." That's Bill McKibben, who will be in New […]

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powered by stolen bodies. Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts addresses the connection between today's violence against black men, and the theft of their ancestors to power our economy: The Worth of Black Men, […]

Annie's Flower Farm.  Give it a boost!  I grew up on a 360 acre farm on the Southern Oregon Coast, a sixth generation Oregon farm girl. As a child, I […]