Archive for March, 2009
Please take a moment to survey the prodigious and visionary films of our elder, advisor and favorite estuarian, Les Blank. – Severine For example… Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) The latest, All In This Tea (2007) For more, check out Flower Films: The Films of Les Blank
Note to DIY-ers…. The Maker Faire is a celebration of innovation and initiative–for tinkerers, inventors, robotics-dorks and crafty folk of all kinds to demonstrate their pet projects and freak toys. Its kind of like burning man for legos, terrabites, bicycle wheels and blowtorches. Most of these projects are hobbies and fetishes, but the applications of [...]
Let us reiterate, Craigslist is a great resource for potential Greenhorns! 4-5 acres free to use (ESOPUS, N.Y.) Reply to: sale-wpsak-1064595120@craigslist.org Date: 2009-03-07, 1:51PM EST Use my land. I recently bought a farm that raised Arabian horses. It is situated between New Paltz & Kingston. I thought with the way the economy is going you [...]
This from the News -Record in North Carolina… 100 million new farmers? North Carolina writer calls for agricultural revolution by Morgan Glover Last year, I interviewed Concord resident Aaron Newton, one of the few people I know who has gone beyond academic conversations about peak oil and climate change to making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Newton [...]
Reconnection and Revival! Hands-on Permaculture Weekend Workshops Michael Judd with Green Phoenix Permaculture At Sivanada Yoga Ranch in the Catskill Mountains 90 miles north of NYC. MARCH 14-15 / MARCH 28-29 Tree Care and Pruning Learn basic care and pruning techniques for productive berry bushes, vines and fruit trees while tending the ashram’s expansive existing [...]
This from Greenhorns’ Ally Taylor Reid…. I’m still working on my dissertation on first generation farmers and taking lots of video now, though I haven’t started to edit. Just too busy at the moment. Wanted to let you know about my new site www.beginningfarmers.org. I’m still working on adding content, but the idea is to [...]
So. Today being yet another day of cold wind I thought it might be time for a PUNK YEOMAN PEP TALK. Which I think is a new format for missives too short for the book, too relevant for pencil. the art of punk yeomanry is in fact a kind of deliberate and proactive socio-homeopathy. meaning, [...]
Print it out, tape it up in your greenhouse, stick it to your fridge, laminate it and hang it on the back of your bike. See you soon! 2009-greenhorns-calendar
This is a great resource for Greenhorns and other think outside the box types… I am writing to tell you about a new book that hit the bookstores yesterday and is already #1 on Amazon’s bestselling nonprofit books: http://www.idealist.org/en/handbook/ Published by Penguin, the Idealist Handbook to Building a Better World was written for anyone who [...]
This brilliant list was prepared by rockstar Sarah Tautin. Read along for the full list, or just download a documen here: food-festivals-2009. FOOD FESTIVALS 2009 (March-onwards) State/County Fair info. culled from indiv. State websites. All other events culled from www.foodreference.com and www.festivals-and-shows.com CAVEATS: State Fair info. is as of 3.1.09 unavailable for GA, and RI’s [...]
29 Year-old Farmers are on top! This from Zoe Bradbury: Did any of you hear this today? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101329685 On a similar vein, this financier in Business Week recommends we all marry farmers. http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_10/b4122017811535.htm Which commodities are worth buying or holding on to? I recently bought more of all of them. But I really think agriculture [...]
via Comfood: Hello All, I am co-designing a Community Foodshed apprenticeship in Summertown, Tennessee. Link: http://www.thefarm.org/etc/etcapprentices.html Apprentices will design their own desirable foodsheds. The opposite of industrial food systems. Local food networks are vital! Keep the emails coming! and if you know anyone interested in the below description pass this on. peace, Ellie
Dear Aunty, I need a production loan. Why? Because the farming equipment worth buying costs money. The nice tools are made in England and Switzerland and Holland – but the Chinese ones at the Hardware store fall apart and make me feel like a grunt. Specifically, I would like to buy: a seeder 2 spades [...]
This via the High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal Kelly Huenink named Outstanding National Young Ag Professional winner Kelly Huenink from Hudson, Colo., a member of the St. Vrain Valley Young Farmer Chapter was named the Outstanding National Young Ag Professional at the National Young Farmer Educational Institute held recently in Baltimore, Md. Huenink is the operation [...]
“Transhumance – the transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons.” This beautiful conference is a gathering of Transhumant Pastoralists: http://www.nomadassegovia2007.org/media.html
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