Archive for April, 2009
Good News from the Biofuel folks out in Berkeley… check out their opening tomorrow if you’re in the area. FINALLY!!! After 9 months of labor we are very happy to announce the birth of the NEW BioFuel Oasis!!!! Our new station will open THIS FRIDAY, May 1st (International Worker’s Day) at 1441 Ashby Avenue in [...]
Lynn Fleming makes some of the best soft goat cheeses around, near New Paltz, NY. Great opportunity for a goat-loving Greenhorn! Good morning, I find myself in need of an immediate intern to assist in cheesemaking and care of our herd of nubian and lamancha does. Duties will be varied but will include milking, feeding, [...]
Greenhorns in California, some great events happening tonight and this weekend! Free screening of The Garden Thursday, April 30, 2009, 6 P.M. Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 Come to the screening of this 2009 Academy Award Nominee for best documentary feature, followed by a panel discussion with the Garden Farm leaders, [...]
Join Northeast Organic Wheat in the fields this summer! To farmers, gardeners, bakers and people that like to eat: Join us to liberate the almost-extinct heritage wheats buried in the frigid vaults of world genebanks. Prior to WWII, the reknowned plant explorer Nikolai Vavilov traveled the world to collect superior heritage wheats in remote villages [...]
The Hudson Valley Seed Library is rockin’ & rollin’ this Spring. Lots of events, tips & opportunities. Catch Ken Greene this weekend at the Brooklyn Food Conference – Greenhorns will be there too!
New Hampshire Farm to School, a program of the UNH University Office of Sustainability, is hiring a part-time coordinator. To learn more and to apply, please visit https://www.unhjobs.com and search for NH Farm to School Coordinator, job order #02397.
The 5th GMO-Free Regions Conference just concluded in Europe. Here is the final declaration of the participants of “Food and Democracy. For more information, visit http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/food-democracy-april-2009/programme.html Final Declaration : GMO Moratorium: The way forward for Europe The participants of the 5th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions “Food and Democracy” call for an EU-wide moratorium on [...]
A re-post from the Green Fork blog, on greenhorns Kristen and Nate Johanson of Wolf Lake Farm in Pennsylvania. Starting Farming on the Cheap: An interview with Kristen and Nate Johanson of Wolf Lake Farm April 16th, 2009 As Kerry Trueman pointed out earlier this week in her post about young farmers (and would-be farmers), [...]
Reminder! Greenhorns will be at the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday for a screening & discussion. 7:30-9pm at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum Severine and Laura Hannah discuss the film process and the farm process and the relevancy of all this in a feminist context. Contact alisa.besher@brooklynmuseum.org
The Soil Association, supported by the Daylesford Foundation, are launching 300 Organic Farm School courses over the next two years. The Organic Farm School offers hands-on courses in growing your own food, rearing animals, cooking and rural crafts. Participants will learn practical skills direct from organic farmers, growers and producers with personal experience. Courses include [...]
Listen to the USDA on prepared meats, circa 1964: A Mark of Wholesome Meat. Via the Prelinger Archives. http://www.archive.org/details/MarkofWh1964 “No more grinding, mixing, slicing, or even cooking at home. Unless you want to.”
Two upcoming workshops with the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture will be particularly useful for Greenhorns…. Successfully Integrating Interns & Apprentices into Your Farm Cambria County Extension Office – Ebensburg, Cambria County Wednesday, April 29; 5:00-8:00pm $15 PASA Members, $25 all others. Lunch will be provided. Register Online Farm interns and apprentices can tip the [...]
Greenhorns ally, the Center for Land-Based Learning, is committed to engaging youth in learning experiences on the land that foster respect for the critical interplay of agriculture, nature and society. Founded by Walnut Farmer Craig MacNamara, the organization has three main goals: use farms, ranches and natural ecosystems as educational laboratories for inner-city, suburban and [...]
Radio is a wonderful medium, and Majora Carter is using it beautifully. Listen to her at thepromisedland.org, Greenhorns, particularly her Earth Day Special. Inspirational, uplifting, important. Majora Carter is founder of Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), a nonprofit community organization established in 2001 to advance the environmental and economic rebirth of her hometown. With Van Jones, [...]
There are plenty of opportunities out there for Urban Agriculture types… Click here to download a full position posting: urbane-dev-internship-grocery-and-agriculture AGENCY DESCRIPTION: Urbane Development is a community and economic development firm, located in Philadelphia, PA, working with urban communities to strengthen their asset base – businesses, real estate, and human capital – to catalyze a truly [...]
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