Archive for May, 2009
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Dear Severine,
I’ve been following your blog for the past several months, as I finished one farm apprenticeship and started another. I had been meaning to send a note to you about the farm in Jacksonville where I spent most of the past year, but never got around to it. Today I’m relaxing on a day [...]
Here’s the latest from rooftop farmers Annie Novak & Ben Flanner…
Thank you to all who keep coming out to help out at the Rooftop Farm! You–and our newly transplanted tomato, pepper and zinnia plans–are fantastic.
* Farm with us! We’ll be on the roof this Sunday (may 31) and Monday (june 1), from 8am-6pm. [...]
Start this video at Minute 8.
Why is farming relevant? Why must we raise the social status of farmers? Why must we transform the political structures of agricuture both domestically and abroad?
Does anyone out in blog landia know how we can become members of via campesina?
a poem for you…
The Road Between Here and There
Here I have heard the terrible chaste snorting of hogs trying to re-
enter the underearth.
Here I came into the curve too fast, on ice, and being new to these
winters, touching the brake and sailed into the pasture.
Here I stopped the car and snoozed while two small children [...]
Buying farmland abroad: Outsourcing’s third wave
The Economist (London) | May 21st 2009
Rich food importers are acquiring vast tracts of poor countries’ farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism?
EARLY this year, the king of Saudi Arabia held a ceremony to receive a batch of rice, part of the first crop to be produced under something [...]
And should you need further temptation than the poster provides, here’s what you’ll be tasting if you come to our block party on June 20th:
Sandwiches featuring young spit-roasted goat from Belmond Farm & Bethlehem Boer Goat Ranch
Local Grassfed Hamburgers from Dickson’s Farmstand Meats
Herb Chevre from Beltane Farm
Grilled Spring onions from Blooming Hill Farm
Fresh Vegetables from [...]
Should you happen to be in Montana this weekend… you will definitely want to check this out. Greenhorns Jacob& Courtney Cowgill at Prairie Heritage Farm are making it happen.
The small print: don’t let a bad back or weak knees prevent you from coming and enjoying good company and a beautiful prairie sunset. Come whether your [...]
Economic Recession, Energy Crisis, Global Warming. Okay, so what are we going to do about it?
On Sunday, May 31, join a city-wide gathering of innovating individuals, groups, nonprofits, government organizations, and local businesses who are transforming today’s challenges into opportunities. Discover how we New Yorkers can re-imagine our beloved Big Apple, making it resilient, thriving, [...]
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- 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: in the jam kitchen, charlottesville for heritage harvest festival. Apples in virginia. today's radio guest: Ray, a new new hampshire farmer November 5, 2009greenhorns: in the jam kitchen, charlottesville for heritage harvest festival. Apples in virginia. today's radio guest: Ray, a new new hampshire farmer
- greenhorns: in the city. finalizing the storyline. we are really editing hard-i'm in a bit of a creative daze, not so good at appointments. but yes November 5, 2009greenhorns: in the city. finalizing the storyline. we are really editing hard-i'm in a bit of a creative daze, not so good at appointments. but yes
- greenhorns: cornell. ithaca. its gloriously warm.
yesterday we did the preview screening, good feedback. hustling along rural highways clakity carsnaks November 16, 2009
