Archive for June, 2010
Save the date, all you hudson valley greenhorns! A Stakeholder’s Forum on Land Access, Sustainability and Success September 29, 2010; Chestnut Ridge, NY hosted by Cornell University Cooperative Extension Columbia County + The Greenhorns For More Information call: 617 909 6910 email: farmer@thegreenhorns.net, seh11@cornell.edu If you are a service provider to beginning farmers in the [...]
Living Lands Agrarian Network is a non-profit organization that offers training and mentorship to the next generation of farmers in Nevade City, CA. Our unique model of cooperative farming integrates ecological education, community involvement, resource sharing, and celebration around the food we grow right here in our neighborhoods. We practice and promote localized ecological farming [...]
Good news on the doj hearings. Remember. it’s not glamourous news. But at least it’s not an unstoppable oilspill wafting out over the commons. By WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: June 18, 2010 The Obama administration proposed new rules on Friday seeking to increase competition and rein in potentially unfair practices by large meatpackers and poultry processors. [...]
Maine Farmland Trust is hosting a premier of 8 short documentaries by filmmakers Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann, which tell the diverse stories of eight Maine farms: from Aroostook to York, from potatoes to dairy, from large commercial operations to small farms that sell directly to local people. To see the rundown of the evening, [...]
“We are pleased to share with you Farm Aid’s new report, Rebuilding America’s Economy with Family Farm-Centered Food Systems (www.farmaid.org/es). Inspired by Farm Aid President Willie Nelson, who has always said family farmers are the backbone of the nation and the bottom rung of our economic ladder, we offer the report as a resource to [...]
The International Farm Transition Network will host their annual conference July 20-23, 2010 at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. This three day meeting will bring together agricultural professionals, farmers, citizens, and service providers to discuss and learn about exciting projects in farm transition. The conference will highlight the Countryside Initiative: a partnership between [...]
mark your calendars: 11th annual Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference will be at Spalding University in Louisville, KY on Saturday, September 25. speakers include Wendell Berry and Anna Lappe. + a Local Foods harvest festival to be held on Sept 24th at White Hall in Louisville.
July 7, 1:00 – 5:00 - Heritage Wheat Field Day at UMass Research Farm After years of collecting heritage wheats in villages in Europe and the Mideast, UMass research farm is pleased to invite farmers and gardeners, chefs and researchers to tour the UMass heritage wheat trials of rare grains spanning little known ancient einkorn, emmer, and [...]
By MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD Published NY Times: May 21, 2009 The television show “Deadliest Catch” depicts commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another, “Dirty Jobs,” shows all kinds of grueling work; one episode featured a guy who inseminates turkeys for a living. The weird fascination of these shows must lie partly in the fact [...]
and looks like there are jobs for other people’s favorite brothers (and sisters) as well.. High Mowing Organic Seeds, Wolcott Accounting Manager – see description Vermont Soy Company, Hardwick General Manager – see description The Center for an Agricultural Economy, Hardwick Northeast Kingdom Food System Planner – 1 year position The Center for an Agricultural [...]
The Parts and Crafts Collective is a group of thinkers, teachers, and tinkerers in the Boston and New York areas who are interested in helping people build, think, create, succeed, fail, and learn. We run hands-on, creative arts, science, and engineering classes and workshops for kids and adults as well as a summer day program. [...]
The Quivera Coalition’s 9th Annual Conference. November 10-12th, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico “The Carbon Ranch: Fighting Climate Change through Food and Stewardship”
A nice piece on the Transitions Incentive Program. From conservation land to beginning farmer land! Program seeks retired farm land By Vershal Hogan (Contact) | The Natchez Democrat Published Monday, May 31, 2010 VIDALIA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is hoping to infuse new blood into agriculture by reactivating some old farmland. Sign-up is [...]
This one is worth a look for all you west coast greenhorns seeking land. 5 flat, fertile acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills with: 48 Gallon-Per-Minute Well & Pump Seasonal Stream Good Soil
Marin Organics is presenting this event. Trickster Training Tea Party – An Afternoon with Caroline Casey Sunday, June 20, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station Cost: $99 Join Caroline Casey and Marin Organic for a Trickster Training Tea Party – a literal and metaphoric feast! Caroline W. Casey is a Visionary [...]
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