Archive for September, 2009
Greenhorns – We’re thrilled about our upcoming PIG BUTCHERY weekend of workshops+electronica. up at our new farm! Check out the invite below and let us know if you can attend. the text is small, but you can download it here! Our talented young butchers are developing a mouth-watering menu and we’re compiling a booklet of [...]
check out this short film, Peter and Ben. As a young man, Peter visited the rolling lush green hills of a remote and hidden valley in Wales and chose to stay there permanently. Self-sufficient and alone, Peter was content. Then he met Ben. Peter found Ben, an orphaned newborn lamb, abandoned in a ditch. Now [...]
Farm Aid is collecting your signatures until Friday! Here’s a note from them: As a Farm Aid supporter, you know that nobody is more committed than we are to helping family farmers keep their land and their livelihood. While we encourage federal efforts to assist farmers, the fact is that not all government policies are [...]
these book recommendations come from Tom Morris, Associate Professor, Soil Fertility; Coordinator, Professional Development Program, Northeast Region, USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE); Department of Plant Science at the University of Connecticut. 1.Building soils for better crops, Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es. 2nd edition, 2000, Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN). Cost was $19.95 [...]
Join the Demeter Biodynamic Trade Association (DBTA) to find out more about the Demeter USA Biodynamic ® standards and practices and how they relate to NOP organic Download the flyer (PDF format) Held in collaboration with the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, Demeter USA, the Demeter Biodynamic Trade Association, and the Josephine Porter Institute for [...]
Love is Love Farm, in Douglasville, GA, could use some help! Dear Friends and Co-Producers. As many of you know, we at Love is Love Farm have been hit by record floods which turned the Aneewakee Creek bordering the western side of the farm, into a raging river that tore through 2/3 of the fields, [...]
1 Week from Today! 26 miles of rural Missouri roadways, young farmers & a fleet of bicycles. October 2nd: daylong bike tour in La Plata, MO Meeting at 10 am at the Possibility Alliance: 28408 Frontier Lane La Plata, MO 63549
Deadline to Apply for Conservation Stewardship Program Approaching — September 30, 2009 NRCS Simplifies Initial Application Process Farmers who are interested in applying for the 2009 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) have just a few days left before the September 30 deadline to send in the basic 3 page contract program application to the USDA Natural [...]
Why wait until the lean mean of February. Stock up now while the missing infrastructure on your farm is still singing out to you. Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply is a good resource. Also the folks at Scythe Supply in Perry, Maine, who we just met at Common Ground Country Fair!
the greenhorns are en route to the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine! Will we see you there? It should be quite stunning weekend. Find us at our booth, amidst piles of beautiful stickers, t-shirts and posters.
Cocktails and Conversation with seasonal hors d’oeuvres On September 29th, Savoy hosts Lisa M. Hamilton, the author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness and Annie Novak of Rooftop Farms in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in celebration of the Greenmarket and Edible magazines’ Eat Drink Local Week (September 27th-October 4th). Hamilton will read briefly [...]
If you didn’t get to check this out, now is the time. SEPTEMBER 2009: WATERPOD™’S FINAL WEEKEND AND GOODBYE PARTY We will celebrate the closing of our amazing four-month journey with “Future of Mobility, Urbanity, and Water(pods)” at the World’s Fair Marina Pier 1 in Flushing, Queens from September 24 – 27th. On Sunday September [...]
A series of workshops sponsored by the Regional Farm & Food Project We are very pleased to be able to invite you to our Fall 2009 Kitchen Culture Workshop Series. The goal is to put culture backing the kitchen where it belongs! While giving consumers the homestead skills they need to become producers, creating greater [...]
via United Farm Workers: We’ve been telling you about the outrageous behavior of Giumarra–the world’s largest table grape company, whose labels include Nature’s Partner. Giumarra harvests approximately 1 out of every 10 bunches of grapes picked in the US. Because the company is so huge, their behavior helps set the industry standard. Instead of being [...]
The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology will be hosting a speaker’s series discussing “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. Speakers on the panel include: Jessica Prentice, head chef at Three Stone Hearth, author of Full Moon Feast, and creator of the local food wheel Mike Biltonen and “Farmer Al” from Frog Hollow Farm John [...]
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