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Greenhorns, this is a blog worth following, both for its words ("Pulling a cool dirt blanket over a year’s worth of success and failure feels like shaking up an etch-a-sketch and disappearing that terrible looking stick man you spent all summer trying to draw") and for its images (see below). The Plough and Stars Project […]

What’s growing in the backyard of the Bay Area? Are you a designer, artisan, young or novice farmer, looking to explore soil-to-skin practices? If so…mark you calendars for Fibershed’s Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium. For the first time, our community is coming together to learn the true nature of our local textile resource base…the quality, […]

THE ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN THE CREATION OF A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY 32nd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures Tuesday, November 20th, 2012, 6:30-9:30pm First Church in Cambridge - 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 REGISTER TODAY: Admission is free, but we encourage you to preregister today to reserve your seat.  http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/event-registration 

This past weekend, Farm Hackers gathered at beautiful Ecovillage in Ithaca, New York for the biggest (and possibly baddest) Farm Hack yet. Saturday featured live demos of various farm innovations operated, and in some cases developed by, local farmers, including a custom-built electric tractor, Japanese paper pot transplanter, and Cool Bot cooling system.  The Groundswell Center […]

via Columbia Land Conservancy: Down to Earth Workshop: Farmer Landowner “Meet & Greet” Thursday, November 1st 7 pm-9 pm, Churchtown Firehouse, 2219 Rte 27, Churchtown, NY  CLC is hosting a free Farmer Landowner Meet and Greet, a unique opportunity for those interested in farmland leasing.  There will be a short presentation by CLC about its […]

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[brought to you by the good people at the Organic Farming Research Foundation] We are working with organizations around the country to collect signatures to urge Congress to pass a 2012 Farm Bill In 2012!  We have created a petition that specifically addresses the need to pass a 2012 Farm Bill for the benefit of organic farmers, […]

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcARQjdgc4] Ask Congress to pass a 2012 Farm Bill now!http://bit.ly/fbriseagain

Full Details: www. grassworks.org Funded by the USDA, NIFA,  and  the University of Wisconsin-Madison's  School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers.

Brook Farm Project  is looking for a field vegetable/CSA Grower Educator to join our  team starting in   Jan 2013.  Primary responsibility: growing for all aspects of our field vegetable operation, including our CSA, regional Green markets, and our farm house food service.  Willingness to join our expanding diversified Educational farming operation. Qualifications: working knowledge of sustainable / regenerative growing practices, experience (3 to 5 […]

find it here. thank you to cathy stanton

A timeline of farmer's rights/populism. Very cool. Find it here.

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A note from the folks at the Somerset Grist Mill. Dear Interested Grain Growers and Land Owners, As you may know, Maine Grains at the Somerset Grist Mill in downtown Skowhegan has just launched operations, processing Maine-grown grains for human consumption.  Maine Organic Milling in Auburn is another exciting project that processes livestock feed grain […]

Check it out HERE. A snippet: Three movements to build public life The Grange Initially a movement to improve agriculture. Travelling speakers would speak about the latest scientific agricultural techniques, and the operations of the commercial economy. An offshoot of the Morrill Act which established land grant universities (like the University of Maryland) to advance […]

Our  film is being shown by friends of Cultivate Oxford, a group of young growers in Oxford UK. Should you be a UK reader of this blog, the location is upstairs at the Turl Street Kitchen, 16-17 Turl Street, at 7pm on Wednesday 24th October. They've also got a sweet blog, with news, events and […]

please join us The Washington Young Farmers Coalition and the Quimper Grange for a screening of The Greenhorns, a documentary about the New Farming Movement in America Sunday, November 4th at the Quimper Grange in Port Townsend The film will begin at approximately 7 PM.* *light refreshments, snacks, and appetizers will be served at approximately 6:30 PM, […]

The East New York Farms! Project (ENYF) is hiring a Project Director. The Project Director will join a committed team of four full-time staff and over 100 active gardeners, market vendors, farmers, community educators, and youth interns. We are looking for a Project Director who can match their dedication to and excitement for our work, […]

If you see it being sprayed and are dismayed, here are some great background documents to support your advocacy. http://www.sustainable.org/governance/policies-ordinances-a-taxes/1744-guidelines-on-sustainable-landscaping-for-federal-agencies Sustainble land management protocols exist in state parks and preserves, conservation areas, game reserves, and in various places around the world from ranchlands managed for wildflowers, to forests managed for fire control, management regimes define […]

Saturday Oct 20 + Sunday Oct 21 2012 in Ithaca, NY >TOPICS Demo build of Scrap Laundry Greens Spinner + CoolBot Cooler Grain production and small-scale processing On-farm innovations from Ithaca area farmers Design Charrette: collective brainstorm to address on-farm challenges >HOSTS Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming and the Groundswell Incubator Farm Cayuga Pure Organics >FOOD […]

Saratoga Spring, N.Y., October 4, 2012 —Farms contribute billions to New York’s economy, yet, since the 1980s, the state has lost more than 4,000 farms to development.  Harvesting Opportunities in New York: Growing Local Food Economies and Protecting Farmland is a conference designed to inspire and educate New Yorkers to support agriculture, strengthen local farm and food economies, […]

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Provider Farm is a diversified, biodynamic farm located in Salem, Ct. We grow 14 acres of vegetables for our CSA, farmer's markets and whole sale accounts. We also maintain a small heard of cattle for our grass-fed beef operation.. We believe that animal integration is essential for a sustainable farming system. Our goal is to […]

Join the Neighborhood Farm Initiative for our 4th annual: Film and Food Event, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 (Food Day) 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm An evening of film, local fare from Dangerously Delicious Pies (created especially for this event), wine, and beer! NFI will present the spirited and whimsical documentary, Greenhorns, which explores the lives of America’s young farming community – its spirit, practices, and needs. […]

ALLIS-CHALMERS ALL CROP Harvester Technical Forum & Operator Round Table With Tom Yasnowski – ALLCropharvester.com Saturday November 3, 2012,  8:30 – 4:30 pm at Spring Creek Farm, 65 Drown Lane,  Lyman, Maine AC Combine Clinic Flyer AC Clinic Registration  

Stone Soup Institute is offering a winter semester to four students who are curious and adventuresome enough to explore the learning opportunities on a small homestead in coastal Maine. The major focus of this semester will be logging with the horses. Winter Semester: January 4, 2012 – March 31, 2012 learn more: http://www.stone-soup-institute.org/currentsemester.html

michael pollan dishes it out this week in NYTIMES -- read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/magazine/why-californias-proposition-37-should-matter-to-anyone-who-cares-about-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

  [youtube=http://youtu.be/R_tetXClTd0] Yoga to an original soundtrack. Deep relaxation, injury prevention, and a fiddlin' good time. Plus, farm dogs. dig the idea? help FUND IT!

CEFS is offering a full-time, 12-month position.  The primary purpose of this position is to support the research and extension program of the Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, including in the field, lab, greenhouse, and community. The individual in this position must be able to plan, design, conduct, and evaluate experiments that range […]

[youtube=http://youtu.be/zH7o3fxw6oE] film screening of The Greenhorns in the Napa Valley + a panel discussion with local food champions, hosted by Chef Ken Frank. Reception will follow Panelists include: Aaron Keefer, French Laundry Culinary Gardens Lizzie Moore, Boca Farms Steve Sando, Rancho Gordo Pat Tuck, Former Master Gardener Karen Schuppert, Napa Farmers Market WHERE: The Theatre […]

Read What You Eat!  The good folks at the Food Book Fair were invited to feature books you'll want to devour at the 3rd Annual FOOD FILM FESTIVAL (Oct. 17 - 21 in NYC / Nov. 15 - 17 in Chicago) Readers get a 15% Discount: FoodBook15. Farm to Film to Table (to Book!) on Thursday, October, 18th at AMC Village […]

Thursday October 11 Ossining, N. Westchester County, NY Barn Movie Night at Kitchawan Farm~ We’re screening The Greenhorns documentary, projected in the hayloft of our 200 year-old barn... film to start at 7:30pm. RAIN OR SHINE!!! Please come any time after 6pm if you’d like to hang out, visit or picnic by the garden before […]

Why Economic Models Don't Capture Climate Risks Properly By Matthew Yglesias I can't vouch for the details of the forecast, but this report predicting 100 million otherwise avoidable deaths due to rising global temperatures by 2030 is a great illustration of why conventional economic cost-benefit analyses of global climate change don't really work. The killer […]

Annie's Sustainable Agriculture Scholarships Annie's Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship Program is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students studying at an accredited two- or four-year college or graduate school. The program offers a total of $100,000 in funds to students studying sustainable agriculture. Applications must be postmarked by December 15, 2012. http://www.annies.com/our-practices/farming/agricultural-scholarships/apply/

Long Way on a Little: An Earth Lover's Companion for Enjoying Meat, Pinching Pennies and Living Deliciously From the cover: “Every earth-conscious home cook who wishes to nourish his or her family with sustainable, local, grassfed and pastured meats should be able to do so, regardless of income,” argues Shannon Hayes. “We just have to […]

We seek a farmer-entrepreneur to assume full or partial responsibility for a 4-acre property surrounded by nature preserve west of Galt, California, in the heart of the Central Valley. The farm has well-developed soil (San Joaquin clay-loam), a large native insectivary, excellent water and solar irrigation infrastructure, and a high profile with local restaurants and […]

This is a community letter press shop and non profit organization in buffalo. They have 12 letter presses, workshops, supply store, commercial customers and educational field trips. They take commercial work for broshures, flyers, gigs and events Consider using them, they are very very nice and talented. http://wnybookarts.org/

"Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture by Financing Small and Growing Businesses" by Jesse Last JNearly 2 billion people living in poverty engage in agriculture as a means of survival, and over 1 billion live within the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots. Excluded from formal markets and unable to access agricultural inputs, market information and credit, many rural poor […]