Archive for June, 2009
greenhorns, this is a most fabulous, understated dutch publication. a worthwhile subscription, and available online–such a lot of academic research avail to us: directories case studies post graduate programs for the academic agriculturalists especially. LEISA: The Center for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture Here is their latest e-newsletter… you can also read [...]
4H just got a nice facelift on their website. I noticed. and then this PSA http://4-h.org/b/Pages/Layouts/GroupPage2889.html?SiteId=2323&PersistentTheme=4H about 1 million new scientists. and the companies who are supporting 4H to make it happen. including Monsanto, who recently donating $1.5 million. 4H isn’t about making technology. Its about raising animals.
we’ve been gazing at these posters for over a week now, and we can’t get enough. we think you’ll love them just as much as we do. Available on our etsy site now. A series of poster size pen and ink drawings by brooke budner. “use your tools wisely”, “spend some time in the kitchen [...]
Any artistic hudson valley-based greenhorns out there? The Hudson Valley Seed Library is seeking artists to illustrate their seed packs! Read on… Hello from Seedy Farm! I’m excited to say that the Hudson Valley Seed Library is going to offer more Art Packs in our next seed catalog. Please help us in our search for [...]
yes. it goes against many of our instincts to borrow money. Guiding thinking on this issue is borrow as little as you can. Pay it back as fast as you can. But you can’t really can without a canner, or a kitchen, or a flame. Can you. Got to build back the infrastructure of food [...]
Medium scale food processing. YES! we need more and better. May every PETSMART in america be converted into a smokehouse. Every walmart into a slaughterhouse Every Kmart into a farmers market May the retro-fitter install skylights and roof gardens. And may the parking lots become amphitheatres for local culture. here is a brilliant example of [...]
on a farm. bluegrass. yes. Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival July 16-19, 2009 Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, NY get your tickets now! And check out the line up – http://greyfoxbluegrass.com/gfblog/2009/06/26/grey-fox-2009-main-stage-schedule/
young farmer ninjas have what it takes to survive the global warming blasts. real guts. real courage. real resilient diversified systems! here’s the latest from our friend Nic Koontz of Native Hill Farm in Fort Collins, CO Hey Severine, Hoping all is well in your neck of the woods. Just taking a moment as I [...]
we’ve mentioned the greenhorns radio show before, broadcasting weekly on Heritage Radio. It’s quite informative and entertaining – interviews with young farmers, events, etc. We recently heard from another radio-saavy greenhorn out in South Dakota, producing the “Rock Garden Tour” – farming/gardening/rock and roll in collaboration with South Dakota Public Broadcasting. We love it, and [...]
we got to meet & share goat sandwiches with Annie & Ben of Rooftop Farms last saturday at the Goat Spit, truly delightful folks. if you’re urban and needing to get your hands in the dirt, give them a shout. Dear urban farmers, friends and volunteers, It’s been another great week. Thanks to all who [...]
Patti Moreno is known as the Garden Girl. She’s got a pretty rad site, and some great informational videos, including this on, on sustainable urban gardening. and check out her how-to on drip irrigation here: http://www.dripworksusa.com/video/videoggtab.php
give them a shout, greenhorns… Hello from Farmers for the Future! We now have more than 1,800 members from all 50 U.S. states and more than 100 countries. You have generated more than a million page views since the site launched last fall. Members have posted nearly 7,000 photos. How are your Crops looking? Jeramie [...]
Some news on Slow Food’s Time for Lunch campaign… Remember this date: September 7, 2009. We’ll look back on that day as the moment when people across America took a stand about the food our children eat at school. As you know, children who grow up enjoying food that is both delicious and good for [...]
by now you’ve probably taken note of the artwork that adorns our letters, websites, stickers and guidebook. It’s all the work of the brilliant Brooke Budner, official Greenhorns illustrator!
well. the goat spit was an utter success. with a rugged volunteer crew of young farmers, ex-restaurant managers, underground chefs, micro-brewers, and assorted aspiring agrarians of all stripes– we pulled off a quite phenomenal day-long event in a tiny little pharmacy in brooklyn.
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