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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

[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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]