Archive for July, 2009
it’s beer friday. and this is our choice: New Belgium’s Fat Tire.
Or, in fact, any of their beers.
more about “Fat Tire | New Belgium“, posted with vodpod
Our only comment: Boys! Get some Land!
Drive Through: A Truck Farm Grows in Brooklyn
by Curt Ellis
When my buddy Ian suggested we turn his ’86 Dodge half-ton into a planter, I thought the pickup had finally blown its engine. When Ian said he intended to keep the old truck on the road in Brooklyn, I [...]
we like this film. And particularly the vista/spoonbread fetishism.
more at http://www.room609.com/films/promisedland/trailer.html
more about “The Promised Land – A Swamp Pop Journey“, posted with vodpod
Our friend Chandler Briggs, a greenhorn at Island Meadow Farm on Vashon Island, sent us this great article on some rad young farmers in Texas at Windy Hill Organics.
Organic Veggies Grown in Area, Sold in Abilene
By Celinda Emison (Contact)
Saturday, June 27, 2009
COMANCHE, Tx — Ty Wolosin loves Mother Earth, which is why he is [...]
Almost all towns have a few extra acres of land around their transportation department, police department, water department headquarters. They currently just mow that land. Why not follow the model of the USDA’s offices and plant gardens, or even better–provide grant money, a competitive design process, and some city support to young farmers who use [...]
for market farmers, specifically.
Growing for Market
Growing for Market is America’s most respected publication about growing and direct marketing vegetables, fruits, herbs, cut flowers, plants, eggs, meat, cheese, and other farm products.
Growing for Market covers farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture, the local food movement, organic growing, cut flowers, and much more. Growing for Market publishes 10 [...]
Dear greenhorns,
we need a boson- based collaborator for a special covert operation…
not actually covert. just special.
we’re needing art materials for our upcoming workshops– bike safety badge stations– that we’re setting up at monticello and at Farm Aid.
Click here to download the March 2008 Farm Country Magazine (a publication of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation) highlighting Mississippi’s young farmers.
Scroll past the Beef Council ads and the plug for NAIS and there’s some interesting commentary. Any Missippi greenhorns out there care to comment?
There are some questionable statements in the “President’s Message”, but you [...]
thanks to greehorns ally Paige Churchman for alerting us to this and sending this note. Sign the petition at the end of the post!
Bed-Stuy Farm (started by Brooklyn Rescue Mission, which was one of the Brooklyn Food Conference sponsors) is at risk of losing half its land.
For five years the Jacksons have tried to [...]
beautiful and inspiring video of horse-powered farming at Beech Grove Farm.
“Eric and Anne Nordell have developed a farming system that integrates cover cropping, composting, crop rotation, and horse-drawn cultivation in an economically viable extensive organic vegetable farm. Anne and Eric have been growing organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers for over 20 [...]
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- 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: visits from brooklyn! annie of the rooftop and billy of the stop shopping choir. they were sad to have missed the bacchanal of pork. caulfat November 3, 2009greenhorns: visits from brooklyn! annie of the rooftop and billy of the stop shopping choir. they were sad to have missed the bacchanal of pork. caulfat
- 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, 2009
