Archive for August, 2009
An ‘agri-intellectual’ talks back by Tom Philpott for Grist 14 Aug 2009 A lot of folks have asked what I think of the essay “The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals,” by Missouri corn/soy farmer Blake Hurst, published in The American, the journal of the right-wing American Enterprise Institute. My first reaction is that I’m thrilled [...]
Sometimes we feature cool tools. This is a tool designed for outdoor peeing. It’s called p-style. http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2007/04/pstyle.html and then there are these Japaneses knives. http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html and Hoes. http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html Do you know of some cool tools we should feature?
Sometimes we find interest in the passionate backs and forths. Studies have shown a decline in the nutrition ( vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals/antioxidents etc) in conventional foods over time. Now some English study contradicts this consensus and is causing a furor. Basically the Organic implication is that soil health affects plant health affects animal and [...]
a greenhorns e-blast, anyway. If you’d like to receive more, sign up for our newsletter! all greenhorns – It is August. It is hot. At Smithereen Farm, our Greenhorns headquarters is full of peaches, yellow squashes+ rosy-cheeked visitors. Yes, we got hit by the blight, but as I type the air is full of vinegar [...]
There is such a lot going on this year still. We’d like to keep you abreast of it all. Sign up here: http://www.thegreenhorns.net/mailinglist.html
Severine and many other agricultural folks will be at the Waterpod Project. come join! My event is DIY 4H. we’ll be working with amaranthus. see you there. – Severine SUNDAY, AUGUST 16: VISIT WATERPOD TO PARTICIPATE in a full day of events and workshops including Get Your Garden On from 1-7 PM, musical performances from [...]
The latest from our friends Annie & Ben at Rooftop Farms: Greetings from the bridge between summer and fall! As tomato season begins, please remember to support our local organic farmers. Many of our upstate growers are looking at losing upwards of $30,000 this year in lost tomatoes and potatoes. Purchasing from them every week [...]
howtohomestead.org has an amusing collection of (actually useful) videos on everything from kombucha to humanure. worth a look. They’re also accepting submissions… more about “» Kombucha and You“, posted with vodpod How to Homestead We fancy ourselves the only site on the web providing you with a collection of unique how to homestead videos to [...]
important book just released by Food First: Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice By Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel with Annie Shattuck Today there are over a billion hungry people on the planet, more than ever before in history. While the global food crisis dropped out of the news in 2008, it remains [...]
but it seems that farming, and interfacing with the wildness, is good for our psyches. Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick By Linda Buzzell, AlterNet. Posted July 2, 2009. Not so very long ago, humans — like the rest of the animals and plants on earth — moved through our natural [...]
Curt Ellis & Ian Cheney, the truck farm-driving, award-winning filmakers responsible King Corn, have planned an amazing crash course in independent documentary for early September. Applications are due this week! Read on, or just download the flyer and application here: Wicked Delicate Film School. WICKED DELICATE FILM SCHOOL a crash course in independent documentary september [...]
With business planning, goal setting, marketing, land access. Bottom line: it starts October 17th, runs every saturday afternoon for 9 weeks and costs $1200 I’ll be there! – severine download the brochure here: farm beginnings brochure download the schedule here: farm beginnings schedule
mark your calendars… ( ) watermelon moonshine ( ) a night-time ripening + workparty. When: saturday august 29th afternoon+ sunday all day. What: a campout, flashmob, grill up, farm over. Where: Smithereen farm, Nevis, NY.
Greenhorn & artist Miranda Currie sent us some of her whimsical artwork recently, and we love it. Here’s a note from Miranda about her work and inspiration. I currently work as a farm apprentice and artist-in-residence at a small farm in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California. My step-sister, Willow Hein, began [...]
certainly many of you greenhorns out there are into photography. It could you win you front row Farm Aid tickets! Read on… (and while we’re at it, if any of you would like to pass on some shots of your farm with a witty anecdote or too, or just tell the blogosphere how it’s going [...]
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