Archive for January, 2010
We grew Spotted Trout Lettuce last summer on our little farm, and saved the seeds – now you can buy them from our friends at Hudson Valley Seed Library. Celebrate the Greenhorns! Library Pack : Grown by Smithereen Farm Eligible for Membership Deal $2.75 / $2.25 for members These seeds came from Smithereen Farm, home [...]
via our friend, Bee Ayer BK Farmyards is a new urban farming network in Brooklyn. Our mission is to increase access to healthy affordable food to Brooklyn residents through increasing urban food production and providing jobs for urban farmers. We started last year by turning backyards into farmyards, offering the first CSA with all produce [...]
our friend jacob and courtney, greenhorns out at Prairie Heritage Farm, just wrote about this little happening. A very sweet story.
Stop by and visit Waterpod: Autonomy and Ecology exhibit at Exit Art Underground Jan. 9- Feb. 6 Take a look at our events throughout the exhibit, all taking place at Exit Art at 475 Tenth Ave at 36th Street.
Below you will find information on short courses offered at Southern SAWG’s previous annual conference. If these presentations pique your interest, then you should consider attending Southern SAWG’s upcoming Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference.
many thanks to Kimberly Hart for this piece. take action, greenhorns! Grassroots push for Student Loan forgiveness could remove barrier to new entry farmers I recently contacted my U.S. elected officials to propose that farming become one of the areas of employment eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. I’m hoping that many young, beginning and [...]
Rare animal breeders in many countries are supported in this critical work by private foundations. As you are probably well aware the results of careless or greedy breeding is a degeneration in the quality of the livestock. Some breeds ( like holsteins) take over the markeplace as their milk production is maximized. With sperm shipments, [...]
This opportunity just came through: For The Healing Garden and Landscape work I do at Thanksgiving Farm at The Center for Discovery, I am looking to fill 2 positions. If you were interested, call me or email me for more information. You can also look on the webpage: www.thecenterfordiscovery.org. Jean-David Derreumaux jderreumaux@sdtc.org 845 417 6415
and don’t forget the young farmer conference on January 21st! The main conference homepage is here. Complete Your Walk-In Registration Online •Save time at the door by registering online for workshops only • PRINT YOUR RECEIPT AND BRING IT WITH YOU. You will need the receipt to check-in. • Online Walk-In Registration will be available [...]
at Time & Space Limited in Hudson, NY Hi Friends and Fans of TSL. This Friday night Jan. 15.@ 7:30pm Puppets/music/creative use of the simple things—(like cardboard??? Wow!!) THE SAME OLD BALONY SHOW will be at TSL. YES!!! ONE night only. This young group of theater people (Old Reliable Amusement Company) is touring the North [...]
For all you techie geeks who want to streamline. our friend natsuko recommends running Mac operating system on this little MSI WIND computer.
Food first recommends these charities. thanks to Anna Lappe for spreading the word Partners in Health Founded by Dr. Paul Farmer, this nonprofit health delivery program has served Haiti’s poor since 1987. To donate for earthquake relief, go to https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=homepage In an urgent email from Port-au-Prince, Louise Ivers, Partners in Health clinical director in Haiti, [...]
this is a terrific opportunity for the right greenhorn – particularly one with cheese-making dreams! We have an immediate opening for a unique, full-time position at Hawthorne Valley Farm’s biodynamic/organic dairy. We are looking for an enthusiastic, morning person, with a passion for food. Call 518-672-7500 x120, or email resume to dairy@hawthornevalleyfarm.org. Our Demeter-certified biodynamic [...]
if this means penalizing bad players. so be it. this land is our land, and we need it for food. State aims to protect Utah farmland By Josh Smith Deseret News Published: Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 10:52 p.m. MST SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s agricultural land is disappearing at an “alarming” rate, according to state [...]
Can we have some commentary about this atlantic piece? Cultivating Failure next point. If agriculture were dignified, not just gentrified. Wouldn’t that set the economic conditions for the mexican child in this article to be able to have a gardening experience back at his parent’s farm in Mexico. Meaning: if the family hadn’t been displaced [...]
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