Archive for February, 2010
Greenhorns, this is a terrific opportunity – particularly for the artistic types out there. Holler Farm is an artist-run, 106-acre farm located in Oxford, New York, in the Southern Tier. We are seeking interns who are interested in learning about diverse organic agriculture using manual, tractor, and draft animal power.
is finally talking about these important issues. and you can listen in! Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy Workshop Information The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will hold a series of joint public workshops to explore competition issues affecting the agricultural sector in [...]
Peachcrest Fruit Basket Organic Orchard. There are lots of photos, and a helpful Q&A. FOR SALE BY OWNER $349,000, Negotiable
that many of us wandering activists feel most keenly while driving hours and hours in the volvo. more info is here more about “Ain’t That The Way – St. Eliot & Co.“, posted with vodpod
we have found some model leases in our trawls thru the internet and have started compiling them. If you have any could you please send them our way? specifically to pmanalo@gmail.com Here are some examples at Chatham Keep Farming.org. We are looking for truly exemplary ones. Thanks!
Foodprint NYC is the first in a series of international conversations about food and the city. From a cluster analysis of bodega inventories to the cultural impact of the ice-box, and from food deserts to peak phosphorus, panelists will examine the hidden corsetry that gives shape to urban foodscapes, and collaboratively speculate on how to [...]
our lovely friend and former intern Anya passed this notice on. My stepfather Paul Clipson is an accomplished experimental film maker, and his most recent film, which I was lucky enough to take part in, will be in this Saturday’s “Apparent Motion” fest at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco.
The Women’s Agricultural Network of Vermont (which is a terrific resource in general) is teaching a course on using social marketing. “Using Facebook as a Marketing Tool for Farm Businesses.” It’s the 24th of Feb and 24th of March. Online. These two on-line sessions are designed for farm business owners and employees who are not [...]
The National Organic Coalition (NOC) today announced its “high praise” for the final rule on the access to pasture requirement for organic livestock published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA’s February 12th action announcing the final rule comes nearly four years after a USDA National Organic Program (NOP) pasture symposium served as [...]
The industrial powerhouse of a lost American era has died, and the skeleton left behind is present-day Detroit. Enter Urban Roots. But now, against all odds in the empty lots, in the old factory yards, and in-between the sad, sagging blocks of company housing, seeds of change are taking root.
Decades ago, Dan or Dandy Doodles were one of the country-cured meats delivered to folks throughout rural Southside Virginia. A Dan Doodle (or Tom Thumb) is a unique, hickory-smoked sausage in a natural casing sourced from the lower intestine of the pig, that is still sold today, mostly in rural areas. S. Wallace Edwards & [...]
a fundraiser for our good friends at Growing Chefs Join us on Saturday, February 27th as we gather foodies, green thumbs, and chefs to celebrate the art of eating well from field to fork.
so says The Star, a newspaper out of Toronto, in this article. By Jennifer Bain Food Editor The wooden butcher block of food that Mark Trealout and Laura Boyd put out for our visit to their Kawartha Lakes farmhouse is a thing of beauty. Finger-sized slices of ham and free-form sausages, both made from their [...]
this is the tension in the movement that keeps us all on our toes. eliot v. gary… The future of farming and food at the Eco Farm Conference by Makenna Goodman Last week I went to California for the 2010 Eco Farm Conference—a three-day organic farming extravaganza featuring big names (and big influences of the [...]
the greenhorn circular is a quarterly online trove of young farmer writing, art, activism, and reportage. the first, training-wheels issue came out last december and the next issue will come out on march 15. submit to issue no. 2: “the rides of march” which will focus particularly on the uses of bikes in farming.
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