Archive for October, 2010
Please save the date and spread the word for NOFA Vermont’s 29th annual winter conference, February 12-14, 2011 at the University of Vermont in Burlington. The 2011 winter conference will feature Shannon Hayes and Bill McKibben as keynotes, along with over 65 workshops, our famous children’s conference, and of course, lots of time for networking and making new friends. [...]
who wants candy on halloween when you can have bike blended smoothies?
les says: ‘do it with parsley‘
Thanks to Lettuce Link, you can cut through the tape and get the lowdown on the Farm Bill HERE. + more Farm Bill resources from the Community Alliance for Global Justice.
get up to speed on all things farm policy by checking out this stellar blog, farmpolicy.com
Small Farm Central is hiring for a sales and marketing position that will direct Small Farm Central’s outreach effort. This position will be based right here in Pittsburgh (East Liberty office). Here are all the details: http://www.smallfarmcentral.com/content/now-hiring-sales-and-marketing-position
Saturday, November 6 PREMIERE SCREENING AND GALA RECEPTION: PERMACULTURE: THE GROWING EDGE A brand-new documentary by Starhawk and Donna Read—the team that made Goddess Remembered, Burning Times, Full Circle and Signs Out of Time! Madrone Studios 1417 15th St. San Francisco, CA 6:30 pm Gala reception, food, drinks, music by Evelie Posch Sales and Ayla Nereo, meet [...]
The Farmers Arms ‘Let the Wealthy & Great, Roll in Splendor & State, I envy them not I declare it. I eat my own Lamb, My chickens and Ham, I shear my own Fleece & I wear it I have Lawns, I have Bow’rs, I have Fruits, I have Flow’rs, The Lark is my morning alarmer. So jolly boys now, Here’s [...]
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents the US- debut of the first Vienna Vegetable Orchestra. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 03, 08:00 PM New York Proctors Theater Schenectady Proctors 432 State Street Schenectady, NY 12305 For tickets please visit: http://www.proctors.org/events/vienna_vegetable The ensemble plays vegetable instruments: carrots and cucumbers instead of guitars and drums. Bridging the gap between electronic [...]
Here’s another listing we just found on craigslist! Farm owner looking for part time farmer (3-4 days a week), at Westwind orchard in Accord, NY I need someone with some experience in farming organic apples, berries, vegetables and operating tractors and sprayer. I own a small organic apple orchard in the hudson valley, 600 apple [...]
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South Georgia “Growing Local” Conference November 12, 2010 – November 13, 2010 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration is now open for the South Georgia Growing Local Food Conference to be held Nov. 12 and 13 at the UGA Black Shank Farm in Tifton, Georgia! The conference is intended to educate and stimulate the local-food [...]
A Call to Farms in downloadable pdf format! Download it here
coming right up, at the Center for Land-Based Learning!
that they have set up the rhetoric for ‘ shock doctrine agronomy’ with these patents. frustrated by Monsanto? become a farmer, take back that territory! Surge in Corporate Patents on “Climate-Ready” Crops Threatens Biodiversity and Signals Grab on Land and Biomass Nagoya, Japan — Under the guise of developing “climate-ready” crops, the world’s largest seed [...]
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