Archive for September, 2009
We received this email notice of some land available in tennessee – sounds promising for a greenhorn? photos included in the link. Hello Team Greenhorns, I know of a farm for sale in East Tennessee…where I live. The owner, Eric, would like to find some young like-minded farmers to carry on his family’s work with [...]
Greenhorns will be at this event! See you there? When: Saturday October 3 from 10am – 2:30pm Where: Tower Grove Farmers Market in St. Louis How: Exhibits, workshops and demos celebrating modern homesteading and how we’re connecting to good food, farmers and the earth. Hands-on, interactive and educational. Kickass music from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir [...]
now is the time to nominate! farmers are welcome. USDA Announces Timeframe for Nominations to the Advisory Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers USDA Announces Timeframe for Nominations to the Advisory Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2009 – USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Jonathan Coppess today announced that nominations for [...]
lots of greenhorns we know work with draft horses, and our friends at Sterling College are busy teaching the next generation. Yes! Magazine takes note: Sterling’s Draft Horse Program Receives Accolades from Yes! Magazine Craftsbury Common, VT—Having a 2000-pound draft horse as a teacher is something a Sterling College student takes for granted. So it [...]
this is from the USDA! (and click on the map to buy our poster…) Mapping and Modeling Eastern U.S. Food Production By Ann Perry September 2, 2009 Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are mapping an array of county-level data from Maine to Virginia on weather, soil, land use, water availability and other elements. Then they’ll [...]
Greenhorns – comments are due Sept 28th! This is an alert from the National Sustainable Ag Coalition. Since the 1930s we’ve been paying farmers to produce corn, wheat, rice, and cotton. What if instead we paid farmers for producing healthier soil, cleaner water, climate change mitigation and greater bio-diversity? That’s the “Big Idea” behind the [...]
In a city? Just Food will help you! Here’s info on an upcoming workshop series: Interested in how to get fresh, local and organic produce in New York City? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) connects local farmers with New York City residents through a unique, pre-paid share system.
this is a fantastic resource for moms whose kids need a good dose of nature. Nature Rocks’ “Find Nature” feature
This weekend! Any greenhorns in Michigan going to the festival? We’d love to hear about it! they have a bicycle valet service. awesome. The HomeGrown Festival celebrates local food and community and seeks to focus broad mainstream attention on the community-wide benefits (and pleasure!) of eating from our own foodshed. September 12th, 5-10pm Ann Arbor [...]
this is worthwhile – from the national organic coalition. They need folks to sign on today! URGENT ACTION ALERT from NOC and RAFI-USA TELL USDA TO FUND PUBLIC PLANT & ANIMAL BREEDING FOR SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC FARMERS SIGN ON BY September 11; COMMENTS DUE BY September 14 SIGN ON to Comments on AFRI — the [...]
We are pleased to host a Seed Ball making booth this Saturday, September 12 at Monticello’s Heritage Harvest Festival in Charlottesville, VA. Come get your hands dirty! We’ll be using Southern Exposure seeds, red southern clay and Monticello compost to make portable projectiles of biodiversity. You can take the seedballs home with you to dry, then toss [...]
EAT WELL BRING FOOD Potluck Dinners every Tuesday & Saturday Eve Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte 541 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 http://projekte.leokoenig.com/exhibition/view/1785 The metaphors linking food and art are abundant. They persist: the ideas of sustenance versus subsistence, to satiate concomitant with nourishment, to simply serve, or to present. Don’t Perish posits the [...]
We are thrilled about our upcoming bike tours in Missouri: headquarter state of Monsanto, landscape of glory. October 2nd: daylong bike tour in La Plata, MO Meeting at 10 am at the Possibility Alliance: 28408 Frontier Lane La Plata, MO 63549 October 3rd: the HOMEGROWN Urban Country Fair Bike Tour with the Greenhorns in St [...]
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project’s 8th Annual Fall Harvest Festival Sunday, Sept. 27th, 1 – 4 pm Dracut, MA Please join us for a meaningful and fun-filled afternoon! First, meet immigrant farmers whose experience with New Entry has inspired international initiatives to improve conditions in farmers’ homeland communities. Second, help us inaugurate our new incubator [...]
before you let them loose on a farm… why not let them loose on the forest service Student Conservation Association employment opps.
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