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That's the name of a new "show"/ podcast + zine. Running With Pitchforks is a sporadic publication highlighting disjointed bubbles of thought from farmers, food producers, and humans. The writings […]

It's called the Cyclocarder and was invented by Katherine Jolda.  Read more about it HERE

Check out this project from young beekeeper Jana Kinsman and read her note below!  She could use a kickstart. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/34675274] Hello young farmer friends, I wanted to share with […]

An Entrepreneurial Solution To The Problem Of Getting Local Food To Local Tables: Trust, Convenience, And Perceived Value by Todd Essig for Forbes Last August, shortly after Hurricane Irene did […]

From Iowa State University Extension & Outreach: We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll Summary Report. This year’s survey was completed during […]

and their  Farm Financing resources! The Carrot Project is proud to be able to offer financing to farmers in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont and soon in the Greater Berkshires. Some programs also […]

funny to make electricity from sun, then grow plants with artificial lights... but it is cool to have a retrofit warehouse. Here's their website: The Plant And an ABC piece […]

Another smart idea from the New Connecticut Farmers Alliance. The first farm tour is today!  More to come. The New Connecticut Farmers Alliance announces the beginning of its winter series […]

Step by Step, Row by Row:  How to Start Your Own Farm Dinner Business January 14 & 15, 2012 Cure Organic Farm, Boulder, Colorado This 2-day workshop is intended for […]

TODAY is BANK TRANSFER DAY. Which credit union are you transferring your money to?

Sheep Lawn Mowers, and Other Go-Getters By KEVIN ROOSE for NY Times OBERLIN, Ohio entrepreneurs In this verdant lawn-filled college town, most people keep their lawn mowers tuned up by […]

Life on the Range is an educational project that showcases stories about the ever-changing landscape of ranching, multiple-use management, entrepreneurial spirit, family and stewardship on Idaho's rangelands. The heart-warming stories […]

Is This the Future of Farming? By Sarah Rich, Oct 26 2011 for The Atlantic ATLANTA -- It's easy to miss the Podponics headquarters on Ponce de Leon Avenue. We […]

Edgwick Farm is a soon to be licensed microdairy and creamery that will produce farmstead goat cheese in Cornwall, New York.  They are expecting between 50 and 75 kids to […]

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[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/30715971] Farmstead Meatsmith have been busy. See here.

ATTN all those seeking to brush up on their marketing and bookkeeping skills! The course for agricultural entrepreneurs is aimed at those individuals who have started or are thinking about starting an agricultural […]

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

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 […]

Now farmers can get even tech-savvier with the help of this website: http://www.farmigo.com/howWorks

you'd want to be involved with these folks:  Trees for the Future Since 1989, Trees for the Future has been helping communities around the world plant trees. Through seed distribution, […]

an interesting concept... Creating Rural Wealth For too long, the resources and assets of rural communities – their natural resources, agricultural bounty, workers, and young people – have flowed out […]

http://www.pedal-power.com/ Pedal Power Engineering (PPE) is a small engineering firm that designs and builds human-powered devices. We focus on stationary pedal-powered machines called dynapods. Our first dynapod will be available […]

FiBL publications: important tools for disseminating information FiBL media place the results of FiBL research within the reach of farmers and other people with an active interest in agriculture, and […]

by contributing the the design.plot kickstarter project - brought to you by the ambitious folks at domestic-construction - who aim to reclaim an abandoned plot in Brooklyn and turn it […]

A stellar model. Farm Burger, a 100% grassfed and locally-sourced burger restaurant located in Decatur, Georgia, is set to open its second location in late summer 2011 at 3365 Piedmont […]

The Ceres Community Project works to restore locally-grown, organic whole food to its place as the foundation of health for people, communities and the planet. Our integrated approach brings teens […]

Communities across the country are taking charge.  This one, in Oregon, has a website full of information that will be helpful to all of us. The Multnomah Food Initiative started […]

Tool lending libraries They are popping up all over, in the city and the country Farmers already barter for and share tools and equipment all the time, here are local, […]

RAFI is proud to announce our new resource, NC Farmer Voices.  NC Farmer Voices is a collection of stories—in photographs, sound, and multimedia—about farmer entrepreneurs on the frontier of agricultural innovation. http://www.rafiusa.org/NCfarmervoices/ Each farmer […]

Carolina Farm Credit is now accepting applications for the third class to participate in an e-learning financial and business planning course.  The Ag Biz Planner curriculum includes financial and business […]

Big news, Greenhorns is opening up an office space in Hudson. Young Farmer support, library, publications and in-person pep talks. Look for business hours in mid August. In the meantime, […]

Where are all the agricultural wiki-ists? We need to update this woefully inadequate listing of American agricultural writers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_agricultural_writers Aldo Leopold Thoreau Emerson Carson holy smokes. There is a job […]

Let's Be Frank - a hot dog shop featuring meats from local, pasture-based farms and ranches.  Find their carts and trailers around San Francisco and LA and Check out this […]

This season, the 1-acre Youth Farm at the High School For Public Service in Crown Heights is expanding to include over 50 varieties of specialty cut flowers, grown by farmer […]

fire roasted catering. check out a video of some swell summer roasts - http://vimeo.com/11621973

We love these guys, and what a great idea! Let's help make it happen. Farmstead Meatsmith, an animal processing business on Vashon Island, WA is campaigning to fund a series of […]

We need to see this more and more.  If you are part of a land trust that doesn't have an explicit goal of getting young farmers, or active farmers of […]

You may remember Anthill Farm from a mixer we held there last year.  Check out their new website - it's beautifully designed and a good model if you're working on […]

tomorrow!  There will abstracts available online after the event. 2011 UMaine Sustainable Agriculture Field Day Featuring Small Scale Vegetable Production Wednesday, June 29  –  5:00 to 7:30 pm University of […]