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With Adirondack Architectural Heritage. On this outing we will explore a number of small farms and farm producers who are part of a new wave of farming in the Champlain Valley. This wave is made up of young farmers dedicated to producing the best possible, locally produced organic vegetables, meats, dairy products, and other farm-based […]

Red Tomato has spent 16 years learning how to leap (or at least climb over) logistics barriers for local produce. To tell our story, RT collaborated with Epipheo to create a fun animated short that represents the essence of what we do and the role of organizations like RT in the future of local, sustainable agriculture. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKsYoxyclUg&w=560&h=315]

Up on the web! Recruiting soon for their first class of students. Watch this space. http://www.essexfarminstitute.org/

looks like these good folks are getting funded! City Growers - Converting Urban Lots into Sustainable Farms City Growers is a new kind of community-centered urban farm that provides jobs for underemployed residents and fresh locally-grown produce for Boston businesses and residents. Founded in 2010, City Growers has successfully established itself as a Boston urban […]

via the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund The History of Cooperatives in the Black Community   And Other Updates on the Federation's Website  ATLANTA....We now have on our website information about the history of cooperatives in America's Black community, thanks to the work of scholar Jessica Nembhard. Please go the following link to read […]

A great piece by greenhorns ally Kelsey Jones-Casey, an Independent Researcher and Consultant at Isthmus & Strait whose work focuses on the intersections between land rights, sustainable livelihoods and social equity. I disdain flying for countless reasons:  the armrest wars, flight delays, and cold feet in the draft. But a small part of my people-loving […]

  Farm Aid's 2013 concert is September 21 in Saratoga Springs! Featuring Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews... a good crew. And support farms! Check it out here, buy tickets here. And come say hey to the greenhorns table!

Use this kit from Agdia Biofords to test for traces of gmo contamination in your crops!! Check it out here-- available for corn, sugar beets, cotton, soybeans.

Save this bookmark for later...here is the link to the PNW Veg Group’s photo gallery of vegetable problems: http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/path_team/diseasegallery.htm

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But useful to know about. 40 Tons of GMO Crops TORCHED in America, Media Blackout Though the controlled corporate media apparatus is suppressing the story, 40 tons of GMO crops were torched, prompting an FBI investigation. There has been a complete media blackout.  It was only reported locally live on KXL Radio and echoed by the […]

Play dead, and maybe the government will send YOU some money? GAO Audit: USDA Paid Millions To Thousands Of Dead Farmers As Congress readies for another budget showdown, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a Monday audit unearthing millions of dollars that were mistakenly sent to the dead. According to a Los Angeles Times […]

Camp 2013 Reclaim the Fields and AusgeCO2hlt invite you to an actioncamp in Rhineland, close to Cologne (Germany), from August 23 until September 6 2013. For three days we will take collective direct action against the open cast mining in Rhineland. Furthermore there will be a program including different practical and theoretical workshops, discussions and […]

2013 Fracktivist Conference September 13-15, 2013, Knoxville, TN The movement to end all forms of extreme energy extraction on this planet, wrest control from multinational corporations, and give the power back to the people is becoming something truly beautiful! It is an honor to be a part of it, as so MANY of us are.  […]

More excellent offerings from the Vermont New Farmer Project. Registration is now open for the Vermont New Farmer Project farm business classes.  No matter what stage your farm business is in, the New Farmer Project offers classes to help you reach your full potential. Vermont New Farmer Project courses are specifically designed to meet the […]

An encouraging piece from the New York Times Strong Support for Labeling Modified Foods By Allison Kopicki, Published: July 27, 2013 Americans overwhelmingly support labeling foods that have been genetically modified or engineered, according to a New York Times poll conducted this year, with 93 percent of respondents saying that foods containing such ingredients should […]

for this year's Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine.  This is an important event for Greenhorns and we need a few dedicated volunteers to help represent us. Volunteers will help us run the booth, answer questions about Greenhorns, network with other organizations and enjoy the one of the best organic farming gatherings in the […]

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Planting Justice in the Owens Valley: the Indigenous Farming Project  by May Nguyen of Planting Justice  I’ve been working on behalf of Planting Justice with a project called the Indigenous Farming Project (IFP), a tribal agriculture & nutrition pilot program in collaboration with San Francisco artist collective Future Farmers. Inspired by his train travels through the […]

In Conversation with Severine von Tscharner Fleming, a Young Farmer and Activist I first met Severine von Tscharner Fleming when she was a student at UC Berkeley. Her bubbling, nay BOILING energy was a pleasant surprise for me. This wasn’t some idealistic naïve college student nonsense: Severine was already at that point a killer organizer, […]

Lakeside School is looking for a Biodynamic farmer to sub-let farmland with an interest in establishing an affiliation with our school as a farm educator. Biodynamic Farm Description Lakeside School is located at the Black Kettle Farm in Essex, New York and the farm is a 230 acre organic Wild Farm located between Lake Champlain […]

Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory By Ronnie Cummins “The harder they come the harder they fall, one and all.” —Jimmy Cliff, reggae classic After enjoying a year of maximum profits, record stock prices, the defeat of a major GMO labeling campaign in California, pro-industry court decisions, and a formidable display of political […]

Our Coming Food Crisis By Gary Paul Nabhan Published: July 21, 2013 in the New York Times TUCSON, Ariz. — THIS summer the tiny town of Furnace Creek, Calif., may once again grace the nation’s front pages. Situated in Death Valley, it last made news in 1913, when it set the record for the world’s […]

Food-based businesses can solve our social and environmental problems — yet the majority of food entrepreneurs say lack of access to capital prevents them from launching or growing their ventures. Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business is an unprecedented guide to the financing options available to support sustainable food businesses. I […]

If you've been reading our blog all summer and dreaming of getting  your hands in the soil, consider applying to MOFGA's apprenticeship program. NOW is a great time to apprentice on a farm in Maine. Many of the farms participating in MOFGA’s Apprenticeship Program are looking for fun, hard-working and energetic crew members for the […]

Open call for drawings of medicinal plants! For a practical compendium for natural healing practices to be compiled in a printed and bound print publication including gardens, gardeners, healing practitioners, and a wide-range of do-it-yourself guides (beer brewing, salve-crafting, tea and oil infusion, tinctures compresses). Plant drawings will be used as a resource, so accuracy […]

Cultivating Our Food, Farms and Future: 4th National Conference for Women in Sustainable Agriculture Nov. 6 - 8, 2013 • Des Moines, IA Registration now open! This year marks the first time this biannual conference has been held in the Midwest, and we're hoping that will encourage women from all over the U.S. to attend. […]

We Greenhorns are hosting a booth again this year at Farm Aid in Saratoga Springs, NY.  Tickets are sold out for the show already, but we've got slots 4 slots for "booth team-mates."   Volunteers will help us run the booth, answer questions about Greenhorns, network with other organizations, eat ice-cream and other organic treats […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NAUxFILLdo&w=420&h=315] Rural Route needs a bit more help to make this year's film fest happen! Please, if you can, check out their indiegogo page and support this amazing event. ALSO, YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE FESTIVAL!! July 27 and August 1-4, 2013!!   from their indiegogo page: We don’t have the backing of larger organizations, and this year, […]

A new infographic from the union of concerned scientists. Below are some excerpts, and you can check out the whole graphic here!    

Small Farms Quarterly As the new farmer editor I invite anyone who is located in the Northeast (Maine-Pennsylvania & points east) to submit an article. These can be focused on beginning farmers you work with, or yourself as a beginning farmer, with a story to tell about an innovation in production, marketing, new varieties, use […]

Want to be independent from gas, oil & utility electricity? Are you looking for self sufficient heat & power for your greenhouse, seed starting house, packing shed, barn, residence or business?Small and Beginning Farmers of New Hampshire (www.beginnerfarmers.org) and The Farm Around the Corner (www.thefarmaround.com) have invited Heiner Cuhls from Native Power in Germany (http://native-power.de/en […]

The Gravity of Paper The other day I visited an astounding library of forgotten paper. Located in San Francisco, in a large utilitarian room in a drab building, the Prelinger Library is an electrifying planetary power spot. Sparks of inspiration, adoration, amazement, and love issue from between the towering stacks of paper and tapes. While […]

Farms of the Future Will Run on Robots and Drones By Taylor Dobbs on Tue, 09 Jul 2013 On a sunny day in an otherwise rain-soaked May, Forrest Watson, dirt caked on his work boots, kneels in the middle of his uncle’s cornfield and points at one of the thousands of knee-high stalks. “This one,” […]

Richard Reynolds has been gardening without boundaries, usually neglected public land around his neighbourhood, for nine years. Through his blog GuerrillaGardening.org he has rallied many to do the same where ever they live. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQdwkm7jZsc&w=560&h=315]

Another great offering from MOFGA, as part of their Farm Training Project workshop series. Tuesday, July 16 at 5pm Super Chilly Farm, Palermo Anyone who’s perused the Fedco Trees catalog has gotten a glimpse of John Bunker’s encyclopedic knowledge of and unbridled enthusiasm for the diversity of Maine’s agricultural flora. John, along with his partner […]

via the Field Liberation Movement.  Way to go, Belgians! On May 29th 2011, hundreds of activists decontaminated a GM potato field trial in Wetteren (BE). They pulled up genetically modified potatoes and replaced them with organic varieties, which are naturally blight resistant. The voluntary introduction of 108 genetically modified potatoes in the environment was carried out […]

2013 Farm Viability Conference: September 25-27, 2013. Middlebury, Vermont. A national gathering of farm viability professionals.  Registration is open! Visit the registration page for details. The Vermont Farm Viability Program is hosting a two-day gathering in Middlebury, Vermont, for service and capital providers working to improve the viability of farms and food businesses. Our first national gathering, held in […]

Open Tech Forever is helping create the Open Source Economy: a collaborative society that shares its knowledge, skills, technologies, and resources to overcome artificial barriers and achieve abundance and prosperity for all. And they are building an OPEN SOURCE FACTORY! We have a 40 acre permaculture site 15 minutes from downtown Denver. This campaign will fund the […]