Archive for November, 2009
if you can’t afford the Stone Barns Young Farmers Conference this week, here is a great opportunity. Good Day, I wanted to add one other exciting piece about our conference this year. As part of NOFA-NY’s partnership with Cornell Small Farm Programs on our USDA Beginning Farmer grant we are able to offer 75 scholarships [...]
Regeneration CSA (and friends) is offering free intro to Permaculture workshops for community organizations and non-profit organizations, staff, and their clients in the Hudson Valley. Permaculture is a design science that takes a holistic approach to long term sustainability. We hope these workshops can help your organization and members in thinking thru how to better [...]
Euro Gusto & Terra Madre Young Europeans An opportunity to rethink the future of food in Europe. France – This new international Slow Food event is being held from November 27 to 30 in Tours, in the heart of the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site. At Euro Gusto you will find a host [...]
for hopenhagen. she needs it. Kerry has entered the Huffington Post contest for Hopenhagen Ambassador. If she wins they will send her to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to report back daily as the citizen voice with press credentials etc. Click the link below to watch/find her video and cast your vote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/hopenhagen-ambassador-con_n_363672.html
on the radio! awesome. this is from Outdoor Chattanooga. They also have Bike Chattanooga. We have partnered with Pulse News WLPZ-95.3FM to bring Chattanoogan ears DAILY BICYCLE TRAFFIC REPORTS. Yes. Everyday alongside typical traffic reports, thousands of morning news listeners will also hear about the whereabouts and wellbeing of our bike commuters! This is a [...]
Limited Growth Opportunities in Farming By Sarah Shemkus November 29, 2009 BREWSTER — In April, Eldredge Farm consisted of two greenhouses, a dozen chickens and one very ambitious plan. “I have to screen out the loam, prepare the beds, install the posts and chicken wire, and install the irrigation,” farmer Jeff Eldredge said at the [...]
greenhorns’ friend Amy Franceschini of Future Farmers is a part of this. Open Engagement is a three-day conference that is an initiative of the Portland State University Art and Social Practice concentration and co-sponsored by Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland Community College. Directed by Jen Delos Reyes and Harrell Fletcher and planned in [...]
the tough get weird. Greenhorns: if you haven’t already stopped, here’s yet another reason to stop the shopping: Reverend Billy’s “Blessed are the Jobless! Blessed are the Broke!” Christmas Tour With the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir! Buy Nothing! We start on Buy Nothing Day, Friday Nov 27, 5 AM – trying to convert the [...]
is still accepting applications for two administrative internships for the 2010 season – Live in the beautiful setting that is OAEC! – Participate in our work and take courses! – Experience a thriving intentional community!
The Seed Farm – An Agricultural Incubator Program for the Establishment of New Sustainable Farms and Farmers –Lehigh County, PA Position Available: Farm Manager The Seed Farm, a program of Lehigh County, provides land, training and infrastructure for new farmers, increasing farm start-up success and the vitality of farming in the Lehigh Valley. The Seed [...]
a few DIY links… Iron King Awesome films– on making things happen. Make Magazine The first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects, MAKE Magazine unites, inspires and informs a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages. Foxfire Books A series of books documenting the lifestyle, culture, [...]
Harland’s Creek Farm Certified Organic Produce and Flowers–Pasture Raised Poultry FARM MANAGER APPRENTICE FULL TIME—March 2010 through October 2010 Harland Creek’s Farm, a certified organic farm, seeks an apprentice to work closely with the Farm Manager on all farming operations for the 2010 main farming season. Harland’s Creek Farm grows produce and flowers using certified [...]
and asked our friend at Cornell. He recommended this fantastic resource. Thanks to Cornell + Geneva Pomologia If you know the common name, you might be able to find it here: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_imag.pl?104681 Ctrl+f, then the name. Found this in the GRIN system.
making your own food. Instead of just watching other people make the food on television. We think probably we should all learn how to make other things as well. Such as buttons Or OUR future. We’ll have to learn to make that as well.
Plants, Earth and Cosmos A workshop for farmers, gardeners and others seeking a working relation to the land February 14-19 and/or February 21-26 Led by The Nature Institute and the Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center in partnership with the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association The Nature Institute and the Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center are [...]
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