Archive for April, 2010
Same guy(s), new post(s) Meatncheese!
This is a wonderful blog discussing NW weather. He has forecasts but also explains weather we’ve had & why it happens. Helpful for farmers! Cliff Mass Weather Blog (thanks Chandler!)
from Les Blank. In April of 1858, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote to Alexandra Tolstoy, his aunt twice-removed and his closest confidante. He called her babushka,or grandmother, as a sort of joke, although she wasn’t much older than him. He wrote: “Babushka! It’s spring! It is so good to be alive on this earth, for [...]
We’re looking for a farmer / farm couple with expertise in vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, medicinal herbs and / or livestock to help re-create a farm, preferably using permaculture principles, on this 150-year-old former dairy farm. It’s 200 acres, about 50 acres pasture / meadow, most of the rest forest, in East Meredith, NY (Delaware [...]
this wonderful film festival is on tour! With many films, including our 20 minute cut. For a list of tour dates click HERE
This just in from our scientist friend Lucas Patzek. I have just moved to Washington State University’s research station in Mount Vernon, which is about 30 minutes south of Bellingham. I’m finishing up my research on nitrogen use efficiency in organic/low-input wheat-potato systems. There will be some exciting workshops and educational events, including breeding for [...]
we cannot wait for this. culture tracker and magic maker: megan prelinger (greenhorn librarian wunderlady ), has produced a book! A marvelous, highly anticipated treatment of marginalia– as interpreted thru the study of pop zeitgeist blusterdoms. *Read a nice article about the book.
What do women have to do with what America eats? Everything. With a hands-on guide for the sustainable food movement Proving that we all can have an impact Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat by Temra Costa, will change the way you view your relationship with food. Farmer Jane is a compelling work [...]
Our farm of 60+ acres mixed use lands was build in the 1830′s – 1840′s. It consists of a main house, a large 4 story post and beam barn, a maple house, and several other out buildings. We work the sugar bush, 4 acres of market crops, a large greenhouse, several acres of pasture which [...]
“greenhorn at heart” sarah parker sent us this note about a great farming project in oregon. White Oak Farm & Education Center is a lovely little nonprofit in Williams, Oregon. It’s a community-funded venture that functions with the help of some brave young farmers.
a fantastic resource for greenhorns! dozens of jobs and internships have been posted in the last month. Check it out.
solaro! via Pacific Renewables Group
A new book by Heather Rogers. Read the NYTimes review HERE. , or check out one of the discussions and signings around the country. Green Gone Wrong takes the reader into forests, fields, factories, and boardrooms around the world to draw out the unintended consequences, inherent obstacles, and successes of the products and practices that [...]
Re-post of an article recently published in The Root. An Earth Day Solution For Urban Food Deserts With their ”guerrilla” tactics, black organic farmers are taking Malcolm X’s mandate of ”by any means necessary” and turning it green. It is time, they say, to change an unhealthy paradigm. By: Frank McCoy | April 22, 2010 [...]
Severine was recently chosen by Grist as one of 40 people who are “redefining green”. Check it out!
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