Archive for August, 2009
from “Cooking Up a Story”
Latest SCOOP from The Land Institute Issue 32, August 27, 2009 ==================================================== NPR’s Richard Harris at Prairie Festival Starting Friday, September 25, 2009, evening, through noon, Sunday, September 27 Richard Harris is a Correspondent at the Science Desk at National Public Radio (NPR).
Re-post from Comfood: Please see the email below from a contact that saw our work with farmers here in Phoenix. She has land available to farmers in New Mexico and would like to see her land put to use. Her description of land and phone number are below. – Jon Jon Vosper | Community and Economic [...]
Brooklyn folks – The new Greenpoint Food Market will be launching Sept 12th from Noon – 6pm and they’re looking for vendors! Greenpoint Food Market is inspired by all foods fresh and local, artisanal and homemade. It is a response to a burgeoning culinary food scene billowing through Brooklyn and functions as a support system [...]
Job Description: Gardener and Facilities Administrator. Mature, well-organized, and self-motivated individual sought for full-time, live-in position at New York City’s oldest house. Qualifications: College degree (preferred) with 2-3 years gardening experience; interest in historic ecology and landscape studies; strong interpersonal skills and some public speaking experience; demonstrated experience with household repairs and standard tools; and [...]
in male band version. The Smithereens: you could, instead, check us out: Smithereen Farm
An old article, but solid. Read a more recent article on Travis & Amy Forgues here The New American Farmer By Noel C. Paul ALBURG SPRINGS, VT. – If the average farmer is American Gothic, Travis Forgues is decidedly postmodern: He wears denim shirts and stone-washed bluejeans. His hair hangs down to his shoulders. He [...]
Check out this documentary – Pressure Cooker. more about “TakePart | Official Pressure Cooker M…“, posted with vodpod Three seniors at Philadelphia’s Frankford High School find an unlikely champion in the kitchen of Wilma Stephenson. A legend in the school system, Mrs. Stephenson’s hilariously blunt boot-camp method of teaching Culinary Arts is validated by years [...]
WHEN: 3pm Saturday August 29 till Sunday August 30th afternoon WHERE: Smithereen Farm – 286 Pleasantvale Rd. Nevis, NY FEATURING: the Rude Mechanical Orchestra and lively nighttime music by DJs Shan K and Kokle Doodle Dews near the mermaid pond *** Crop mob field party starting Saturday at 3*** FOOD: Smithereen muscovy ducks, rabbits and [...]
It’s easy – just visit our Serve Your Country Food website and click on “Join the Map” Here’s a little blurb from takepart.com: Serve Your Country Food: A Map of Young Farmers You may have heard that more young farmers are joining the sustainable food movement everyday, and now you’re probably saying to yourself, “Great! [...]
More on the Farm Beginnings program… We at Hawthorne Valley Farm are excited about a new program that we will be offering beginning in October 2009, called Hudson Valley Farm Beginnings®. This program will include nine classroom sessions in on-farm goal setting, strategic and business planning, marketing, and financial management, for those interested in developing [...]
Some great events this weekend: Food Justice Revival concert in Wassaic, NY August 28th Food Security Roundtable seasonal gathering, also in Wassaic, NY August 29th For more information, check out http://www.foodpower.org/
Big Spuds, Little Spuds The impact of climate change and monoculture on one of the world’s staple food crops. a fantastic film from BULLFROG FILMS. about potatoes in peru, and potatoes in idaho. with fantastic talking head Pat Mooney of ETC group
greenhorns ally Mark Andrew Gravel of Agrarian Art Lab is behind this new mag. Not Your Average Food Porn: Food + Sex Previews Nationwide New collage art food magazine Food + Sex = Us (Food + Sex) previews nationwide late this summer with bicoastal dates scheduled for the Eat Real Festival at Jack London Square [...]
Greenhorns – here is a great opportunity from MOFGA – Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association CALL for APPLICATIONS for 2010-2011 MOFGA’s Farmer-in-Residence (F.I.R.) Program offers aspiring farmers committed to organic agriculture and public outreach the opportunity to live and farm at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine. Farmers-in-Residence participate in MOFGA’s Journeyperson [...]
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