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Survey on winter growing seeks input from vegetable farmers Are you growing or storing crops for sale during the winter months?  Are you interested in expanding your farm’s winter harvest? […]

removing concrete...by force of their own fingers. Depave.org. Depave promotes the removal of unnecessary pavement from urban areas to create community green spaces and mitigate stormwater runoff. Through partnerships and volunteers, […]

Five beginning farmers selected for training and mentorship project Bellingham, WA - A variety of new farmers are setting forth on their business ventures through the Food To Bank On […]

On November 22nd, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn unveiled an 86 page, comprehensive plan that sets a bold vision for a more sustainable food system—a ground-to-garbage approach unprecedented in […]

MOOMilk and Wayside Food Programs working to bring organic milk to those in need Two Maine groups dedicated to supplying high quality, nutritious food to Maine people have teamed up […]

they've got an interesting speaker series going on. The MIT Food and Agriculture Collaborative brings together students – and other MIT community members - to coordinate and support work in […]

The Reno Bike Project. The organization is built around the belief that the bicycle is the world’s greatest, most utilized mode of transportation and that every individual, regardless of age, […]

A nifty idea out of Iowa - all of the "farminars" are archived, and useful no matter where you are. Practical Farmers of Iowa is excited to announce their fall […]

we love this group - the Michigan young farmer coalition.  Here's a call out from them. The MYFC is gearing up to tour the west side of the Lower Mitten […]

another great blog and project. http://www.workingvillages.org/blog/ Working Villages International is founded on the principle that all people deserve access to meaningful employment and a high quality of life. We believe […]

Knowing about programs like this could turn some people on. There's potential here for farmer activists to work with rural communities (ideally their own) to develop projects that the USDA […]

that is greeny!   Recover Green Roofs, LLC

THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR EVENTFREE TOUR OF 20,000 SQ. FT.  CARBON NEUTRAL BUILDING , Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at SunDog Solar/Kling Magnetics Buildings , 343 Route 295, Chatham NY THE […]

NYFC has a survey to help understand the needs of young farmers in America. Take a few minutes to fill it out! Take the NYFC Survey

Here's a great resource we just discovered!  For your Nevada County greenhorns in CA. Living Lands Agrarian Network is a non-profit organization that offers training and mentorship to the next […]

www.thisisrubbish.org.uk food not bombs meets eat in - UK style. oh yes please!

What’s big and yellow, has three wheels, hauls a quarter ton and is poised to revolutionize small-load urban transport?  Answer: the cargo tricycle!  from the super cool new GRACE site […]

my first summer farm job was for the head of the swiss biodynamic association on his farm in the emmenthal, switzerland. Every week we delivered six cases of yougurt to […]

David Wiswell over at Cate Farms up here in Washington County (VT) is a pretty cool cat, as is Brent Beidler in Randolf, VT who is one of a few […]

MIT Global Challenge in many of these cases its real, developing world problems. but these are also problems faced in rural areas, in barns and agricultural outbuildings and in dealing […]

The Parts and Crafts Collective is a group of thinkers, teachers, and tinkerers in the Boston and New York areas who are interested in helping people build, think, create, succeed, […]

but I was reminded of it by some super Englishmen this past weekend [vodpod id=Video.3795931&w=425&h=350&fv=seed_name%3Dgreenstreets%26amp%3Bpresentation_id%3D184] http://www.landshare.net/ river cottage, a spawning ground for all sorts of wild ideas

The Breaking Through Concrete Tour (BTC Tour) will document the American urban farm movement. Despite hundreds of farm and garden projects taking hold in major cities, the urban farm remains […]

those white barn farmers sure are dynamo.  this plant sale is past already, but a good model for us. Our Plant Sale is here!!!!! May 22 & 23.    Saturday […]

We just learned about Rebecca Burgess-- author, educator, and textile artist who is the brains behind The Fibershed Project , a challenge to live for one year in clothes made from […]

This is a wonderful blog discussing NW weather. He has forecasts but also explains weather we've had & why it happens. Helpful for farmers! Cliff Mass Weather Blog (thanks Chandler!)

Here is a smart project that is in competition for funding from Dell.  To vote, click on "promote" on the project's page. Break it Down’s vision is to divert food […]

another school garden army:  Food Corps In the Washington Post: Will work for food? Try Food Corps The problems with school food are well-established. There’s not enough money, not enough […]

Seth and Mica are superstars, grassfed superstars.  They just launched an online store for their business, Open Space Meats in central California. Check them out and get inspired.

from the Poughkeepsie Journal: Community supported agriculture farm adds restaurant members Two New Paltz restaurants — Karma Road and Mountain Brauhaus -— are community supported agriculture, or CSA, members of the […]

The Clemson University Student Organic Farm would like to extend to you an opportunity to participate in a new program we have developed.  We are calling it the Student Organic […]

A tool box, or in their case a "bait box", for fisherman. NAMA (Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance) Bait Box