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Union Square Pavilion to Host Public Resource-sharing Event and Community Meal (organized by The Greenhorns and OurGoods “UnSold Supper” Event will Improvise Food, Art, and Business New York, NY – UNSOLD DINNER is a community meal and temporary workshop to be held at the Union Square Pavilion from 6 – 8 PM on September 3rd, […]

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that deserves to be farmed, not paved. Guilderland, NY area. 82 acres on Rt. 146 in Guilderland/Altamont This was a cow farm, not sure for milk or meat...It is for sale by owner and I couldn't find an internet listing for it. 518-295-7179 518-872-0591 45 acres on Rt. 158 in Guilderland/Altamont http://www.coldwellbankerprime.com/Property/NY/12009/Guilderland/0_ROUTE_158 currently a corn […]

get thee to the borough!  This weekend is the Rural Route Film Festival. The Greenhorns is showing at 6pm on Sunday at the Museum of the Moving Image.  

Sunday, Sept 25th.  See you there.   

Old Field Farm explores the interaction and mutual benefit of art and agricultural practices, where a diversified culture for both plants and animals can thrive. Old Field Farm/Art and Agriculture consists of 160 acres of forest, wild bee pastures, indigenous and cultivated mushrooms, habitat for goats, chickens, pigs, ducks; vegetable and fruit gardens. Integral to […]

Tomorrow (Tuesday) - Greenhorns will be representing! Art + Agriculture Old Field Farm and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise will be holding talks at the gallery in July 2011 on subjects related to agriculture, land and water rights, art, community and production.  This event is the first in the series. For the full calendar, visit: gavinbrown.biz “A […]

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, check out Mess Hall.

cheap tickets, cheap beers, and gowanus. At The Bell House The struggle and Valor of young farmers in America Come see the film and bring friends! Purchase Advance Tickets. Visit the Facebook Event Page

Greyrock Farm is a diversified, year-round, horse-powered CSA farm located in Central New York. We produce grass-fed beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork and chicken, seasonal vegetables and storage crops, eggs and raw milk. We are currently in the midst of our first season but have already developed a good position in the local market and […]

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 Molly Culver and a crew of adult “flower apprentices.” “Youth Farm Flowers” will be sold as a “CSA” (community-supported agriculture) share to local community members, […]

Binnewater Farm Project is seeking a grower for the 2012 season to start up a new 60-100 member CSA farm, located on 6 acres of land owned by Legacy Farm Cohousing community in Rosendale, NY [Ulster County]. Our purpose is to supply fresh locally grown vegetables (and eventually fruits, berries, eggs, and honey) to cohousing […]

Internships Available at Rainbeau Ridge Farm 49 David’s Way Bedford Hills, NY 10507 Westchester County NY—one hour from NYC Positions are available, with possible housing and stipend, that will incorporate responsibilities in the areas of livestock, cheesemaking, market gardening and ag education (for children); Specific job descriptions will be crafted to match candidates depending upon […]

Dear Essex Grange Hall Mixer attendees.Here is a list of the workshops on the day, the day's schedule, and travel information on the Grange hall mixer Front. To answer your first question: yes! you can help with setup and cleanup, and yes there is camping nearby.  Yes! please organize a carpool full, yes! please bring […]

PETER NADIN June 29 – July 30, 2011 Opening reception: Gavin Brown’s enterprise  620 Greenwich Street, New York 212 627 5258 T – Sa, 10AM – 6PM Peter Nadin was born in 1954 in Bromborough in the north of England and moved to New York in 1976, after being presented with the Max Beckman Award at […]

a must-see film.  At the Anthology  Film Archives in NYC just til Thursday! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj4eHeo_l7g] Anthology Film Archives 32 2nd Ave 4:15 PM, 6:45 PM, 9:15 PM In Uruphong Raksasad’s ravishing documentary/fiction hybrid, two rural families, facing the seizure of their lands, come together to work the same rice paddy for a season, using pre-industrial farming […]

Partner wanted for new farm We’re looking for a farmer / farm couple with expertise in any of vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, medicinal herbs and / or livestock to help re-create a farm, preferably using permaculture principles, on this 150-year-old former dairy farm. It’s 200 acres, about 50 acres pasture / meadow, most of the […]

Here are some upcoming NOFA-NY Events: Safe Produce Harvest and Handling for Organic Producers Friday, June 3rd 10:00am – 12:00pm Pedersen Farms: 1798 County Road 4, Seneca Castle, NY 14547 FREE for NOFA-NY Members / $15 All Others How do GAPs regulations translate onto a large scale diverse organic produce farm? Rick Pedersen will show […]

They are seed savers! Check it out: We Are Jeneric Team up with Ocean Future Society. More on Jen's Blog.   You can listen to some of their music on their myspace page Our Essex Mixer is June 25th, all day.  Whallonsburg NY. More on that very soon!

Town of Cato Adopts Plan for Agriculture and Farmland Protection Town demonstrates its commitment to enhancing its agricultural economy and protecting farmland by adopting new, forward-thinking plan and its 13 strategies   (Cato, NY) – Tonight the Town of Cato will adopt a plan that provides 13 strategic actions that the Town intends to take to enhance […]

Resources & models for creatives in small post-industrial cities. Yes! Abundant they are: The Sanctuary for Independent Media: http://www.mediasanctuary.org/ EMPAC @ RPI: http://empac.rpi.edu/ Otto's Bakery (My friends who have an intentionally-empty storefront in South Albany. They've also bought some abandoned lots in the neighborhood and are calling that project "Streetlight Gardens."): Travis: [email protected]

an all-around amazing place. Hawthorne Valley Farm (www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org) is looking for a field manager to join its team of farmers. This is a full time position with benefits and housing. Main responsibilities are tillage, compost management, all aspects of forage harvest, application of the biodynamic preparations and equipment maintenance. The field manager joins the livestock […]

By Reverend Billy on Sunday! 7:30 PM at Theatre 80 in NYC's East Village, and at our LIVE WEBSTREAM. Tickets are $10, but no one will be turned away. This week's service (5/22/11): Celebrating greenhorns & Farmer's Markets We need more farmers in our society, to feed us, yes, but also to help us interpret the […]

Jenna of Cold Antler Farm is hosting a workshop that will get you started -  August 7 at the farm. It will be held on Sunday, August 7th. The 4-hour workshop will include an hour lunch, (10AM-3PM) and explain the basics of setting up a small rabitry for personal use. You'll learn the basics of […]

HOW YOU CAN STAND BETWEEN EXXON MOBIL AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER WHAT'S HAPPENING The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the federal/state agency that regulates the 13,539 square miles that stretch from New York’s Delaware County south to Delaware Bay and includes much of Sullivan County, is scheduled to vote […]

Looking for insight on starting or improving your urban farm?  Join NOFA-NY and fellow urban farmers on June 12th in Queens, NY to delve into the challenging yet rewarding business of rooftop farming & production for urban markets.  The Brooklyn Grange is a working farm on a rooftop in Long Island City, Queens, New York.  […]

Some of these people came by our tent-making station at the new museum streetfest on Saturday. If you like costumes, rivers, chanting, paddle boards, and pageantry then check this one out: Hudson River Pageant ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE ART EVENT TO RESTORE THE HUDSON RIVER & ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. SIGN UP to wear spectacular costumes or help direct […]

The festival  just wrapped up, but here's a nice piece about the event by current Hudson Valley Seed Library intern Alison Baitz. The Art of Food and Farming The New Museum may be known to most thanks to its impressive architecture – the cool translucent-stacked-boxes-like building is a welcome visual treat on the Bowery. But […]

Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center is looking for a counselor to work full time at their Kids! Can! Cook! summer day camp.  There's lots of hands-on farm time with this position, greenhorns!  Read the full job description HERE.

Wednesday! Download the press release HERE or read it below. National Young Farmers’ Coalition Panel to Follow Screening New York, NY – The Greenhorns, a national grassroots nonprofit organization of young farmers, will premiere their much anticipated documentary film, “The Greenhorns,” at Anthology Film Archives on May 11 from 7 to 9 PM. The screening […]

This Saturday! 

Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming offers popular summer course for college students Ithaca, NY – In cooperation with the Environmental Studies Program at Tompkins Cortland Community College, Groundswell will again offer the eight-week Summer Practicum in Sustainable Farming and Local Food Systems from June 1st to July 25th, 2011. The Summer Practicum is […]

Many of you know Essex Market as the home of Saxelby Cheesemongers, the little stand run by our friend Anne Saxelby and featured in The Greenhorns film.  Here's a note from Anne regarding the future of the market. For over 70 years, the Essex Street Market has been feeding the Lower East Side. This dynamic […]

with The National Young Farmers' Coalition get your tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/172440 and RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205789559451617&ref=ts

Wild Hive Farm has an opening. Miller Trainee Position Learn to operate a stone grist milling operation. No milling experience necessary. Mechanical aptitude and farming experience necessary. The candidate will manage and maintain several micro-mills to process grains and flours and also do light farm work raising and processing chickens in a small-scale operation at […]

Battery Park landing an urban farm The city's Parks Department will devote an acre of land to cultivating vegetables as an educational experience. By Lisa Fickenscher, April 8,2011 for Crain's New York On Monday, the city's Parks Department will announce the details of a plan to devote an entire acre at Battery Park to an […]

Smartphones on the Farm: An Introduction to Apps for Agriculture Wednesday, April 6, 2011; 7:00 PM ­ 8:30 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424 If a smartphone seems like a techno-luxury instead of a hard-working farm tool, think again. There is a world of handy applications and record-keeping functions on […]

Partner wanted for new farm We’re looking for a farmer / farm couple with expertise in any of vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, medicinal herbs and / or livestock to help re-create a farm, preferably using permaculture principles, on this 150-year-old former dairy farm. It’s 200 acres, about 50 acres pasture / meadow, most of the […]

We know there are lots of you out there who want to learn to make cheese - this is a terrific opportunity! HAWTHORNE VALLEY FARM DAIRY, Ghent NY is looking for a full-time experienced cheesemaker to join its dairy team. Our certified organic dairy produces a variety of dairy products including raw milk and artisan […]

A day of skillsharing and planning as we build a local network of shared values and knowledge around urban gardens, food networking, food preservation, passive and alternative energies, water catchment, and social justice. Together we can manifest the critical and necessary transition from resource-rich industrial capitalism to bioregional sustainability and community. Workshops with many local […]