Archive for September, 2010
Greenhorns are organizing pre-conference programming for young and aspiring farmers, and a mixer on Thursday night! “It Takes a Region” A Working Conference to Build our Northeast Food System REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! “It Takes a Region” is the annual conference and meeting of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. WHEN: November 12-13, 2010 Pre-conference trainings on [...]
These researchers battle it out over the question of what is sustainable agriculture.Every once in a while I zoom back out and realize that greenhorn efforts in the U.S. are woven into a whole cosmos of agriculture. Having a handle on the great big evolving discussions of global food security and sustainability, with hunger always [...]
it is amazing what Katherine Ball from Sea Change Gallery is up to: www.solutionsrevolution.org/route. “The 350 Solutions Revolution bike route mimics Amtrak’s train routes.”
the greenhorns are screening here! Advancing our Regional Foodshed: The Role of Higher Education October 15-16, Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY The 2010 Consortium meeting and conference will bring together small-scale family farms; chefs/restaurant owners; agriculture policy experts; farm-to-table non-profits; researchers and others to foster a collaborative, interdisciplinary dialogue about our foodshed. Registration is now [...]
NYTIMES.com. By CHRISTINE MUHLKE - September 8, 2010 Some of the most sought-after internships this summer weren’t on Capitol Hill or in the Vogue fashion closet. They were on farms. If you hadn’t applied by the end of the spring, you could forget about it. Ag-department graduates, career-changers and cooks looking to deepen their knowledge of [...]
http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/nfdp The New Farmer Development Project (NFDP) identifies, educates, and supports immigrants with agricultural experience by helping them become local farmers and establish small farms in the region.
so should you! last minute applications still accepted http://makerfaire.com/newyork/2010/callformakers/
Greenhorns: the network that’s breathing new life into US farming by David Hawkins It’s helping attract youthful talent into sustainable agriculture across the US, but can the Greenhorns movement survive in the land of Big Ag, or cross the Atlantic to the UK? The Greenhorns is an exciting new movement tearing up the turf (gently) [...]
Looking sharp! Legalize Milk shirts for purchase from some Greenhorns out west. You can buy them here: http://islandmeadowfarm.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/legalize-milk/
Check out Sustainable Connections at the Washington Young Farmer Mixer. Food to Bank On provides support to beginning farmers Bellingham, WA – Applications are now available for the 2011 Food to Bank On, a Sustainable Connections project that connects beginning sustainable farmers with training, mentors and market support while providing fresh high-quality food to Whatcom’s [...]
From Fresh the Movie: STOP GE Salmon We cannot let this slip by us. It’s time to raise hell. We don’t need faster growing salmon. We need to protect our health, environment and precious biodiversity. We will deliver your comments in person to FDA meeting about this issue on September 19th, and will keep you [...]
download the poster: Greenhorns West Coast Tour Poster
you probably already know about the Ponderosa Swamp. 9th annual coming up this month! When a group of music fans banded together to bring the true heroes of rock and roll back to the stage to play again, we called ourselves The Mystic Knights of the Mau-Mau. The Knights later founded the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation [...]
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