Archive for December, 2009
for nutrition as well as recreation. The Team that Saved the High Line Last week miss annie novak came up in a little rav 4 to pick up rabbit poop for her rooftop. as much as we could fit– thankfully it was all frozen solid, and anyway the poops are quite innocuous ( smooth and [...]
if you’re in the Hudson Valley, anyway… a fundraiser/masquerade ball for WGXC radio.
Funding available to help farmers extend the growing season while protecting natural resources AMHERST, Mass. (December 21, 2009) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a new pilot project under the ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ initiative for farmers to establish high tunnels – also known as hoop [...]
talking foodsheds MIT Researchers think America’s obesity epidemic can be reversed via “foodsheds”, in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.
We’ve mostly stopped our shopping. But then there is the exception: Gear. Gear for rain Gear for mud Gear for thorns Gear for maintaining fence-lines. And frankly, it’s quite a hunt finding suitable sturdy equipment for the small heroics of farm maintenance. At the Patagonia store everything is flash, purple and shiny. With toggles and [...]
who made the film Sweet Grass. he talks well about the right wing and the left wing– both out in the wilderness, armed and unarmed this film he recorded with a huge camera- – traveling for weeks on end with the cowboys up in the mountain ranges, in his little talk, he said that the [...]
If you would like to promote at the conference, here’s your opportunity. See you at the mixer… As most of you are probably already aware, the NOFA winter conference will be held Jan 22-24, 2010 in Saratoga Springs. While the NOFA conferences always provide bountiful learning for new farmers, this year there will be a [...]
We met Julie Carney at the Hungry Filmmakers event last week – she’s a rockstar who works for Gardens for Health International, as the Country Director for their Rwanda program. She wrote us this nice note: My mother grew up on farms in the midwest, but I was raised in the suburbs of the East. [...]
How about a supersonic flowchart to get you all oriented. eh? Best Online Collaboration Tools 2009 – Robin Good’s Collaborative Map
Love v. Vilsack could be settled by legislation Back in 2000 Rosemary Love of Harlem, Montana brought a discrimination lawsuit with other women farmers alleging they were denied loans by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) because they are women. The suit is known as Love v. Vilsack, and if this suit sounds familiar it is because African [...]
Minority farmers seek redress, claim USDA discrimination By Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 21, 2009 In November, the Agriculture Department began negotiations with Native American farmers in a class-action suit alleging systematic discrimination in the agency’s farm loan program. About 15,000 black farmers have received almost $1 billion since the settlement of [...]
everyone’s making room for beginning farmers! make sure to check out their GenNext program. EcoFarm has awarded 13 Conference scholarships in an effort to support beginning farmers and make the unique and abundant resources provided at the EcoFarm Conference more accessible. These scholarships are possible with support from the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program [...]
we just heard from a new friend, Evangeline, who has a great blog called FarmApartment. She wrote a post about Hungry Filmmakers + the greenhorns. I write a blog called FarmApartment : How To Live Off The Land Without Actually Having Land. I live in Los Angeles, but am here for the holidays. I got [...]
out of minneapolis. you can listen online, and soon will be able to download podcasts. Sunday, December 20th, from 6-7 pm Central time. From that point on, a new episode of the show will be available for download as a podcast or webisode every other week or so — the show is still evolving, so [...]
on January 29. This is going to be good… photo from the grass whisperer The Small Farms Program and Northeast SARE are pleased to co-sponsor the Second Annual Winter Green-Up Grass-Fed Beef Conference. The conference will be held Friday, January 29, 2010, 10am to 9:00pm and Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Century House [...]
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