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Great Road Farm in Skillman, NJ is looking for a farm worker for the 2013 growing season.  We produce a wide diversity of vegetables, pasture raised chickens for eggs, and have future projects in the works.  Five acres are fenced in with a half acre of permanent raised beds for intensive production. Our fertility management uses compost, […]

One Acre Fund is a young organization with big dreams.   Our purpose is to serve small-scale farmers. In everything we do we put the farmer first. We measure success in our ability to make more farmers more prosperous. Since our founding in 2006, we have built animpressive track record, growing to serve 130,000 farm families.   Here's […]

another worthy kickstarter project, this one at the Pfeiffer Center. Raise the Historic Red Barn! We believe each plot of earth is distinct and special. We call it the farm individuality, and we're teaching the next generation of farmers - and everyone who eats - how to respect and nourish their land, whether it's an […]

 The Global Growers farm house is for rent at our training farm and includes a 1.5 acre farmable pasture in the lease, plus access to farm infrastructure.  This is an ideal situation for a new grower to be close to the city and have farm support available! The Global Growers Network creates new agricultural opportunities in […]

The Farm Hack crew headed to NYC last weekend to participate in Maker Faire NYC, a gathering of inventors of all kinds, from 3d printers (there were a lot of those) to a bike-powered transplanter/weeder from Andy and Steve from Pedal Power, based out of Essex, NY.  The Pedal Power group also brought their pedal-powered sewing machine […]

Here's another puddle wonderful farmy project that needs some support through Kickstarter, Map Your Place: A Permaculture Workbook for Growing Food - a hands-on guide for gardeners, farmers and anyone around the world who wants to reclaim their relationship with the land and grow food for themselves, their families and their communities:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/729001423/map-your-place-a-permaculture-workbook-for-growing Check it […]

http://blackpotfestival.com It's a gumbo cook-off and cajun zydeco old-time music festival. say what!!? Held annually at Lafayette’s Acadian Village, the festival celebrates its 5th year this October with two days of great music, dancing, food, camping & jamming. Oct. 26-27

100 acres of open farmland for lease, and pole barn. Also, enclosed barn (optional) with electric and water for rent. A 5,200 sf residence also available for lease (in-part of in full). Private entranced 800 sf space that formerly housed a Healing Center. Location: Benson, on West Haven line, Rutland County Tenure Arrangements Offered:
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I watch long rail cars go by many times per day. Is there a way to know what they carry? IF you live near a train track and are also interested, watch this space for the answer, if you already know it, please tell me -severine [email protected]

That’s right, the Washington Young Farmers Coalition is doing it again, and this year, we’re teaming up with Viva Farms and Happy Little Farm to present you with a better-than-ever, not-to-be-missed night of potluck and revelry, spit-roast and dancing with the Tuckborough Stringband, farm jokes and celebration. Help us wrap up the 2012 growing season in high farm style! Monday, […]

A Multi-day, multi-site, multi-disciplinary Futurefarmers Workshop on Ethnobotanical Architecture with artists Amy Franceschini and Myriel Milisevic as well as architect Janette Kim. Spaces are filling up fast! Futurefarmers Workshop: Ethnobotanical Architecture with Studio-X NYC, Nicola Twilley and Janette Kim Start: October 10, 2012 9:00 pm End: October 13, 2012 7:00 pm Free, with limited spaces; […]

Food, farms, maps and a kickstarter campaign.  We like it! Check it out HERE An atlas of food: a cooperatively-created, crowd-sourced and crowd-funded project of guerrilla cartography and publishing. 5 months + 80 collaborating cartographers and researchers + 8 volunteer editors + An abundance of volunteer campaign wranglers, academics, designers, and artists + You = […]

Five Borough Farm - now in book form. Five Borough Farm: Seeding the Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City provides the most comprehensive picture of the city’s urban agriculture activity to date, recommends initiatives to connect farmers' and gardeners' grassroots efforts to municipal policy, and provides a framework for understanding and measuring how […]

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The UNH Organic Research Dairy is hiring for a new farm manager.  The farm is a beautiful 300 acre certified organic dairy, a member of CROPP (the milk truck goes straight from the university to Stonyfield), and also functions as a research station for the University.  This is a great opportunity for the right person. […]

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Via the Organic Seed Alliance: There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general […]

State by state information can be found HERE and check out The League of Young Voters - they'll help you brush up on the issues and they've got their own site for registering - Vote4Urself.org The League of Young Voters empowers young people nationwide to participate in the democratic process and create progressive political change […]

UVM Extension New Farmer Project:  Direct Market Pricing Clinics for Farmers These FREE one-day clinics will provide hands-on opportunities to learn about various cost-based pricing techniques using your own production and financial data. Participants will also explore market placement and promotion considerations related to the price points you want to achieve. Follow-up mentoring and technical […]

A movie about retrofit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRce1KFsH-g http://detropiathefilm.com/

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/

send to us by Rachel, who writes: "I wanted to let you know about the debut of our new app for food gardeners, Agrisaurus (aka "Ag-Resource") For the past two years, we here at Farmscape have been developing Agrisaurus to help gardeners find more success in their plots. We want to make designing, planning, and managing a […]

Hawthorne Valley Farm  (Ghent, NY) is looking for a field vegetable/CSA manager to join its team of farmers. This is a full time position with benefits and housing. Main responsibilities are running all aspects of our field vegetable operation, which include growing for our 300 member CSA and multiple Green markets. The CSA manager joins the […]

  this sunday! field of greens festival -- tickets HERE

Because usually we don't agree with their communications, and their view of how farmers and young farmers can achieve viability. Towing the line for agribusiness isn't our idea of ' new media savvy'.  But here is a different take, but a man deeply in touch with the data on new farmers, and the USDA's new commitment […]

After Graduating From College, It’s Time to Plow, Plant and Harvest RED HOOK, N.Y. — It was harvest time, and several farm hands were hunched over a bed of sweet potatoes under the midday sun, elbow deep in soil for $10 an hour. But they were not typical laborers. Jeff Arnold, 28, who has learned […]

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rPXBj3iHY] We need more farm-born statesmen. " The economic future of our state depends on a local and regional agriculture" Hell yes! s

Great work, guys!  Check 'em out: http://youngagrarians.org/ Here's a letter they sent out this summer: Dear Agrarians, We can't thank The Greenhorns enough for the inspiration to get going Canada-side. While we're B.C. focused for 2012 we aim to go national next year!  From the city to the country - we're here to connect up and network […]

As you may know, recent studies conducted in France have shown significant toxic effects from the use of Roundup. And particularly tumors in rats in feeding studies. http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/gmo-free-regions/maps.html

Are you interested in learning more about pollinators? Don't miss out on this great opportunity at Stone Barns Center!    Pollinators on the Farmscape Saturday, September 29, 2012 1:00PM-3:00PM Join Laura Perkins, Stone Barn Center’s Gardener, for a walking workshop focused on pollinators. In addition to discussing how to encourage the presence of pollinators, Laura will cover […]

The HONK! Festival is a revolutionary street spectacle of never-before-seen proportions that will converge for the seventh time in Davis Square, Somerville, MA, from Friday, October 5 through Monday, October 8, 2012! Wondering what HONK! is all about? Watch a great video! Follow us on Twitter for @honkfest updates, be our friend on Facebook, or […]

Space still available in CCOF’s Marketing 101 and Sales Basics Webinars! Join organic market experts Dina Izzo and Jeff Bordes on September 26 for CCOF’s Marketing 101 Webinar to learn how to bring your organic product to market and explore what market channel is right for your operation.   Do you feel intimidated by the sales […]

Check it out HERE! What is husbandry? We are not talking about animal husbandry (the care and management of animals). Or crops. Or even husbands. We are talking about something VERY much more. Husbandry is an ancient word which means nothing less than 'the care and management of nature and resources for living'. This meaning […]

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What is going on with the Farm Bill?!  Here is the latest: Members of the House of Representatives are in Washington for a few more days. They’ll come home to your district next week to campaign, and won’t go back until after the elections. Meanwhile, if Congress does nothing, the programs that help farmers, ranchers, and […]

A group of Maine dairy farmers—dropped by their national milk company—launch their own milk company in a bid to save their farms. Owned by the farmers and committed to paying a sustainable price for their milk, the company offers hope for the future of small farming. BETTING THE FARM is a verité documentary that follows […]

Many Fold Farm (50 mins outside Atlanta, GA)is looking for the right person to join their team! They are looking for two interns to assist in the 2013 lambing season. They expect to see over 150 births in their sheep flock and need help observing the ewes for signs of labor, basic vetranary care, care of postpartum […]

Check out this amazing repository: http://cultivate.coop/wiki/Main_Page part of the mission of cooperatives is helping start other cooperatives. THere are also federal cooperative development grants at the USDA available--- so if you have the vision and core group, and identified goals.. perhaps training yourself is the next step!

announcing a much, anticipated, 2-years in the making book release: A Variation on Powers of Ten. In ten picnics, Futurefarmers journeys through fields of inquiry ranging from philosophy to ecology, microbiology, astrobiology, environmental science, geography, and urban studies. Comparing today’s practices with those in 1968, researchers discuss the changing landscape of their field and the tools […]