Archive for June, 2008
Ringing bells, shaking hands, warm hugs, and good food were abounding yesterday as the third meeting of New Amsterdam Market got underway. New York’s brightest bakers, chefs, food producers, purveyors, and caterers were on hand to curate the bounty of the regions foremost farmer heroes. Yesterday at the Seaport, it was a day dedicated to the [...]
Hey everyone — I know farmers are busy readying the fields and planting, but since I know a lot of you participate in and support farmer’s markets, I thought I would pass this along to the group.
Small Farm Central is offering a stand-alone service that helps farmers pre-sell goods to farmer’s market customers online. This [...]
The Family Farm Disaster Fund was established by Farm Aid to help farm families survive weather-related disasters. Right now we are working with farmers across the country who have been hurt by devastating flooding and severe weather in Iowa, Wisconsin and seven other mid-western states.
Farm Aid is helping family farmers through this disaster by:
Providing emergency [...]
I think I’ve paid heed to the modern agrarian’s manifesto and sown the seed of my own revolution. It didn’t begin with a two month sabbatical in southern Arizona, although the high desert, from the magical community of Bisbee to the wild Chiricahuas, only helped to strengthen my resolve. A Palestinian man described Bisbee as an American Jerusalem; tucked away [...]
Greenhorns:
We are currently working on a zine-guide for beginning farmers to hand out at our young farmer’s conference/rabbit roast festivities in July and would love your input!
Swimming in the masses of resources out there, we would like to hone in on common obstacles that growers and ranchers face when starting their journey into the roots [...]
The National Young Farmer Education Association is holding their National Ag Leadership Conference July 7-9 in Austin, TX. Should be nice! More info here.
and National Grange Youth is holding their Northeastern Regional Youth Conference July 11-13 in Exeter, Rhode Island. Read more here.
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don’t know
We don’t know.
—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing
The cost of basic food staples is skyrocketing around the globe. Billions of people who live on less than $2 a day are sliding into hunger and despair. Now more than ever, international entities and national governments must shift their agricultural policies toward sustainability, hunger prevention, and economic justice for farmers and farmworkers. Below, we [...]
from Elisha Greeley Smith, Center for Rural Affairs
Farmers are working longer than ever. According to the 2002 Agriculture Census, the average age of farmers is 55, and one in four is 65 or older. As older farmers leave the land and the price of farms continues to skyrocket, it’s increasingly difficult for a new crop of [...]
from www.michaelpollan.com
Greetings.
I haven’t been in touch for a while, and some of you have written asking for an an update on the 2008 Farm Bill. After many, many months of wrangling, the bill was just passed by Congress, overriding a veto by the President. In my view, it is not a very good bill– it preserves more or less [...]
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- greenhorns: rabbits trailered to Dina's farm in Connecticut.chickens gone tomorrow. very sad at having to liquidate animals. wishing hard for own farm November 25, 2009greenhorns: rabbits trailered to Dina's farm in Connecticut.chickens gone tomorrow. very sad at having to liquidate animals. wishing hard for own farm
- greenhorns: rabbit diner super. very productive well run sessions with the USDA beginning farmer working group. I like being part of a municipal effort November 18, 2009greenhorns: rabbit diner super. very productive well run sessions with the USDA beginning farmer working group. I like being part of a municipal effort
- greenhorns: cornell. ithaca. its gloriously warm.
yesterday we did the preview screening, good feedback. hustling along rural highways clakity carsnaks November 16, 2009greenhorns: cornell. ithaca. its gloriously warm. yesterday we did the preview screening, good feedback. hustling along rural highways clakity carsnaks
- greenhorns: now we are improvising with a maple cure--relishing the bits of skittlens trimmed off an added to kale with chillis. oh oh oh. belly yum November 11, 2009greenhorns: now we are improvising with a maple cure--relishing the bits of skittlens trimmed off an added to kale with chillis. oh oh oh. belly yum
- greenhorns: our first bacon just came out of the oven. fresh applesausce. tyler is in the living room saving lettuce seeds with the kittens. farm life! November 11, 2009greenhorns: our first bacon just came out of the oven. fresh applesausce. tyler is in the living room saving lettuce seeds with the kittens. farm life!
- greenhorns: farmhome. warm still. officially 2 roosters, tomorrow rabbit slaughter- hustling film for conference this weekend. irrigation tape rolled. November 10, 2009greenhorns: farmhome. warm still. officially 2 roosters, tomorrow rabbit slaughter- hustling film for conference this weekend. irrigation tape rolled.
- greenhorns: but these new media folks have cool online platforms, much more textured than ning-sites, and broader than our current blog. i'm excited November 9, 2009greenhorns: but these new media folks have cool online platforms, much more textured than ning-sites, and broader than our current blog. i'm excited
- greenhorns: greenhorns has been brainstorming the format for future publications--have been leaning towards a broadsheet with classified ads, events etc November 9, 2009greenhorns: greenhorns has been brainstorming the format for future publications--have been leaning towards a broadsheet with classified ads, events etc
- greenhorns: in washington dc. learning about new media platforms from jlab and the mccormick found.. surprise! young montana farmer courtney is here too November 9, 2009greenhorns: in washington dc. learning about new media platforms from jlab and the mccormick found.. surprise! young montana farmer courtney is here too
- greenhorns: the cats in virginia are huge! must be something in the water here. We're = harvest festival tomorrow. sadly no more pawpaws boo November 7, 2009greenhorns: the cats in virginia are huge! must be something in the water here. We're = harvest festival tomorrow. sadly no more pawpaws boo
- greenhorns: rabbits trailered to Dina's farm in Connecticut.chickens gone tomorrow. very sad at having to liquidate animals. wishing hard for own farm November 25, 2009
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