Archive for May, 2010
Did you miss our It Takes A Village pig butchering workshop because you live in Washington state? Then this event is for you. On June 15th Island Meadow Farm will be the site of a hog butchering class, taught by Brandon Sheard. Brandon is the head butcher & charcuterie master at Sea Breeze Farm & [...]
A Data Center Power Supply that Moos By ASHLEE VANCE. May 18, 2010. Hey diddle diddle. Guess what the cow has done this time? America’s dairy farmers could soon find themselves in the computer business, with the manure from their cows possibly powering the vast data centers of companies like Google and Microsoft. While not [...]
greenhorns will be there! will you? The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, [...]
BOOMERANG! is a kid’s audiomagazine about Big Ideas. Featuring monthly 70-minute episodes covering topics in history, money, and current events. Oh yes, there are also mysteries, jokes, Weird Words game shows and an occasional story about physics… The latest is a special episode “The Dirt on Food.” Through a varied cast of storytelling devices, they talk [...]
The Food Movement, Rising by Michael Pollan, New York Review of Books. June 10 2010. Food Made Visible It might sound odd to say this about something people deal with at least three times a day, but food in America has been more or less invisible, politically speaking, until very recently. At least until the [...]
May 21, 2010. By Allie Brown, CNN West Milford, New Jersey (CNN) — For Gary Oppenheimer, 2007 was a year of plenty. His backyard garden produced a bountiful harvest with a surplus of spaghetti squash, melons, pumpkins, tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers for his family. At the end of the season, Oppenheimer had 40 pounds of [...]
Glynwood is calling for nominations for its eighth annual Harvest Awards. The Awards recognizes farmers, organizations, and businesses across the United States that demonstrates innovation and leadership in support of regional agriculture and sustainable food systems. This year’s categories include: • The Glynwood Harvest Farmer Award • The Glynwood Harvest Award for Connecting Communities, Farmers [...]
June 5 — FEAST Garden-To-Table dinner by the New River Gorge, WV Experience five lavish courses of locally-grown delights from JMCatering, a local Fayetteville-area gourmet caterer specializing in local and organic food and featuring several products from our Farmers Market sellers. Proceeds will help support efforts to hire the Market’s first part-time “staff” and to [...]
Thanks to Ezekiel for sharing about sustainable ag work in Guatemala. Semilla Nueva (New Seed) works with rural agricultural communities to introduce sustainable growing techniques. We’re a young bunch of Americans and Guatemalans fighting the good fight for good food together. Check out the blog!
Calling All Produce Farmers: Get Help Evaluating Your Markets As a farmer, you spend many hours picking, washing, and packing your produce in preparation for market. When everything is finally loaded in the truck, your produce may be distributed to many places – the supermarket, the farmers’ market, restaurants, CSA members, etc. Throughout this time [...]
A new approach to school lunches. more about “Riverway: one school’s approach to re…“, posted with vodpod
Diary of an Urban Farmer: Braving the Storm by Annie Novak Two weeks ago, three stories up in the air, I knelt on the rocky, shallow soil of the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm to plant row after row of eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes. The air off the East River was strong from the south, the [...]
regardless of the answer, you’ll appreciate this article by Shannon Hayes. The Work Ahead Growing renewed relationships with our food, homes, and communities requires hard work. It’s time we embrace dirty hands. May hits us like an ice water dousing on a drowsy morning. It is simultaneously shocking and deeply refreshing. Winter’s leisurely breakfasts are [...]
presented by DoTank:Brooklyn. Do-It-Yourself Urban Agriculture Skillshare RSVP here 1-3pm Saturday June 5 The Change You Want To See Gallery 84 Havemeyer St., Williamsburg Brooklyn $15 Entry, capped at 30 attendees We will be doing 3 hands-on demonstrations to show you how to help improve your local environment. Bring curiosity, cameras, and a pen+notebook: . [...]
A CULTURED DINNER FOR CITY SLICKER FARMS Join us Friday June 4th, from 6-10pm for a night of culture and entertainment. There will be music, art, a four course fermented feast with locally crafted fermented drinks and guest speakers Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City, and Willow Rosenthal, founder of City Slicker Farms, plus a CSF [...]
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