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We send out monthly eblasts with event listings, policy updates, young farmer resources, essays and more.  Sign up HERE! Here's a teaser of a few upcoming event, find more on our website and in the next eblast... Southeastern Young & Beginning Farmer Mixer 5 march 2012, 5-7pm ATHENS, GEORGIA @ farm 255, 255 w washington st. southeastern […]

The High School for Public Service Youth Farm (a partnership between the school, Green Guerillas and BK Farmyards) is offering an Urban Farmer Training Program for the 2012 season. Based at the Youth Farm, the program will offer participants the chance to learn the most efficient farming techniques, study direct marketing of fresh food, and […]

California greenhorns, this is a great opportunity if you're in need of a good farm rig and particularly if you're mechanically inclined!  Here's a note from some generous farmers who are ready to pass on their farm truck. We are a 50acre Biodynamic Farm just outside of Paso Robles California, and we have a great […]

It's called Farm Policy.  To subscribe, send an email to: [email protected].  Here's their latest: Ag Economy (USDA Outlook Forum); Farm Bill; Regulations; and Political Notes Posted By Keith Good On February 24, 2012  Agricultural Economy (USDA Outlook Forum) Reuters writer Charles Abbott reported yesterday that, “Global crop prices will retreat sharply this year as farmers around the world expand production to bring […]

Now is the time to brush up on your marketing skills! Marketing 101 Webinar: March 15, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Register now! Are you new to organic production and want to get started with a CSA or farmers' market? Are you currently working in direct marketing and interested in branching out to retail or wholesale?

Funding Available for Conservation Organic Farming Practices The $50 million EQIP program, (a huge victory of OFRF’s policy efforts), is providing financial and technical assistance to growers who implement innovative conservation practices. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

Tonight! Urban Agriculture's Origins and Opportunities in Oakland: An Interdisciplinary and Participatory Approach Nathan McClintock, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University Dr. McClintock discusses his research on urban agriculture in Oakland, California, focusing on how he integrated a critical social science approach with participatory environmental science and planning research to […]

Permaculture Intensive, How to Run a CSA, Accepting Federal Nutritional Benefits, and Tractor and Machinery Trainings! Scholarships and translation services are available upon request. Go to Accokeek's calendar to register. Pre-registration is required for all classes. Running a Successful CSA Wednesday, March 7, 2012 from 9:00 am to 12:00noon As the new food movement gains […]

Ann Arbor Farmers Market Manager City of Ann Arbor $38,082 - $48,793 (DOE) Role Summary: The Market Manager shall be responsible for management, coordination and supervision of the day-today activities of the Ann Arbor Public Market, including general maintenance of the Market facility and enforcement of the provision of Chapter 31 of City Code, the […]

Our friends at Stone's Throw Urban Farm need your support on Kickstarter! Stone's Throw Urban farm is a new vegetable operation formed through the collaboration of three urban farms in the Twin Cities. We transform vacant lots into micro-farms, and run a diversified rotation on about 18 lots around the city. We're taking on new […]

And the last Sunday of every month.  Also check out their Regenerative Urban Sustainability Training. The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center is a new not-for-profit educational organization based in inner city Albany, NY.   The purpose of the Radix Center is to promote ecological literacy and environmental stewardship through educational programs based around demonstrations of sustainable technologies.

Sowing Revolution: Seed Libraries Offer Hope for Freedom of Food  http://www.realitysandwich.com/sowing_revolution and check it: Occupy Our Food Supply is bringing together the Occupy, sustainable farming, food justice, buy local, slow food, and environmental movements for a global day of action on February 27, 2012. Inspired by the theme of CREATE/RESIST, thousands will come together to […]

recommended reading: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/children-of-the-corn/

Now announcing the inaugural Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute at Hampshire College, a six week summer academic program designed for undergraduate students interested in sustainable agriculture and food studies. From June 4 to July 13, 2012, students, faculty, staff, and alumni will come together as a living and learning community at Hampshire College. Students will gain hands-on […]

Do you own a fruit tree or arbor in Cambridge and Somerville and don't want to harvest all the fruit yourself? The League of Urban Canners (LUrC) will remove your unwanted fruit, can it into sauce, jam or butter and return 10% of the product to you.During fall 2011, LUrC canned over 70 pints of apple sauce and 50 pints of […]

 to map your farm. or your neighbors farm. Or herbicide drift or how well your grazing regime is working or the increasing organization of your toolyard/ junk pile http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/2-10-2012/thatchmore-farms-hypr3d-model

March 8th, 7PM at Macalester College. James B. Davis Hall in the basement of the Campus Center. Sponsored by MPIRG March 12th, 7PM at Bryant Lake Bowl. Panel of farmers and activists to follow. Sponsored by Land Stewardship Project March 27th, 7PM at the Casket Cinema in the Casket Arts Building. Panel to follow. In […]

Pretty sweet! http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-area-calculator-tool.htm

from lost & found films lostfoundfilms.com

Free for download! http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/extpubs/PlanList97.htm

Stout Oak Farm grows 4 acres of vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers for CSA shares, farmers' markets, local restaurants, and our Farm Store. The farm recently moved to a new location in Brentwood, NH and we are currently in the process of completing our Organic Certification application for our new fields. For more information about […]

do we dare to hope for a guilty verdict here? Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France French farmer Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling Monsanto's Lasso weedkiller A French court has declared the US biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend […]

Mobilizing and Organizing From Below June 1st - 3rd, 2012 Baltimore, Maryland * 2640 Mobilizing and Organizing from Below will be a gathering of activists and organizers, workers and parents, revolutionaries and militants and radicals and dissenters, dedicated to increasing our ability to come together and challenge the systems of exploitation and oppression that have […]

The Abode of the Message in New Lebanon, NY is looking for enthusiastic farmers for this summer.  The Abode is a spiritual retreat center with a lot of land and a supportive community which values the land and our relationship to it.  An amazing part of the arrangement is that whatever the farm grows, the […]

 The Sunshine Farm is a diverse 100-acre farm that includes tree fruit, vegetables, vineyards, cattle, chickens, a winery, and a vibrant farm market.  We grow about 3 acres of organic vegetables in fields that benefit from great soil, marvelous sunshine, and sweeping views of Lake Chelan.  In addition to selling produce at our own market, […]

We just had a wonderful conversation with Vicki Robin, author of that best-selling book, and she kindly passed along a few links and videos.  The book is geared toward baby boomers, but we can all benefit.  Teaser: greenhorns will play into her next work, which we'll share when available! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8lz13SWZ5w] Vicki's blog: http://ymoyl.wordpress.com/ Summary of the program […]

can you believe it? In Organic We Trust [vimeo http://vimeo.com/13788063]

We can't say enough about the importance of this California ballot initiative to label GMOs. Educate yourself!  The Committee for the Right to Know has developed an excellent website: labelgmos.org complete with FAQs, events, news and some compelling videos: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGuwkWci3Vg]

some fresh press for the Open Source Ecology Project, always inspirational. Building A Village Starts With Building The Tractor by Jon Kalish for NPR Do-it-yourselfers have made everything from bamboo bicycles to 3-D printers, but nothing as ambitious as what's happening on a farm in northwest Missouri where tractors and other industrial machines are being […]

  New Partnership Provides Beginning Farmer Education and Training for Oregon’s Future Rogue Farm Corps (RFC) and Rogue Community College (RCC) have teamed up to offer Oregon’s first and only bona fide educational on-farm internship program. The Farms Next Internship Program provides beginning farmers and ranchers entry-level training in sustainable agriculture through an innovative cooperative […]

This special land needs to be used and nurtured.  If there is someone who wants to grow organically and needs land on which to do it, this is a golden opportunity in a very special rural place a half hour from the nearest town. Wanted:  a self-motivated couple, partners, or independent singles to rent farmland […]

Occupy our Food Supply - February 27th. An unprecedented alliance of sustainable agriculture advocates and food justice networks, including over 60 Occupy Wall Street groups as well as environmental and corporate accountability organizations are joining together with a theme of creating local solutions and resisting Big Ag and its destructive practices of placing profits over people and the planet. Will […]

"Heirlooms: Saving Humanity's 10,000-year Legacy of Food," Jim Richardson Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco,  7pm, Wednesday, February 22. To be sure of a seat: * Long Now Members can use the discount code on the Richardson Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats. * You can purchase tickets for $10 each. * Tune into the live audio stream for Long Now […]

Phoenix Art Museum - Marshall and Hendler Galleries / February 11 - June 12, 2012 / Opening Reception with Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 15th, 5-8pm  You may think that you know Matt Moore’s work: the spectacular projects on his family’s farm, which used the scale of fields to explore the legacy of Land Art and the suburbanization. […]

inspiration for your quiet place somewhere. http://freecabinporn.com/ edited by the folks at Beaver Brook.

all brought to you by the good folks at Fresh from Zone 7: February 22: Dinner w/ Zone 7 at South Wark Restaurant in Philadelphia 4 course meal will focus on ways to eat local. Details and tickets can be purchased at: http://www.southwarkrestaurant.com/events.cfm March 11: Brewer's Plate at Fair Food Philly One-of-a-kind tasting event that pairs craft […]

WASHINGTON (Feb. 8, 2012) –  National Farmers Union (NFU) encourages individuals who are contemplating starting a career in farming or ranching to apply for the Beginning Farmer Institute. The program is also open to those across the nation who have just begun farming or are in the process of transferring an operation from a parent, relative, or […]

What are Young Agrarians?  Young Agrarians (YA) are promoters of the new agrarian movement.  Young agriculturalists, farmers, urban farmers, market gardeners and their supporters using the power of media and the internet to build a community that can feed the people of Canada.  The Young Agrarians are the trumpet blowers, promoters, marketeers and designers who want […]

check out this week's edition of greenhorn radio, brought to you by the heritage radio network - it's our 93rd episode! you'll meet Genio Bertin who owns and operates Mandala Farm with Sara Faull. Located in Gouldsboro, Maine - the farm is a hundred acres with about 17 acres of pasture, 20 acres recently reclaimed for pasture, a 60 acre woodlot, […]

James Ranch Artisan Cheese has partnered with the Quivira Coalition, a conservation non-profit in Santa Fe, NM, to offer agricultural apprenticeships through Quivira’s New Agrarian Program. They are now seeking the next apprentice for the James Ranch to start in April 2012. This is a 7-month position with James Ranch Artisan Cheese, an organic, 100% […]