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Featuring speakers from around the Midwest, the Mid-America Homesteading Conference will be held September 1 at Joliet Junior College. Participants will have a choice of three topics in each of the six, hour-long sessions presented throughout the day, including those appropriate for people who live in the city, suburbs, or country. “There has been a […]

back bends for agriculture! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TiIABMFHTs]

via FERN We're happy to share our latest report, on how the American Farm Bureau leads the charge against efforts to limit industrial-scale food production as the single most powerful farm lobby in the US, out today on TheNation.com. Here's the story:   http://www.thenation.com/article/168913/whose-side-american-farm-bureau#   Please share it with your networks! You can also follow us […]

Prairie Heritage Farm will be peddling and pedaling their heritage and ancient grains at the 2nd annual Red Ants Pants Music Festival in White Sulphur Springs, MT - July 26-29! On Sunday, they'll be doing a demo, called Tour de Flour: Bikes and bakers unite! Join the farmers from Prairie Heritage Farm for a demo […]

On July 17, USDA is proudly unveiling the 2.0 version of the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass, a digital guide to local food systems and USDA programs that support them.  You are invited to participate in an exciting launch event on Tuesday, July 17 at 3 pm ET.  The USDA and the White House will […]

Tour de Farm is an educational bicycle tour celebrating the beauty and productivity of the farmland that forms the backdrop for Saratoga National Historic Park. These working landscapes, largely undeveloped since the Revolutionary War, provide important historical context for visitors to the Park as well as a bounty of fresh food, environmental benefits, and economic […]

Meet Your Makers Vermont hackers, artists and inventors are sharing ideas — and solving problems By Megan James [07.03.12] Remember when geeks were uncool? John Cohn does. The 52-year-old IBM fellow recalls the disapproving look people shot him when, growing up, he told them he wanted to be an engineer. “I’ve spent my whole adult […]

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Date: August 9-10, 2012 Location: Magnuson Hotel, Meridian Conference Center, OKC, OK A two day workshop on the Holistic Management® Whole Farm/Ranch Planning System that helps farmers, ranchers and land stewards better manage agricultural resources in order to reap sustainable environmental, economic, and social benefits. Participants will learn how this "triple bottom line" of benefits can be achieved by maximizing the […]

Farm Aid is pleased to announce that Farm Aid 2012 will be held at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Saturday, September 22, 2012. Farm Aid holds its annual benefit concert in a different location each year to shine a spotlight on the great work of family farmers in diverse regions across the country. This year we […]

Brought to you by director Steve James ('Hoop Dreams' and 'The Interrupters') and bestselling author Raj Patel ('Stuffed and Starved' and 'The Value of Nothing'), who want to tell stories of people who are changing the way we eat today, so that everyone can eat tomorrow. Visit www.generationfoodproject.org to find out more. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evoFFHsB3pU]

ON resolving political differences and eating beef together -- sent to us by a new friend of the greenhorns, Deborah, hailing all the way from australia ! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRiGHwaK5M&feature=youtu.be]

The Rural Route Film Festival is looking for volunteers for our 2012 film festival at Museum of the Moving Image and Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in Astoria/Long Island City, NY.  The core festival dates are Aug. 3-5, with a series of smaller 'warm up' screenings throughout July, kicking off w/Rooftop Films on 4th of July […]

It's the last week to register for the 6th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference: Digging In! Registration deadline is July 13, 2012. Conference space is limited, and lodging options are filling up fast, so if you want to be among the 900-plus movers and shakers to attend the nations’ largest Farm to Cafeteria conference, reserve your space now! Whether you are new to the […]

Has ‘Organic’ Been Oversized? By STEPHANIE STROM Published: July 7, 2012 ANN ARBOR, Mich. Michael J. Potter is one of the last little big men left in organic food. More than 40 years ago, Mr. Potter bought into a hippie cafe and “whole earth” grocery here that has since morphed into a major organic foods […]

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The Red Shed Produce garden, a program of Room One, in conjunction with the Valley Teen Center is accepting applications for the AMERICORPS position of "Teens Growing Healthy Futures Program Coordinator."     The core mission of the Americorps member will be growing and harvesting vegetables in the Red Shed garden and creating access to healthy […]

Listen to Severine and other young farmers on Bioneers Radio! What happens when green turns to grey? Fewer than 5 percent of 2 million American farmers are under 45 years old. Bucking that trend is the next generation of unstoppable young farmers Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Tyler Webb, and Sarita Role Schaffer, along with renowned […]

Download the full job description HERE The Sun Ranch is located in the upper Madison River Valley of southwestern Montana, about 30 miles south of Ennis. The Sun encompasses approximately 25,000 acres of deeded land and grazing leases. The ranch is committed to conservation and improving the health of the land for wildlife and livestock […]

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urban greenhorns - dial in! Orion wants your perspective. Urban agriculture is hot! Many cities now have initiatives that grow food, and their yields go far beyond broccoli and beets. Orion welcomes author Jennifer Cockrall-King and friends to discuss all of the movement's crops on July 17 at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific. As […]

The Truth about GMOs Plant Pathologist Don Huber Reveals the Risks interview by Melinda Hemmelgarn for Natural Awakenings At least 70 percent of processed foods in supermarkets contain genetically modified (GMO) ingredients, mainly from corn, soy, canola, sugar beets and cottonseed oil. Yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require GMO food […]

Meet and Learn About New Farmers Germantown Library -- Wednesday, July 11th, 7pm Come celebrate the arrival of the New Farmer Narrative Project exhibit at the Germantown Library with a talk by one of the Project creators, followed by a Q&A with area new farmers and light local refreshments. The talk will feature highlights and findings from […]

via the Organic Farming Research Foundation The House Agriculture Committee will decide TOMORROW, July 11th, the fate of the Farm Bill for the next 5 years. Congress must hear from you TODAY about your support of organic programs. Call Members of the House Agriculture Committee TODAY and ask that they: Please FULLY FUND the National […]

At 9:40 AM on July 7, 2012, urban farm activists re-entered the Gill Tract in Albany, CA to harvest crops planted during the 3-week occupation earlier this spring. The action came in response to UC and Albany City officials organizing an invite-only harvest party of the same crops. This date marks the first re-entry of […]

Including the potential to take over a growing CSA Operation. Coming to us from Claire Boyles, Boyles Family Farm. We have 16 (or so, survey pending) acres with irrigation water rights for sale in rural Greeley, Colorado for $110,000 pending approval of recorded exemption at the county office. There is a possibility for a farmer […]

via the Inn Serendipity newsletter - a good one! Speed Skilling and Open House at Inn Serendipity:  Sat. July 14 & Sat. Oct. 6 Thanks to strong response to the first one last year, we’ll be hosting two Speed Skilling sessions this year in partnership with Transition Green County daylong events from 10-4 pm during which area community friends […]

Modeled after the 18th century traveling "Chautauqua" (with a good dose of tent Revival excitement thrown in!), some terrific people are gathering to discuss Old Food Media, New Food Media and the False Divide. Brought to you by the lovely folks at Cook 'n Scribble -- an online community of food writers, bloggers and thinkers […]

  Farm Radio International (farmradio.org) is a Canadian NGO that since 1979 has provided scripts, support, and training for agricultural radio stations across the African continent. In just a couple of weeks Farm Radio will host in Accra its second annual Farm Radio Symposium, an opportunity for professionals to discuss how radio and related communication technologies […]

PRESS ADVISORY Saturday July 7th – 9AM - Albany, CA Occupy the Farm will crash an exclusive invite-only harvest party sponsored by the Albany City Council and UC Berkeley. Join the farmers to demand access for all to a historic public resource. The city has organized a harvest party for a small hand-selected group. Participants […]

Beginning tonight on Link TV Airdates: Timezone: Eastern Friday, July 6th  2:00 am Wednesday, July 11th  5:00 pm Thursday, July 12th  12:30 pm Saturday, July 14th  3:00 am DIRECTV Channel 375 | DISH Network Channel 9410 Monoculture, monopoly, cheap food and poor diets -- these are the consequences of an agricultural system gone awry, driven […]

The Farm Service Agency is seeking growers interested in serving on Farm Service Agency county committees.  Past committee members have expressed appreciation for having learned more about the federal farm programs and satisfaction of representing farmers and ranchers locally.  It is especially important to have representation from demographic groups that may feel hesitant about working […]

NY Times Editorial A Mediocre Farm Bill Published: June 24, 2012 The farm bill approved by the Senate last week makes significant changes in existing farm programs, some for the better. But it takes a disproportionate whack from environmental programs, needlessly trims food stamps and does not fundamentally alter the program’s bias toward relatively well-off […]

HORSE POWER FEATURED AT DOUBLETREE FARM WALK Twisp, WA - The fifth farm walk of the Tilth Producers and Washington State University Small Farms Program annual series will take place at Doubletree Farm on Monday, July 9th. Between 12:30 and 4, farmers Sam Thrasher and Paul Soodak will showcase their horse-powered farm. Doubletree Farm is […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H7zOQrX3U&feature=youtu.be] Sexy farm video parody could be positive for animal agriculture By Rita Jane Gabbett, June 27, 2012 The Peterson Farm Bros. have created a YouTube parody of the rapper group LMFAO’s “Sexy And I Know It” song called “I’m Farming And I Grow It” that has gone viral and could become a positive voice […]

Farmers brainstorm simple tools to make their work easier June 20, 2012 in The Gazette IOWA CITY — Carolyn Scherf wants to harvest her peas while lying down. On Wednesday, the Solon-based vegetable farmer and 20 other local farmers and engineers attended the first day of Farm Hack Iowa — a two-day event at the […]

Here's a note from the young farmers of the Macdonald Student-run Ecological Gardens at McGill who shared this with us: Heya Greenhorns, Just wanted to share a radio show that we at the Macdonald Student-run Ecological Gardens, from McGill University, put together on young farmers and our situation farming here on the West Island of […]

npr radio+article coverage of farm hack iowa read up, tune in ! http://harvestpublicmedia.org/article/1283/farmers-engineers-farm-hack-iowa/5

a note from our friend Rajiv -- help his team out by filling out this survey to help create a blueprint for the next farm bill: Last week, the Senate voted to pass the Farm Bill by a 64-35 margin. For a bill that authorizes nearly a trillion dollars in funding (much of which impacts the 45 […]

The Oakland Standard approached two filmmakers, Les Blank and Courtney Stevens, and proposed an online documentary about the Oakland Museum Women's Board and their famous White Elephant Sale. The resultant film, White Gloves, is viewable HERE.