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Friends, Family, Good Samaritans, I'm writing to introduce my very first book, An Everlasting Meal, on sale October 18th. I'd be incredibly grateful if you'd take a look at this brand new website, which contains information about me and the book, and where to find us, and forwarded it along to anyone else you thought might be […]

High Costs Make It Harder To Grow Young Farmers Published: September 23, 2011 by Clay Masters In farm country, business is still booming. Commodity prices remain high, and investors are funneling millions of dollars into buying farmland, making it quite enticing for the would-be farmer who wants to leave the rat race. But surprisingly, these […]

people keep asking me where to find them. Here are some really lovely ones: http://www.rosasharnfarm.com/dogs.html

Come to the first Hudson Valley Young Farmer Roundup October 1st, 2011 Germantown Farm

facilitated networking between farmers and landowners. SO RELEVANT. so visionary. So Southwest! Quivira Coalition’s “New Agrarian Career Connection” Tuesday, November 9, 2011 @ 6:30-8:30 pm Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Here's a little post about it from food on the food.  

Join the National Young Farmers' Coalition on Sunday, Oct. 2 in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a FREE New Agrarian Farm Tour & Mixer!! *Meet at the Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion at 7am (sharp), and then carpool to Taos, NM to tour the Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC) facility with a special Mobile […]

Community By Design has purchased a 58 acre property in Sherwood, Oregon, is hiring a few positions to move forward the first phases of the project and will soon also be looking for farmers who are looking for land to start new operations. The project contains aspects of a farm incubator, with cooperative aspects designed […]

big ups to mc carrot, bicycle-powered pumpkin smoothies, all NACL, scott sell, vachel lindsay, lettuce, Challey Comer and Pure Catskills, the mountains and the lake, stilts, majestic farm, the chickens and the corn, and the weathermore photos and Andrew Plotsky video to come. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegreenhorns/sets/72157627758658212/

This October 16th, World Food Day, Oxfam is encouraging people around the globe to take a simple yet profound action—hold a Sunday Dinner Conversation about where our food comes from, who cultivates it, and how we can make the food system more just and sustainable. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXedatvrmA&feature=player_embedded] visit their site HERE

More details are available on our website ( www.DocHammill.com ). If you would like to discuss the workshop with Doc personally or have questions, please contact him by email ( [email protected] ) or phone (406-250-8252). For registration, or questions regarding lodging and on-site farm meals, please contact Gloria Decatur at (707) 983-8196 or [email protected]

CCOF Marketing 101 Webinar September 28, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Back by popular demand! 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? Would you like to explore […]

Arcadia Farms, a program under the DC non-profit Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, has entered to win a $65,000 grant through Nature's Path Organic "Gardens for Good" contest. Three winning farms will be selected from the top ten finalists, so please vote for us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arcadiacenter A "Gardens for Good" grant would […]

there are beautiful photos to view on the Oakland Standard's Website

View the press release HERE First New Yorker To Serve On Senate Agriculture Committee In Nearly 40 Years – Held Listening Sessions With Local Farmers Across NYS September 20, 2011 Washington, D.C. – As Congress prepares to write and debate the next Farm Bill, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New York’s first member of the Senate Agriculture […]

OCT 1, NYC is Right2Know March's first stop! A group of concerned citizens, supported by a coalition of food advocacy organizatons and food companies and a series of speakers, will be marching to the White House on World Food Day to demand labeling of gentically modified foods--GMOs.  The march sets off from New York on October 1st.  We'll rally at Grand Army […]

Driving and Farming with Horses Workshop at Ruby and Ambers Organic Oasis - Dorena, Oregon. October 7 - 9, 2011 3 full days of hands-on instruction on driving and farming with horses with instructors: Doc Hammill and Cathy Greatorex, Walt Bernard and Kris Woolhouse To register: www.DocHammill.com or call 406 - 250 - 8252

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvnt-bbH0KQ] OR Watch the film on their website: http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/ If only all the Christians we hear blabbering on Faux News were this articulate and thoughtful...

A bunch of great lectures here from the Food Summit video library: http://foodsummit.stanford.edu/video/

Pyramid Farms is taking resumes for 3 paid farm worker positions. They are currently taking applications for a position that starts in Mid-November and runs for a year. They are also taking applications for 2 positions starting February running till early November. One of these positions is for an Assistant Farm Manager. This position requires […]

Here's an opportunity to learn more about leasing farmland in Connecticut: American Farmland Trust, University of Connecticut (UConn), and the USDA Risk Management Agency are offering two chances to join our upcoming webinar: Farmland ConneCTions: Leasing Farmland in Connecticut. Leasing farmland from towns, institutions and land trusts provides an opportunity for beginning and expanding farmers […]

Cultivating Success: Sustainable Small Farms Education A great series of classes taking place in Washington State including: Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching On Farm Internships Agricultural Entrepreneurship

a powerful article by Raj Patel in The Nation. Amid the joy of local, seasonal ingredients and tides of young people with dirt freshly lodged under their fingernails, it feels unkind to point to the bigger problems within the food system. But it’s worth tempering an optimism of the will with a pessimism of the […]

Attention young farmers of the future: Call for Photos, Videos + Sounds! Attention young farmers of the future - we need your media savvy skills to help put together a resource for youth and aspiring young farmers! The Greenhorns in collaboration with the USDA, Cornell University and many others is crafting a publication to inspire youth […]

OLE MISS here we come! An outdoor screening of the 50 minute documentary film The Greenhorns Thursday 9/22 at the Oxford Community Garden. The event will include a vegetarian potluck dinner and a Q+A with director Severine Fleming. Thursday September 22, 6-8:30 p.m., Oxford Community Garden

Come see The Greenhorns this fall!

October 12-14 in San Franciso, CA.  Check out their website and register! Slow Money national gatherings are quickly emerging as a significant new venue for field building, investing and social change.

Seeking tenants for a farmhouse in Finksburg, MD.  Here's a note from the young farmer neighbors.  Email McKenzie for more information. mckenzieditter at gmail.com Our landlords are perfect. Cherokee and her sisters Pawnee and Shawnee grew up in the house for rent during the 50's and 60's. Their parents moved here right after WWII so […]

from the usda! http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodDesert/fooddesert.html    

The Greenhorns film premiere in Austin, Texas Sunday, September 25th. A backyard screening followed by a chat with farmers: Eric Herm : Organic Cotton Farmer, Brad Stufflebeam: Draft-powered Vegetable Farmer, Marysol Valle : Urban Vegetable Farmer, Chad Williams : Pastured Poultry Farmer Where: 5012 Eilers Ave + 51st St, Austin TX When: Sunday, September 25th, 2011 POTLUCK @ 6:00pm FILM starts @ […]

Next week, NYFC will testify at a USDA listening session on organic agriculture and we need your input on what to tell agency officials. We need to know about your experiences with the National Organic Program and conservation programs like EQIP, as well as the challenges that you may be facing as an organic producer and ideas […]

by supporting the widely-known and loved apprenticeship program at UC Santa Cruz! read about the challenges on this post from Civil Eats: http://civileats.com/2011/09/12/government-austerity-measures-threaten-the-country%E2%80%99s-oldest-organic-farming-program/  

We are excited to announce an outdoor screening of the 50 minute documentary film The Greenhorns next Thursday 9/22 at the Oxford Community Garden, located on the grounds of the Old National Guard Armory on University Ave at Bramlett Blvd in Oxford, MS. Thursday September 22, 6-8:30 p.m., Oxford Community Garden 6-7 p.m. Vegetarian Potluck Dinner 7:15 p.m. […]

Fracking: Time To Slow Down? Ball was head of an August 22 hearing to assess high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the natural-gas industry’s technology for freeing gas from shale. Senator Greg Ball (R-Putnam and Eastern Dutchess) said, “We’re on the precipice of a multibillion-dollar industry coming into our state.” However, he added he had questions. […]

Vegetable Gardens Are Booming in a Fallow Economy WEST LIBERTY, Ky. — As the economy continues to stagnate in towns and cities across the country, here in eastern Kentucky it is causing things to sprout. Garden plots are dug into the green hills, laid out in fuller force than people have seen in years. People […]

...GREAT JOBS IN FOOD! Thank you Taylor for this resource! http://goodfoodjobs.com/search.html

At Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY Understanding Soil Sunday, October 2 • 9 am to 4 pm Healthy soils are the foundation for developing sustainable farms. Dr. Conrad Vispo of Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program will lead a panel of farmers and soil specialists as we explore and deepen our awareness of the different soil types […]

download the pdf Here: BDANC Fall 2011 Meeting visit the BDANC website

Eating Alabama is a film about why food matters. What happens when a couple swears off processed, packaged, and prepared foods and instead finds everything they eat from local sources? It’s a story about community, history, sustainability, and relationships. Local eating isn’t just about the food - it’s also about the place. for more information […]

like this one: FarmieMarket FarmieMarket.com is an online farmers’ market that allows customers to place orders with local farms online and have local food delivered to their door.  Beginning on July 12th, consumers in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties will be able to order food from small, environmentally- and socially- responsible farms in their […]